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Friday, October 30, 2009

Asian American Dream- Escape from Vietnam



This week in Connections we have been focusing on the Asian American Dream. We have had 2 guest speakers. Mr. Zeng, our Chinese teacher, talked to the students about his America Dream and his journey from China to America. It truly was an inspirational story. A summary of his dream and a slide show will be posted soon.

Mrs. Tran, Christine's mom, came in today to tell her story. She escaped with her family from communist Vietnam in 1979 with her family at the age of 13. She told us about her life in the Phillippines and Jersey City. She also talked to us about the importance of education and how we as Americans take our freedoms for granted. To listen to her story, press play above.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Fun Theory



Can you think of a way to apply the Fun Theory to something in your life?

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Friday, October 9, 2009

You,Whovever You Are

Click here for a background about immigrants from all different countries.

Read the poem; next click on the small photos on the left hand side of the screen and read some of the different immigration stories.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Glogging our American Dreams

This week we are starting our American Dreams Unit and we are also learning to glog!

Here are some helpful links that you will need this week:

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/about/welcome.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/port/start.html

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

http://edu.glogster.com/


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