Hey Mountain Lions! Check out our Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Month Resources on our Student Resource Course Canvas Page! OR, if you’re a visitor here from outside our school – Welcome! Here are the resources listed below minus the HCPSS district stuff!
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month Resources
Join our learning community in “celebrating the generations of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) (Links to an external site.) Americans who have enriched global society, playing a critical role in its development and success. Curated digital resources, teachers and students can explore the remarkable contributions that API Americans have given (Links to an external site.) to history, culture, the sciences, industry, government and more. In addition to recognizing the vast achievements of the API community, work with your students and community to understand diverse perspectives and the difficult struggles (Links to an external site.) that API Americans have grappled with throughout the history of the United States.”
- Asian Americans Then and Now (Links to an external site.)
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2020 (Links to an external site.)
- Have Your Students Heard of Wong Kim Ark? (Links to an external site.)
- Japanese Internment: Injustice or War Necessity? (Links to an external site.)
- Smithsonian’s resources (Links to an external site.) with music, history and culture spanning centuries
- Smithsonian Social Studies Online: Asian American (Links to an external site.)
- Explore the Journeys of America’s Japanese and Chinese immigrants (Links to an external site.) during the 19th century in this exhibit from the University of California.
- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | DoDEA (Links to an external site.)
- For Teachers & Students: MHMS Library Media Books — A Curated List (Links to an external site.) (You may have to sign into PAC using your E number as your username (including the E), and then the last four digits of your E number as your password)
- For Teachers: AAPI – KAHOOT Games (Links to an external site.) & Resources
- For Teachers: Actively Learn Related Resources (Links to an external site.)
- For Teachers from TeachingBooks.net: AAPI Heritage Month – Middle HCPSS (Links to an external site.)
Video Resources:
Virtual Picture Book YouTube Read Aloud
Attribution: Adapted from the AAPI Instructional Virtual library (Links to an external site.)
Curated & created by Wennie Lee and L’oreal Edmonson of HCPSS – Maryland – 2021