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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Learn about this special month
Learn about this special month
Did you know that May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month?
Did you know that May is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month?
It became a national weekly observance in 1979, scheduled to coincide with anniversaries of the completion of the transcontinental railroad -- built largely by Chinese immigrants -- and the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the U.S. In 1992 the observance became a permanently designated month to celebrate API communities. (Human Rights Campaign)
It became a national weekly observance in 1979, scheduled to coincide with anniversaries of the completion of the transcontinental railroad -- built largely by Chinese immigrants -- and the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the U.S. In 1992 the observance became a permanently designated month to celebrate API communities. (Human Rights Campaign)
When author Gene Luen Yang was the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2016, he encouraged us to try "reading without walls". This means reading formats you don't usually gravitate toward and reading about characters whose life experiences may be different than yours.
When author Gene Luen Yang was the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature in 2016, he encouraged us to try "reading without walls". This means reading formats you don't usually gravitate toward and reading about characters whose life experiences may be different than yours.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a good time to try a book by an Asian author or with Asian characters. Here are some great young adult titles for you to try:
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a good time to try a book by an Asian author or with Asian characters. Here are some great young adult titles for you to try:
Dragon Hoops
by Gene Luen Yang
Prairie Lotus
by Linda Sue Park
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
The Thing About Luck
by Cynthia Kadohata
Legend
by Marie Lu
Enemy Child
by Andrea Warren
A Time to Dance
by Padma Venkatraman
Look up a person's life story in Biography in Context
Look up a person's life story in Biography in Context
The screencast below will show you how!
Biog in Context-- Asian Americans.mp4Read a magazine article
Read a magazine article
Cobblestone Magazine is all about Asian Americans this month.
Cobblestone Magazine is all about Asian Americans this month.
Username: psbma
Username: psbma
Password: Brookline#1
Password: Brookline#1
There's an article about cellist Yo-Yo Ma, one about immigrants from the Phillippines, one about Hmong refugees in the United States, and much more.
There's an article about cellist Yo-Yo Ma, one about immigrants from the Phillippines, one about Hmong refugees in the United States, and much more.
Now enjoy a virtual tour of a museum!
Now enjoy a virtual tour of a museum!
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