Teaching "Red Scarf Girl". A Facing History and Ourselves Study Guide

Autor/in	Kanner, Elisabeth Fieldstone
Institution	Facing History and Ourselves
Titel	Teaching "Red Scarf Girl". A Facing History and Ourselves Study Guide
Quelle	(2009), (146 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lernender; Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Study Guides; Autobiographies; Books; Asian History; Conflict; Social Systems; Social Change; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; History Instruction; Class Activities; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Student Journals; Journal Writing; Teaching Methods; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Studienberater; Studienführer; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Konflikt; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Studentenzeitung; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Ji-li Jiang's extraordinary memoir "Red Scarf Girl" transports readers to a tumultuous time in Chinese history--the first two years of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Caught between conflicting forces--joining the Revolution's call for rebellion, protecting her family, and fitting in with her peers--Jiang describes how her once-"perfect" world begins to crumble. What might young people all over the world learn from reading Jiang's story about growing up during this period? Though this guide aims to help teachers and students explore "Red Scarf Girl" in its particular historical context, Facing History and Ourselves is rooted in a pedagogy that identifies concerns and choices adolescents confront each day and uses them as connections for students to move back and forth between understanding choices of the past and the present--the bridge between history and themselves. Students learn to recognize distinctions among events, to draw appropriate connections, and to grasp similar issues without making facile comparisons and imperfect parallels. Through deep examination of particular case studies, students gain an awareness of universal themes of prejudice and discrimination, as well as courage, caring, and responsible participation. The teaching activities in this guide encourage this kind of reflection. Individual sections contain footnotes. [This guide was created to accompany the Memoir "Red Scarf Girl", by Ji-li Jiang.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Facing History and Ourselves. 16 Hurd Road, Brookline, MA 02445. Tel: 617-232-1595; Fax: 617-232-0281; Web site: http://www.facinghistory.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10