Latino Heritage Month - Guide for School Sites

Objective

To celebrate and honor the rich history, culture and contributions of Latino students, families and staff during OUSD’s Annual Latino Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15

Definition

Latino Heritage month promotes the history, culture, and contributions of I Latinos in the U.S., whose ancestors are Indigenous to the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Communities mark the achievements of Latino Americans with festivals and educational activities.

Purpose

As OUSD, we strive to integrate our students’ and families’ cultural and linguistic assets with student learning and campus culture every day. During Latino Heritage Month, our purpose is to engage students, staff, and families in celebrating their cultures and traditions, from September 15 to October 15.

September 15 is the anniversary of the independence from Spain of five Latin American countries:  Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain on September 16 and Chile follows suit on September 18.

• OUSD Latino Heritage Resolution- English

• Resolución del Mes de la Herencia Latina de OUSD

• قرار شهر التراث اللاتيني OUSD

•  OUSD 拉丁裔传统月决议

Activities

Suggested Site Based Activities:

• Weekly newsletter integration: Highlight a quote or story of Latinos in your school’s newsletter or bulletin 

• Student assignments: 

  • Assign an I-Search, Story of Migration/Oral History, or Story of Self project

  • Incentivize for completing a research project with prizes

• Organize an assembly or class meeting that highlights the contributions of Latinos

• Organize a School Wide Art Competition based on the works of Latino artists

• Organize a School Wide Latino Poetry Competition based on the works of Latino writers

• Participate in our Annual Latinx Read-In with the Oakland Public Education Fund

  • Sign up to host a Read In event for your students, Oct 3-7 

Visibility:

Send us your photos and a short narrative of how you celebrated Latino Heritage Month at your school and be highlighted in OUSD news! Every opportunity to showcase what is happening at our school sites provides inspiration and motivates more participation in future events! Be recognized for what you do!

eve.delfin@ousd.org 

Community Events:

For Families:

• Dia de Los Muertos- Oct 30, 2022, Fruitvale District

• Fiestas Patrias, San Francisco City Hall, Sept 15

• Celebrate Latino Heritage, Sept 17, 11 am 

  • Cunamacué, an arts organization based in Oakland, dedicated to promoting Afro-Peruvian culture through its music returns to the Library for a demonstration and a family dance lesson.

• Ballet Folklorico de Carlos Moreno- Dia de Muertos Performance (based in Oakland)

• Ballet Folklorico Mexico Dia de Muertos (based in Hayward)

Social Media

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  Post your celebration photos on social media, utilize this year’s Latino Heritage Month- Social Media announcement with your posts. Tag us on facebook: @LatinoStudentAchievement, on instagram: @oakland_lsa

Classroom Resources:

Elementary

• José-Luis Orozco is a bilingual children’s author, educator, and recording artist. He has written five award winning books, De Colores and Other Latin American Folk Songs for Children began in Berkeley, CA

• Latino Heritage Month Bitmoji- link this in your newsletter or use at a virtual assembly or project it in class and watch together

              Put in presentation mode and click on the links

• Easy for use with parents and students at home!

• Latino Literature for Elementary/Middle School

• Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over (Grades 6-8) - National Endowment for Humanities (EDSITEment)/Smithsonian Learning Lab

• Mayan Math- Interactive games and history of Mayan Math and astronomy including Mayan number system (base 10 and base 20) and multiplication and more!

  • https://maya.nmai.si.edu/maya-sun/maya-math-game

Secondary

• Middle-Grade Historical Fiction Books By or About BIPOC

• Latino Historical Fiction

• Teaching Central America

• Teaching about El Salvador

• Lesson Plan: Race and Government Policy in Revolutionary Cuba  -PBS

• Latinx Fiction Stories for Secondary #OwnVoices - Hoopla: Voces Latinx for Secondary

• ¡Viva! 2020 for Teens - San Francisco Public ‘Virtual’ Library

• Latinx Rise Up (Essays and Articles) (Grades 9-12) - PopSugar Latina

• Latinx Rights in 1960s California (multimedia resource collection)- FacingHistory.org

  • The 1968 East LA School Walkouts

  • California Grape Workers’ Strike: 1965-66 

All Grades

Central America History

• Central American Book List

• Teach Central America, fun quizzes, book lists and lessons

Latino History

• Latino History Project- learn about the contributions and cultures of Latinos in California

