GirlinTranslationLHSLocation

April 4, 2012, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 * // Girl in Translation //** by Jean Kwok

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**Jean Kwok, Author Site** [] With an author biography, blog and FAQs section, this site is useful for learning more about Jean Kwok, the author of //Girl in Translation//.
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[] This is an excellent resource for teachers looking to use //Girl in Translation// in the classroom. It contains book, film and website recommendations, classroom lesson ideas, and writing prompts.
 * Girl in Translation: A Teacher Toolkit from Primary Source**

This book presents a study of the 1982 strike of 20,000 Chinese American garment workers strike in New York City's Chinatown. The author presents numerous interviews with Chinese immigrant women garment worksers alongside a history of the garment industry, Chinese immigrant labor, and the Chinese community in New York. This book should serve to provide historical context for many of the events and issues in //Girl in Translation.//
 * Bao, Xiaolan. //Holding Up More than Half the Sky: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92.// Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001.**

[] A powerful, short film about immigrant/refugee students and families in Lowell. This film was shot in and around Lowell and Lowell High School. You will recognize some of the teachers involved and will likely be moved, saddened, and inspired by the stories shared in the film.
 * "Hard Truth, Levity, and Hope." Crosby Studios. 2011.**