Concluding the Lesson

Have the students write a brief essay on the following theme.

Discuss how the media reflected and influenced popular ideas about the Chinese. Refer to specific illustrations and writings in this lesson to support your statements.

Extension

Students could research the experience of other groups such as African Americans, Native Americans, and women who have been denied access to the political system in the United States. Similar illustrations focused on these other groups appeared in magazines and pamphlets around the same time as those included in this lesson.