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 The ProCon.org resources listed below can be used to supplement the instruction of AP Chinese Language and Culture. They are geared to match College Board learning outcomes and test preparation, while also advancing critical thinking with real-world information about important policy issues. Chinese teachers who are not preparing for the AP test may also find the resources useful.
“The AP Chinese Language and Culture course engages students in an exploration of culture in both contemporary and historical contexts. The course develops students’ awareness and appreciation of cultural products, (e.g., tools, books, music, laws, conventions, institutions); practices (patterns of social interactions within a culture); and perspectives (values, attitudes, and assumptions).” College Board, “AP Chinese Language and Culture,” collegeboard.org (accessed July 21, 2016)
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Euthanasia
Gun Control
Immigration
- Timeline: History of Legal and Illegal Immigration to the United States
- Feb. 1862 – President Lincoln Acts to Prohibit the “Coolie Trade”
- 1863-1869 – Central Pacific Railroad Hires Chinese Laborers and the Union Pacific Hires Irish Laborers to Construct the First Transcontinental Railroad
- 1870-1880 – Chinese Immigration to the United States Increases during the Gold Rush
- Mar. 1875 – Page Law Toughens Penalties for Transporting Asians to the United States
- 1880 – Burlingame Treaty Is Revised; Chinese Immigration Is Suspended
- 1880s – Anti-Chinese Riots Spread over Northwestern States; Oregon’s Constitution Prevents Chinese from Owning Land
- May 6, 1882 – Chinese Exclusion Act Passes and Immigration Exclusion Era Begins
- 1885 – Alien Contract Labor Law Bans Immigration of Workers to Break Strikes
- 1887 – Chinese Immigration Lowers Dramatically
- Mar. 28, 1898 – Supreme Court Confirms That 14th Amendment Gives Citizenship to All Persons Born in the United States
- 1900 – Organic Act of 1900 Grants US Citizenship to Every Person Born in Hawaii before Its 1898 Annexation, Including People of Japanese and Chinese Ancestr
- Mar. 2, 1907 – Expatriation Act Revokes Citizenship of American Women Who Marry Foreigners
- 1910 – Angel Island Immigration Station Opens
- 1915-1916 – US Congree Authorizes “Mounted Inspectors” along the US-Mexico Border
- 1920 – Estimated 17,300 Chinese Entered the United States Illegally since the Passage of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
- Dec. 17, 1943 – Magnuson Immigration Act of 1943 Allows Chinese to Become US Citizens
- Aug. 9, 1946 – Asian Exclusion Repeal Act Gives Naturalization Rights to Filipinos and Indians
- 1965 – Hart-Cellar Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes Immigration Criteria Based on Nation of Origin and Race
- Nov. 9, 2000 – Bring Them Home Alive Act Grants Refugee Status to Foreigners Who Return Living Vietnam or Korean War POWs or MIAs
Medical Marijuana
- Timeline: History of Marijuana as Medicine – 2900 BC to Present
- 2900 BC – Chinese Emperor Fu His References Marijuana as a Popular Medicine
- 2700 BC – Chinese Emperor Shen Nung Said to Discover Healing Properties of Marijuana
- 1500 BC – Earliest Written Reference to Medical Marijuana in Chinese Pharmacopeia
- 1 AD – Ancient Chinese Text Recommends Marijuana for More Than 100 Ailments
- 200 – Chinese Surgeon Hua T’o Uses Cannabis Resin and Wine as Anesthetic
- 1578 – Chinese Medical Text Describes Medical Uses for Marijuana
- Sep. 2008 – Two Pounds of Cannabis Found Buried in 2,700-year-old Chinese Tomb
Milk
Prostitution
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