Contains individual resources from the Smithsonian, as well as collections organized by theme, educational use, learning strategy. Allows individuals to use Smithsonian resources to create their own collections and share them with others.
Online: https://learninglab.si.edu/
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…
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
This website features the hand painted info-graphics created by WEB Dubois and his students to comment on race and racism during the 19th century. Online: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/w-e-b-du-bois-hand-drawn-infographics-of-african-american-life-1900?fbclid=IwAR13LSSo4w-F7RzrbX_aJxx1bGzJr3Sid7zuPhqAuqu0ez1cWANng69Q1hU
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. Online: https://www.nbcnews.com/writeourstories
When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security” measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&v=LeBKBFAPwNc&feature=emb_logo
“Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided, while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S….