Angel Child, Dragon Child

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• Angel Child, Dragon Child
• Vietnam Culture and Geography

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Content Rich Learning

• Why is it so important to achievement?
• The Missing Link in Reading Comprehension and
  Academic Achievement
• By
• Jason Caros
• www.FranklinsOpus.org

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• Reading comprehension and overall academic
  achievement can be greatly improved, and
  learning gaps closed, by systematically
  increasing the amount of academic background
  knowledge students learn beginning in the
  elementary grades.
• Jason Caros

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Common Core Literacy Standards with History
Content?

• Just to name a few
• Draw on details and examples from a text to
  support statements about the text.
• Determine the main idea and supporting details
  of a text summarize the text
• Describe the sequence of events in a historical
  account, including what happened and why, based
  on specific information in a text
• Learn and describe the meanings for the general
  academic language and domain- specific words or
  phrases encountered in a text relative to grade
  level.

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• Interpret factual information presented
  graphically or visually (charts, diagrams,
  timelines, animations, and interactive elements)
• Read informational texts independently,
  proficiently, and fluently within the grade level
  text complexity band read texts at the high end
  of the band with scaffolding as needed
• Write informative/explanatory pieces in which
  they state the topic clearly, group related
  information, use facts, concrete details and
  quotations, use links to join ideas within
  categories, use domain-specific vocabulary,
  provide a conclusion
• Initiate and engage in group discussions on
  grade-level material and prepare to do so by
  reading required material beings able to draw on
  that material, pose and respond to questions,
  acknowledge new information
• Report on events, topics, or texts in an
  organized manner using appropriate specific
  facts and descriptive details to support the main
  ideas

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Teaching Complex Topics to Young Students

• Utilize teachable moments This Day in History
• Identify just a few key facts to focus on.
• Create a foundation of basic knowledge on which
  subsequent grade levels can build depth of
  content.
• Connect the topic to prior knowledge or
  experiences.
• Use quality, entertaining trade books as a hook
  or wrap up.

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Where in the World is Vietnam?
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Basic Facts

• Government Socialist Republic
• President Truong Tan Sang
• Capital - Hanoi
• National Holiday September 2 - Independence
  Day
• Background Knowledge
• Part of the Chinese Empire under the Han Dynasty
  about 111 BC to 938 AD
• Period of independence led by Ly, Tran and Le
  Dynasties and extended its empire into the south
  taking over the Khmer Empire
• 1500s the nation was divided into two rival
  kingdoms North and South
• The South defeated the North with the help of the
  French
• France took over in 1890 making it a part of
  French-Indochina
• Japan was in control of Vietnam during World War
  II until 1945
• Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent
  nation but battled the French until 1954.
• Vietnam was divided into Communist North and
  Anti-Communist South.
• 1957 Start of many years of conflict between
  the two ended with a victory for the North and
  uniting the country under Communist rule in 1975

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Geography

• South East Asia
• Approximately 329, 560 sq miles (about the size
  of New Mexico)
• Largest Rivers Mekong (south) and Red (north)
• Low lying, swampy deltas in south and north
  (fertile land for crops)
• Central highlands hilly terrain
• Coastal Regions - beaches
• Northeast and northwest - mountainous terrain
• Borders China (north), Laos and Cambodia (west),
  
• South China Sea (east and south),
• Gulf of Tonkin and Gulf of Thailand

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• Ha Long Bay
• North Vietnam

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• Rice Terraces of Sapa (Pa Sa)
• Northern Vietnam

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• Red River Delta

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• Beach at Na Trang
• South Central Coastal

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• Central Highlands

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Climate

• Two basic seasons May to September
• October to March
• South Monsoon May to September - abundant
  rain fall in the northwest
  hills and central highlands facing the sea.
  The Northeast, Central Highlands and coastal
  areas receive rain from September to January.
• North Monsoon some rain in north while south is
  drier and sunny.
• Temperatures - South and Central is hot
• North has cooler temperatures and can
  have frost and some snow /cooler air from
  China

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Major Cities

• Ho Chi Minh City
• Capital Hanoi
• Hai Phong
• Can Tho
• Da Nag
• Bien Hoa
• Nha Trang
• Buon Ma Thuot
• Hue
• Thai Nguyen

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Hanoi
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Ho Chi Minh
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• Suoi Tien Amusement Park

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Economy

• Money dong (1.00 US dollar 20, 965.83 dong)
• Dong are Chinese bronze coins
• Industries food processing, clothes and shoes,
  mining, chemical fertilizer, tires, cement,
  steel, machine-building
• Agriculture rice, coffee, cotton, tea, pepper,
  rubber, soybeans, cashews, sugarcane, bananas,
  peanuts, poultry, fish and seafood
• Natural Resources coal, oil, gas, hydropower,
  phosphates, manganese

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Export / Import

• Export rice, coffee, tea, crude oil, clothes and
  shoes, rubber
• Imports petroleum products, fertilizer, steel
  products, raw cotton, grain, motorcycles,
  machinery

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Rice Fields
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Culture

• Vietnamese Weddings
• Ceremonies Tea Ceremony
• Music - Instruments
• Literature Folk Literature and Written
  Literature
• Theatre /Puppetry /Dance
• Festivals

