PBS Learning Media
A catalog of education films spanning across subject areas organized by grade level, including standards and resources for educators and students.
Online: https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/
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Mapping Indigenous LA
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Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center’s Learning Together
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is working on building out resources to support education in the classroom around Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. There are currently only a few entries but some of them are very rich, for example the collection of photographs around the transcontinental railroad. Online: https://smithsonianapa.org/learn/learn-archives/
“Why I love a country that once betrayed me”
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 American Legal Defense and Education Fund
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 1619 Project
A Pulitzer-prize winning project focused on the history of slavery. Includes a few lesson plans and other curricular resources, and some are tied fairly closely to New York Times articles. Online: https://pulitzercenter.org/lesson-plan-grouping/1619-project-curriculum
Write Our Stories
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