OPEN SEASON Study Guide W Nos 731 2012
Open Season By Mark Tang and Lu Lippold Study Guide for Facilitators and Educators by Louisa Schein and Va-Megn Thoj This guide offers questions and issues for discussion that can be used by community groups, classes, professional groups, teachers, facilitators and others, including individuals, who would like to think more broadly about themes and questions as they view the film. Different sections will be appropriate for different groups, so they are intended to present a range of choices. Classes, community organizations and professional groups can use Open Season in many ways. Topic areas include: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, U.S. History and American Studies, Hmong and Asian Americans, Law, Enforcement and Jurisprudence, Criminal Justice, Forensics, Hunting and Natural Resources, Community Conflict, Violence and Hate, Civil Rights, Filmmaking and Documentary. This guide is especially designed to offer strategies for discussions about race and racism that are often very difficult to have, and to suggest vocabularies for talking about these difficult subjects. High school teachers and administrators should look closely at the content of the film and only screen it in carefully chosen contexts with some preparation for the emotional impact of the film. Questions and Issues for Discussion The following questions are arranged by themes, but any could be used by themselves or in sequence after screening Open Season. Some questions are similar, but phrased for different emphasis so that the discussion leader can choose and adapt what is most appropriate for the particular group. Immigrants and Assimilation 1. Asian Americans have continued to be seen as newcomers, and sojourners, unassimilable and culturally distinct no matter how many generations their families may have been in the U.S.
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