RED SCARF GIRL by Ji-Li Jiang Study Guide for Prologue to Chapter 7 Answer Questions in complete sentences and in depth on another sheet of paper and include PAGE NUMBERS.1. Who are the members of Ji-Li’s family? Describe her family home. What class status does her family belong to? What is the occupation of her father? Mother?Answer:Ji-Li's family members: Ji-Li's father, Song-Po-Po(nanny/housekeeper:P.14), Ji-Li's mother, Ji-Yong(younger brother), Ji-yun (younger sister), Ji-Li's grandmother (went to modern university, teacher, help found Ji-Li's primary school:P.14), Little white(cat)Ji-Li's home: bright and warm and welcoming, appartement in Shanghai, had a french window, mahogany table, high ceilings, burgandy curtains, pots on steps.(P.7) 10 times bigger room than classmates, 100 times brighter, full-sized bathroom.(P.15~16)Family status/class: Middle class who are doing well. Not super-rich, but well-off.Family occupation: Both parents are an actor/actress. But the now the mother retired and works in a sports equipment store.(P.13)2. What is Ji-Li’s life at school like? What special honor is Ji-Li picked for at school? Describe Ji-Li’s parents’ reaction. What does Ji-Li do instead of entering the audition?Answer:Ji-Li's school life: She's the student chairman of the whole school and also was an outstanding student (P. 9). She was happy and was always respected, loved, able to excel and expected to succeed (P.1). Ji-Li math test was display as exemplary work (P.3). She was known for being good at martial arts since 2nd grade (P.5). She had a da-dui-zhang badge for student chairman of the whole school (P.9). She was correcting her little sister about her piano practice (P.29).Special honor: She was picked to do an audition for the Central Liberation Army Arts Academy (P.6)Parents' reaction: Her dad told her not to do the audition and he was serious about it(P.8). She also saw a pain in her dad's eyes that she had never seen before (P.9). Her dad was worried about the political background investigation (P.9). They send a note principal Long (P.10)Instead of entering the audition: Ji-Li tried hard not to cry about not going to the audition after talking to teacher Gu and An Yi, she dogged behind a tree so Principal Long and the 2 boys wouldnt see her because she didnt want to talk to anyone right then (P.12)
3. The "Four Olds" are "old ideas, old culture,old customs and old habits" (P21). Old ideas are of religion and mythology. Old culture is old literature and old clothing. Old customs are old maners and tradtion. Old habits are rightism. They need to be destroyed to build a strong Socialist Republic. "Prosperity" means to make a fortune. This is considered an old thought because Mao says only rightist make fortunes.
4. Xenophile is someone who loves anything foriegn in Revoiouionary China foriegn infulence is considered bad.
5. Da-zi -bo are large posters used to humiliat people. Jiang Xi-wen is Ji-Li 's aunt. Ji-Li hangs a da-zi-bo other her house because she is accussed of being a righest.
6. Ji-Li stops going to school for a while because she was acused of being a rightest.
7. A rightest is a member of a conservitive party who disagrees with the Communist party. To remold ones ideology somone would hink of the good thing Communism brings.
8.Ji-Li's grandfater was land lord, this affects Ji-Li's life because land lords and there relatives are considered the worst of all rightists.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Flex Day Field Trip
Flex Day Field Trip
October 12, 2008 Flex dayGarment Factory Questions
1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?
Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?
4. The export has to do with todays visit because,the garment factory is exporting garments to America.
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