• Loteria game

• OUSD Digital Library

• Latinos and Math

• Oakland EdFund Recommended Reading List

• César E. Chávez California Model Curriculum (Grades k-12)

• The Mexican Museum (SF) - fun arts and crafts tutorials for the whole family 

• The Farmworker Movement- Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

• Lemon Grove Incident - The Zinn Education Project

• Latino Heritage Month-CA Dept of Justice

Latino/Asian History

• Roots in the Sand - PBS (Jayasri Majumdar Hart's ROOTS IN THE SAND is a multi-generational portrait of pioneering Punjabi-Mexican families)

• AAL: Latin Asians  by Tinabeth Piña

• Asian Diasporas in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Historical Overview - Evelyn Hu-DeHart and Kathleen López

• Being Asian and Latino - Podcast, NPR: LatinoUSA

• Latino Cultures in the US - Google Arts&Culture

• Newsela- Many resources on History of Latino Culture, Food and People

Music:

• Hispanic Heritage Month On World Cafe: The Playlist (Music) - NPR World Cafe

• Cafeteras: If I was President, based in East LA but loved in Oakland, keep listening for a great playlist , also De Colores

• Mariachi

  • Flor de Toloache, all female band

  • Los Camperos de Nati Cano

• Banda, Los Tigres del Norte (Los Tigres del Norte are a norteño band from San Jose, California. ) El Muro (clean version)

Arts:

• HIstory of Chicano Park, San Diego

• Street Art in Fruitvale of Oakland, CA

Dance: 

• Ballet Folklorico de Carlos Moreno- Dia de Muertos Performance (based in Oakland), videos on website

• Mexico Danza- Dia de Muertos (based in Hayward)

More Resources and articles:

• Latinx Heritage Month: More Than One Word, More Than One Heritage - Human Rights Campaign (2019)

• Latinx Heritage Month Resource Guide: Afro-Latinx Resources - University Libraries (2020)

• To Live in the Borderlands means you… by Gloria Anzaldúa (poetry)

• The 1968 East LA School Walkouts - Facing History and Ourselves

• Teaching about the Chicano Movement - Smithsonian Learning Lab

• Esperanza Rising: Learning Not to Be Afraid to Start Over (Grades 6-8) - National Endowment for Humanities (EDSITEment)/Smithsonian Learning Lab

• BackStory: After Hurricane Maria - The History of Puerto Rico and the United States - National Endowment for Humanities (EDSITEment)/Smithsonian Learning Lab

Resources in Spanish (En Espanol)

• Nearpod Latinx Heritage Month Resources In Spanish:

  • Jordi Muñoz - Technological Advancements

  • Deportistas hispanos en los EEUU - Famous Latinx Athletes

• ¡Estamos aqui! Voces Latinas - Hoopla: español

• Familias Latinas - Hoopla: español

Afro-Latinos:

• Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics (Pew Research Center) - pewreserach.org

• Afro Latinos' Mixed Identity Can Leave Them Out of the Mix By Patricia Guadalupe and Suzanne Gamboa - nbcnews.com

• Afro-Latino: A deeply rooted identity among U.S. Hispanics - Pew Research Center

• Black in Latin America (Videos) - PBS.org

• Castas (English) - enwikipedia.org

• Sistemas de Castas Colonial (Spanish) - enwikipedia.org

• Las Castas en Hispanoamérica

LGBTQ Community

• Honoring LGBTQ Voices During Hispanic Heritage Month - Teachin Tolerance

• Which is Better Latino or Latinx?

• Gloria Anzaldua

• More Gloria Anzaldua

Afro Latinx Music

• Caras Lindas (Susana Baca)

• Celia Cruz (La vida es un Carnaval)

• Putumayo (Afro Latino) 

• Rap en Quechua (Peru)

Videos:

• Foreigners in Their Own Land (1565-1880)

• Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)

• War and Peace (1942-1954)

• The New Latinos 

• Prejudice and Pride (1965-1980)

• Peril and Promise (1980-2000)

• Cholita Skateboarders (Bolivia)

• Dia de Los Muertos -Catrina 

• History of Fruitvale Dia de Muertos and Latino Activism in Oakland

Sports:

• Quechua Women- Bolivian Skateboarders

• Soccer in Latin America

Message from School

Welcome to Latino Heritage Month! From September 15 to October 15, 2021 we celebrate and  promote the history, culture, and contributions of Latinos.

