RETHINKING THE GILDED AGE AND PROGRESSIVISMS
  • Home
  • Apply
    • Application
    • Eligibility
    • Selection Criteria
    • Letters of Reference
    • Chicago Area Applicants
  • Letter from the Directors
  • Calendar & Syllabus
  • The Participant Experience
    • NEH Principles of Civility
    • Reviews by Past Participants
  • Accommodations
    • Map
  • Program Staff
  • Faculty & Presenters
  • Teacher Created Resources
    • GAPE in Action
    • 2017 Curriculum Materials
    • 2016 Inquiry Arcs
    • 2015 Inquiry Arcs
    • 2013 Primary Source Collections
  • University Credit
  • Contact Us
  • Blog

Current Connections to Chinese Exclusion

12/14/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
The themes of our institute are not locked in the past and still play out daily in the press.  Politicians have long evoked nativist and xenophobic passions to rally support.  We see these ideas in presidential candidate, Donald Trump's rhetoric towards immigrants in general, and Muslims in particular.  This Washington Post piece draws comparisons between current politics and the 19th century tide of anti-Chinese sentiment that ushered in the Chinese Exclusion Act.  This act allows us not only to explore the mistreatment of a particular group, but also speaks to the values our nation embraced as it sought to define itself.  

This Harper's Weekly cartoon is a great source to explore anti-Chinese views of the day.
Here's  the National Archives link link to the official act.

​The Stanford History Education Group developed a longer DBQ lesson on this topic.  Check it out here! 



0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

"Rethinking the Gilded Age & Progressivisms" -
​​An NEH Summer Institute for Teachers
How to apply
Picture

  • Home
  • Apply
    • Application
    • Eligibility
    • Selection Criteria
    • Letters of Reference
    • Chicago Area Applicants
  • Letter from the Directors
  • Calendar & Syllabus
  • The Participant Experience
    • NEH Principles of Civility
    • Reviews by Past Participants
  • Accommodations
    • Map
  • Program Staff
  • Faculty & Presenters
  • Teacher Created Resources
    • GAPE in Action
    • 2017 Curriculum Materials
    • 2016 Inquiry Arcs
    • 2015 Inquiry Arcs
    • 2013 Primary Source Collections
  • University Credit
  • Contact Us
  • Blog