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Recommended for: Grades 6-12

Resource: Maya Lin

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Length: 6m 43s
Size: 18.4 MB

In this video segment from New York Voices, renowned architect Maya Lin talks about her work and identity as an American of Chinese descent. Lin has made valuable contributions to American architecture, one of the most popular and perhaps most controversial being the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Some protested her appointment as architect of the memorial because of her Asian heritage. Lin's parents immigrated to America from China to escape communism, but Maya Lin was born in Ohio. In this segment, Lin talks about a museum she is designing and how it will represent a timeline of the Chinese American experience. The museum aims to break down stereotypes of Chinese people and show their legacy of contributions as Americans.

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The following Frame, Focus and Follow-up suggestions are best suited for middle school students using this video in an English language arts or social studies lesson. Be sure to modify the questions to meet your students' instructional needs.

What is Frame, Focus and Follow-up?

Frame (ELA) We can stretch our understanding of texts by making connections among several texts we have read or viewed. For example, we can learn more about the nature of dogs if we read something about herding dogs, hunting dogs and sledding dogs. By doing so, we can expand our thinking about dogs. If we wanted to learn about influential women in history, how could we make connections among several texts to expand our thinking?

Focus (ELA) As you watch the video, think about the contributions Maya Lin has made to society. In what ways is she an influential woman? In other words, how has what she's done or created impacted or influenced others?

Frame (SS) What do you know about the Chinese experience in the United States? When did the first Chinese immigrants arrive, and why did they come to the United States?

Focus (SS) Lin says sometimes as a Chinese American she feels between two cultures and sometimes she feels part of both. What could she mean by this?