Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is is observed throughout May to pay tribute to the achievements of generations who have contributed to American life.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is is observed throughout May to pay tribute to the achievements of generations who have contributed to American life.
Partial listing of related books you can borrow with an EOLS Library Card:
25 events that shaped Asian American history : an encyclopedia of the American mosaic by Lan Dong
Water tossing boulders : how a family of Chinese immigrants led the first fight to desegregate schools in the Jim Crow South by Adrienne Berard
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II by Daniel James Brown
Lost kingdom : Hawaii’s last queen, the sugar kings and America’s first imperial adventure by Julia Flynn Siler
The Sakura obsession : the incredible story of the plant hunter who saved Japan’s cherry blossoms by Naoko Abe
Check out The Library of Congress for links to resources you can use in your classroom! Here are some suggestions:
Here are some suggestions for more primary sources relating to Asian-Pacific American heritage:
Listen to interviews with the people of Tibet as they talk about life in traditional Tibet and also under the cultural revolution.
Explore the various languages of southern Asia through the South Asian Literary Recordings Project.
Learn about Hawaiian music, Laotian American Song and Dance,and Chinese American Song in features from the Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America.
The World Digital Library can also lead to materials that document the lives of the ancestors of those from the Asian and Pacific Islands.
For even more, visit the Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month portal. This page features resources from a variety of federal cultural heritage organizations and teaching resources.
(Source: Library of Congress, Author Danna Bell)
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Care Package
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center has curated a list of poems, meditations, films, and other “cultural nutrients.”
Smithsonian resources for K12 teachers searching for Asian Pacific and Pacific Islander narratives
Google Arts & Culture Video – HAPPY Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Google Arts and Culture – Celebrate Asian Pacific American Cultures
Books Matter™ | Children’s & Young Adult Literature
ADL provides an online bibliography of recommended children’s and young adult books about bias, bullying, diversity and social justice. This curated list provides age level recommended books on Asian/Asian-American/South Asian/South-Asian American/Pacific Islander people, identity, and culture.
(Source: American Library Association)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebrates of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The term “Asian/Pacific” encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress provides a curated list of ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.
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