Worksheet # 1: Orientalism and Colonial America
Answer the following questions. Do not exceed front and back of single sheet of paper.
Goals: 1) Recognize and analyze arguments and evidence in scholarly articles. 2) Deepen understanding of early American contacts with Asia
Edward Said,
Orientalism
1. In your own words, what is “Orientalism”? You can use a
short
quotation if needed.
2. According to Said, how does “Orientalism” help us better understand U.S.-Asia relations? What does it explain that other analysts have missed?
Jack Tchen,
New York Before Chinatown
3. Why, according to the Tchen reading, did the founding fathers of America care so much about Asia? Were they “Orientalist”?
4. Tchen talks a lot about Chinese art and porcelains, the China trade, and the influence of Confucius on Americans. Which one do you find most interesting? Why?
Said and Tchen
5. Identify two
kinds of evidence that
either author uses to make their argument which you find interesting. Why did you pick them? What do you think about how the author uses this evidence? Do you think the author was fair or unfair? List page numbers where the evidence appears.
6. Identify
at least two
concepts or quotes from the readings that you would like explained in class
and why
.
Worksheet # 2: Asians Discover America
Answer the following questions. Do not exceed front and back of this paper. Goals: 1) Recognize and analyze original documents of US-Asia relations 2) Deepen understanding of Asian contacts with America
1. Pick a reading by an individual Chinese or Japanese from which you learned the most for Asian impressions of America. State the author, title, and page number; why did you find this most informative?
2. As we saw in “Orientalism,” Americans’ and Europeans “exoticized” the Other. Do Chinese and Japanese, in your view, also “exoticize” Americans? How?
3. How would you compare Chinese and Japanese responses to America? How are they similar? Different?
4. Identify
at least two
concepts or quotes from the readings that you would like elaborated in class
and why
.
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Worksheet # 1 Orientalism and Colonial America Answer the f.docx
1. Worksheet # 1: Orientalism and Colonial America
Answer the following questions. Do not exceed front and back
of single sheet of paper.
Goals: 1) Recognize and analyze arguments and evidence in
scholarly articles. 2) Deepen understanding of early American
contacts with Asia
Edward Said,
Orientalism
1. In your own words, what is “Orientalism”? You can use a
short
quotation if needed.
2. According to Said, how does “Orientalism” help us better
understand U.S.-Asia relations? What does it explain that other
analysts have missed?
Jack Tchen,
New York Before Chinatown
3. Why, according to the Tchen reading, did the founding
fathers of America care so much about Asia? Were they
“Orientalist”?
4. Tchen talks a lot about Chinese art and porcelains, the China
trade, and the influence of Confucius on Americans. Which one
do you find most interesting? Why?
Said and Tchen
2. 5. Identify two
kinds of evidence that
either author uses to make their argument which you find
interesting. Why did you pick them? What do you think about
how the author uses this evidence? Do you think the author was
fair or unfair? List page numbers where the evidence appears.
6. Identify
at least two
concepts or quotes from the readings that you would like
explained in class
and why
.
Worksheet # 2: Asians Discover America
Answer the following questions. Do not exceed front and back
of this paper. Goals: 1) Recognize and analyze original
documents of US-Asia relations 2) Deepen understanding of
Asian contacts with America
1. Pick a reading by an individual Chinese or Japanese from
which you learned the most for Asian impressions of America.
State the author, title, and page number; why did you find this
most informative?
2. As we saw in “Orientalism,” Americans’ and Europeans
“exoticized” the Other. Do Chinese and Japanese, in your view,
also “exoticize” Americans? How?
3. How would you compare Chinese and Japanese responses to
America? How are they similar? Different?
3. 4. Identify
at least two
concepts or quotes from the readings that you would like
elaborated in class
and why
.
Middl~W�
