Asian American and Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2021

​Lessons and Activities - (compiled by K.C. Boyd)
​Proclamation from the White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-asian-american-and-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-heritage-month-2021/

Asian American and Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2021
Accessible for students, families, and teachers 
- https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

API ETHNICITIES AND REGIONAL GROUPINGS
From the Census Data and API Identities - https://www.api-gbv.org/resources/census-data-api-identities/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gCMpQsIblvYjA24ZehPSdH7iZ_yJp4WBsYvImnvGPqU/edit?usp=sharing

"They Say Blue" by Jillian Tamaki
Activity - https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/they-say-blue 

"The Serpent's Secret" by Sayantani DasGupta
Activity - https://kids.scholastic.com/content/dam/scholastic/kids/pdf/serpents-secret/serpent-secret_word_blanks.pdf 

Japanese American National Museum
Watch and learn with origami tutorials and video lessons.
www.janm.org/education/resources

Middle and High School
"They Called Us Enemy" by George Takei
Activity - https://www.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=61411&lf_id=10 

"Parachutes" by Kelly Yang
Activity - https://b0f646cfbd7462424f7a-f9758a43fb7c33cc8adda0fd36101899.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/reading-guides/RG-9780062869494.pdf#page=3 

“When You Trap a Tiger,” written by Tae Keller
Teaching ideas/activities  - https://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2021/02/healing-and-hope-through-storytelling-the-2021-newbery-and-apala-award-winner-when-you-trap-a-tiger/

The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
FREE Special Screening of the Oscar award winning film, "Minari"
June 18, 7:00 - 9:30 PM EDT
https://asia.si.edu/events-overview/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D152336758