Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

By White House proclamation, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! The resources below will help you explore the contributions of Asian Pacific Americans with students and ask them to think critically about how the roles and culture of Asians and Pacific Islanders have been presented in literature and popular culture.

Ask students to consider the portrayal of Asians in popular culture with the resources in Race & Hollywood: Asian Images in Film, from Turner Classic Movies. Analyze the still images and movie trailers to identify how and when Asians are included. Have students consider what happens when non-Asians are cast in Asian roles, after viewing the Asians in Hollywood, Stereotyping of Asians, or Anglos Playing Asians videos on the site.

Explore the writings of Asian American authors with these ReadWriteThink lesson plans:

Share texts written by Asian and Pacific Americans with students, whether you look to picture books for young adult novels. For starters, you can listen to the ReadWriteThink Text Messages podcast episode Teen Identity and Tough Situations, which discusses the graphic novel American Born Chinese and other books that explore characters who struggle to know when to stay true to themselves. To find other books by Asian authors and illustrators, consult these lists:
For even more resources, you can check out these sites, which offer educational, historical, and cultural materials that can be used in the classroom:

2 comments:

Lydia Breiseth said...

Thanks for a great page! We'd also like to direct attention to the new APA Heritage page at Colorin Colorado (a bilingual website for parents and teachers of ELLs), featuring booklists, multimedia resources, and lots of activities!

http://www.colorincolorado.org/calendar/celebrations/apa
Sincerely,
Lydia Breiseth
Colorin Colorado Site Manager

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