Culture through English 2A: Immigrants・移民

Hello!  

How are you? Our new topic is on immigrants (移民) - people from one country who move to live in another country, and identity (正体) - your feeling and understanding about who you are as a person. 

Activity
Look at these pictures. Who are Japanese, and who are not Japanese? For the ones who are not Japanese - what are their countries?

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Homework
Now choose two (2) of the following people and do a little research about them. 

Marutei Tsurinen
Agnes Chan
Victor Starffin
Yoko Ono
Renho

Write some notes about them. Bring your notes to the next class. 

See you next class!

Images: Top - By mroach - originally posted to Flickr as Japan visa, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8908845/1.Keiko Fujimori - by Keiko_Fujimori.jpg: Congreso de la República del Perúderivative work: Athenchen (talk) - Keiko_Fujimori.jpg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11754296/2. "OFeldman, Tokyo, 2012" by Ofer Feldman- Own work/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg#mediaviewer/File:OFeldman,_Tokyo,_2012.jpg/3. Priyanka Yoshikawa - screen shot taken from unattributed Internet source/4. Ryan Higa by Gage Skidmore http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ryan_Higa_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/5. Dido Havenaar by norio nakayama (Flickr: 大宮アルディージャ vs 清水エスパルス @ NACK5スタジアム)/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Dido_Havenaar%2C_assistant_coach_for_Shimizu_S-Pulse.jpg/6. Michio Kaku by Cristiano Sant´Anna/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Michio_Kaku-cropped.jpg/All rights reserved on top image. All other images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. All rights reserved. Uploaded for educational purposes only.