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Dragon's
Gate
- Laurence
Yep
- Honor -
1994
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Grade:
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7-10
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Topics:
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Central Pacific Railroad,
Chinese, China, history,
immigration, railroads, Sierra
Nevada Mountains
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Summary:
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Set in 1867, a fifteen-year-old
Chinese boy named Otter dreams of
going to America. When he
accidentally kills a Manchu, he is
sent to the land of his dreams to
join his father and uncle, who with
other Chinese workers are building a
tunnel for the transcontinental
railroad through the Sierra Nevada
mountains. Otter joins the railroad
crew with his father and experiences
many hardships, such as cold and
hunger, poverty, and exhaustion. He
saves the railroad camp from
disaster when he dynamites a huge
snow overhang. Otter becomes a
strong individual and is able to
make decisions which will affect his
life. He passes through the "Dragons
Gate" as he grows up.
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- Author and Book
Connections
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- Laurence Yep (1948- )
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- Author Information
- Lesson Information
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- Book Connections. This book is part of a
series. Read the following four books in the series:
Serpents Children, Mountain Light, Dragon's Gate, and
Dragonwings.
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- Chinese Connections. Explore the Chinese
Curriculum page.
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- Cool Classroom
Connections
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- Chinese Immigrants. The Chinese came to
America by ship. Create a map showing the route they
probably took. Put yourself in the place of a Chinese
worker and write home to your family in China. Tell about
your everyday life as a railroad builder.
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- Transcontinental Railroad. Learn more about
the history of the transcontinental railroad. On a map,
show the route of the railroad from Sacramento through
the mountains to Utah. Learn more about the east to west
part of the railroad.
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- Labor Laws. Make a list of the poor working
conditions for the Chinese workers. Discuss the current
Labor laws.
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- Labor and Immigration Laws. Trace the
immigration laws through history. How was coming into
America on the east and west coast different?
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- Chinese American Timeline. Create a timeline
showing the arrival of Chinese in America and key
events.
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- Created by Annette
Lamb, 10/99. Updated
10/01.
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Smith (Available Dec 1999).
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