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Religion

• Confucianism
• Taoism
• Buddhism
• Hoa Hao
• Cao Dai (1926 Southern Vietnam)
• Muslim
• Christianity
• Protestantism
• Catholicism

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Food

• Blend of Chinese and Thai
• North is influenced by China South is
• influenced by Cambodia and Thailand -
• South has more coconut groves, rice
• paddies and herb gardens and food is typically
  sweeter.
• Homegrown fruit and vegetables
• Tendency toward vegetarian dishes - Seafood some
  meats
• Basic
  foundations Rice and Fish Sauce
• Rice
  at Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Instead of fresh milk sweetened condensed milk
  in cans

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Clothing

• Tropical temperatures need cool and
  well-ventilated clothing
• Fabrics are made from plants
• Women wear Ao Dai
• (developed1930s briefly changed in 1954 in north
  and 1975 in south but is popular again as higher
  social status)
• Wide legged pants high neck tunic
• Young girls wear pastels or white married women
  wear bright colors over black or white pants.

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• Men only wear tradition mandarin suits for
  ceremonies or traditional dances. Embroidery and
  colors indicate social status
• It is considered inappropriate to wear un-tucked
  shirts for educated people.
• Tight fitted clothing is inappropriate during the
  day
• Virtue is more important than appearance

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Sports

• Soccer
• Ping Pong (Table Tennis)
• Volley Ball
• Martial Arts
• And More

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Traditions

• Vietnamese New Year Tet
• Nguyen-dan
• Time between the harvesting of the crops and
  planting of new crops
• A week of preparation honoring 3 Kitchen Gods
  Toa preparing food
• Food rice pudding, sweets, beef, pork, chicken,
  fish, oranges, coconuts, grapefruit
• Watermelon is a symbol of luck one rich in red
  color
• Decorate a newly planted tree with flowers,
  bells, red streamers
  to guard against evil
  spirits
• Offerings placed at family alters

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• First person to enter home on New Year indicates
  familys luck and wealth for coming year
• Day one visit parents, close friends and
  teachers
• Day two visit with in-laws and other friends
• Day three visit with teachers family and
  distant relatives
• Visit temples and bring home flowers from the
  spirits as a gift to the family
• Day four spirits return to heaven, end of
  celebration
• February 10 13, 2013
• Year of the Snake

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Trade Books

• Quality picture books or chapter books
• Used to discuss concepts such as Vietnamese
  culture, traditions, folklore, immigration and
  Americanization

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Pre-Reading

• What can you infer from the title?
• Look at and discuss pictures on the cover within
  the story
• K-W-L

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Post-Reading

• Double Entry Diary
• Methods

• Question /Answer Relationship

Right There The answer is easily found within the text How many Who is What is Where is Author and You Think about how different parts of the text work together. Compare/Contrast The Main Idea Cause and Effect
Think and Search Draw conclusions on information that the text does not directly provide Formulating opinions and ideas on your own The text suggests The speakers tone On My Own Connecting Prior Knowledge and Experiences In your opinion In your experiences Think about someone or a situation you know
Direct Quote and Page Number Readers Reaction This reminds me of What does this mean to me I visualize I am confused because
Questions and Main Ideas Specific Information Supporting Details
Facts/Details Authors Message
Confusing Text Readers Attempt to Decode
New or Confusing Vocabulary Readers Knowledge
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Reflect

• Why would mother have used the terms Angel and
  Dragon?
• When was Ut an Angel child? Could you think of
  a time when you have been an Angel child?
• When was Ut a Dragon child? Could you think of
  a time when you have been a Dragon child?
• Story Map

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Words or Text to Describe Ut as(Provide Page
Numbers as Evidence from the Text)
Angel Child Dragon Child

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Lets Go Cross Curricular!

• Character Counts!
• Which apply to Ut and her experiences with
  American children?

Six Pillars of Character
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Trustworthiness
Responsibility
Respect
Caring
Fairness
Citizenship
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Vietnamese Folklore

• Found In the back of the story Angel Child,
  Dragon Child
• Legend tells us that Vietnams first king was
  the son of an Angelic Fairy. This son married the
  daughter of a noble Dragon King. This it is said
  that the Vietnamese people are descendents of an
  Angelic Fairy and a Dragon King. Look at the map.
  Can you find the mouth of the dragon and its long
  tail curling into the sea? This is Vietnam- the
  country of the Smaller Dragon. Just above it is
  the Country of the Great Dragon, called China.

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Legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co

• This legend about the origin of the Vietnamese
  people has been studied and memorized by
  generations of young students.
• Children of the Dragon
• Selected Tales from Vietnam by Sherry Garland

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Informational Text

• Essays
• Historical Narrative
• Historical Fiction
• Decode text for understanding
• Cornell Note-Taking Method

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Cornell Note taking System
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Extension Topics

• Immigration
• Examine the history and reasons why people would
  immigrate from one country to another?
• Diversity
• Character Education Understanding and
  Accepting Others Differences
• Is one culture better than another?
• Food from Around the World
• Food Tasting Festival
• Legends / Folklore
• Stories that tell about the beliefs of a society
• Seasons
• Scientific Reasons and Characteristics
• Art
• Examine Paintings from other Nations - Image
  Analysis
• Math
• Patterns or Counting
• Vocabulary - Grammar

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Alike and Different

• In what ways is the United States similar to
  Vietnam?
• In what ways is the United States different from
  Vietnam?