Angel Island: Immigrant Voices

Angel Island Immigrant Voices

Saturday, February 3, 2018
9 AM (Prop A Start Time) – 12 Noon

Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch, San Francisco Public Library
- 351 9th Avenue, San Francisco 94118
- Enter by 10th Avenue near Geary 


Tentative Schedule:

9:00 – 10:00 Educator’s Hour
Introduction to Angel Island/Detainee PowerPoints to use in your classroom
- Books to see and evaluate for your classroom
- SFUSD Prop A schedule for the day
- Educators and the General Public

10:00 – 10:30 “Who is an American?”
Hong Mei Pang, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)

10:30 – 11:00 Angel Island Biographies
- Angel Island Family Histories
- Articles and Magazines Displays
- Educators Book Reviews

11:00 - 11:30 Play for all ages: Coming to Gum San: The experience of being a detainee at the Angel Island Immigration Station
Sam Louie, Angel Island docent and a retired SFUSD School Principal

11:30 – 12 Noon
Teachers return Prop A forms and evaluations of Angel Island books

11:30 – 1:00 Arts and Crafts activities:
- Angel Island Immigration Experience
- Lunar New Year of the Dog 2018

Educators may receive a flash drive if requested at pre-registration. You will get many resources to teach about this often-ignored part of Chinese American history. 

Two ways to sign up:
1) Fill out the automated Google Form here, or
2) If you'd rather write an email, please write to Josephine Zhao ([email protected]) providing with:
- your name, school, grade level or job title, subject (if middle or senior high teacher). 
- if you would like to have activities (PowerPoints, Reading Lists, Lunar New Year patterns, etc.) on a flash drive.

Sponsors:
Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University
The Association of Chinese Teachers (TACT)
Square and Circle Club
San Francisco Public Library Magazines and Newspaper Center
Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch, San Francisco Public Library