Created for 2020 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, this covers a variety of topics and includes reading lists, spotlights on pioneers and trailblazers in the community, documentaries on Asian American and Pacific Islander issues, and Asian American food.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, a New York-based national organization founded in 1974, protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans. AALDEF focuses on critical issues affecting Asian Americans, including immigrant rights, voting rights and democracy, economic justice for workers, educational equity, housing and environmental justice, and the elimination of anti-Asian…
“AMERICA BY THE NUMBERS WITH MARIA HINOJOSA is the first PBS documentary series to focus on the dramatic demographic shifts currently taking place in this country. The new American mainstream—the growing number of Asians, Latinos, African Americans, mixed race, immigrants, women, youth, and LGBT—is influencing elections, culture, commerce, and every facet of contemporary life. We…
The New York Times aligns their journalism with lesson plans. They are organized by subject area but also just listed. Some examples include learning about slavery using primary sources Online: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/learning/learning-about-slavery-with-primary-sources.html
Centralized source of 1.675 million pictures, recordings, and texts from California libraries, archives, and museums. Online: https://calisphere.org/
Films for Action has a collection of documentaries organized by social justice themes. Topics range from Activism to War and Peace. Online: https://www.filmsforaction.org
This Teen Vogue video features young Native American women and their testimonies on the real history of Thanksgiving. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7jLeBWMA0U