BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS, HS - OPTIONAL
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Subtitle: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre.
When the gold around San Francisco dried up, the Chinese population spread across the country looking for other opportunities. In Los Angeles, a group of 180 lived in an area that came to be known as Chinatown. Resentment built, suspicions were flames, and one night shots between Chinese gangs became the spark that led to white Los Angelinos killing 18 Chinese.
If you teach any allied subject to this topic, then I do believe you should invest your money here. Besides talking about Chinese immigration, the Gold Rush, and early Los Angeles, it is also a clear look at what forces form a mob and how the justice system, even where very little law yet existed, could be twisted to favor those with power and/or money. Heavy topics, so discuss this with your teachers and see how they could use it first.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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