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Lesson Plan, Book, Video Modes of Travel & the Impact of Chinese Railroad Workers

  • Grade Level K-2nd Grade
  • Time Period Late 1800s
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Introduction

This lesson explores the U.S. railroad construction by people from Asia; how workers traveled to the U.S. from Asia, including China, Japan, and South Korea, The set includes a lesson plan, books, and a video.

LESSON PLAN
Redefine American by The Asian American Education Project

BOOKS
Grandpa Across the Ocean by Hyewon Yum
In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van and April Chu
Wishes by Muon Thi Van and Victo Ngai
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Coolies by Yin (Chinese Americans building railroads)

VIDEO
Coolies by Yin Read Aloud

Essential Questions

  • What are goods?

  • What are different ways we travel and/or move goods from place to place?

  • How did railroad travel change life for people in the past?in