We invite all students, parents and staff to celebrate the many contributions of Latinos during this month by using the resources provided. 

Newsletter  sample

Welcome to Latino Heritage Month! Latino Heritage month promotes the history, culture, and contributions of Latinos  those whose ancestors are indigenous to the US Southwest, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Communities mark the achievements of  Latino Americans with festivals and educational activities.

   Filipino/a/x American History Month - OUSD Resource Guide

Thank you to Berkeley USD, SFUSD, Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP) and 

Sama Sama Cooperative for resources!

Objective

We celebrate Filipino/a/x American History Month in October to recognize the rich history, culture, significant contributions and legacy of Filipino Americans, including many of our students, families and staff, to our city, country and California. 

Definition & Background

Filipinos have long been a part of the history of this nation. The first record of people from the islands now known as the Philippines in the continental United States was on October 18,1587, right here in California at a place called Morro Bay. These indigenous Filipinos, called Luzones Indios, were skilled sailors who had been forced to labor on Spanish ships trading goods between the Philippines and Mexico. Filipinos who escaped indentured servitude on Spanish ships established the first permanent settlement by Asians in this country in 1768 in Louisiana. And Filipinos began arriving to the United States in significant numbers after the U.S. colonized the Philippines following the bloody Philippine-American War at the turn of the 20th Century. 

Since 2009, U.S. Congress and California have recognized October as Filipino American History Month and California recognizes October 25 as Larry Itliong Day to honor the Filipino labor leader who spearheaded the great Delano grape strike. We recognize that many of us have not been taught this history. 

As Oakland resident and Filipino American poet, educator and writer Aimee Suzara says: “It is our job as writers, artists and educators to help young people see themselves reflected in centralized parts of the curriculum and literature, not just in the footnotes. And it is the job of everyone else to carry the load, shifting and expanding the conversation.”  We encourage teachers to delve more deeply and seek ways to engage both students and families in activities that acknowledge the contributions of Filipino American communities throughout the year. 

Learn more by watching A Filipino American Story Since 1587 (7 min), Short Video of 15 Facts about Fil-Am History, This is American History by Aimee Suzara and reading our post on 5 Fierce Facts about Filipino American History.

Message from School  / Draft Newsletter Blurb

Happy Filipino/a/x American History Month! Throughout the month of October, we celebrate and  promote the history, culture, and contributions of Filipino Americans.  We invite all students, parents and staff to celebrate the many contributions of Filipino Americans during this month by using the resources provided in OUSD’s Filipinx American History Month Guide for Sites. 

Classroom Resources & Activities!

Suggested Site Based Activities:

• Print this poster on Filipino American History Month to put up at your site or in your room.

• Weekly newsletter integration: Highlight a quote or story of Filipino American History Month or profile one of your Filipino American staff or community members.

• Organize an assembly or class event that highlights the contributions of Filipino/a Americans using resources below!

Elementary Resources:

• October 25 is Larry Itliong Day in California. Teach about farmworkers, unions, strikes, solidarity and justice:

• Watch this fun music video "Our Friend, Larry Itliong" by AJ Rafael (6 min)

• Read Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta

Teacher Guide

• Video of interview with the author, Gayle Romasanta

• Slides for read aloud by OUSD parent Angelica Jongco

Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong" Read Aloud video

• Read a book together featuring Filipino American stories:

  • Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore

    • Read Aloud by Dorina K Lazo Gilmore

    • Seesaw Reading Activity

  • Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel read aloud by author Anthony Robles

    • Teacher Guide

  • Lakas and the Manilatown Fish Read Aloud

  • Willie Wins by Almira Astudillo Gilles

    • Teacher Guide

  • When Lola Visits on Sora

• Do classroom trivia with these Filipino American HIstory Month Slides from an SFUSD teacher Tracie Noriega

• Kilusan for Kids (Puppet show) by Pin@y Educational Partnerships (PEP)

• TK-5 ART LESSON by Leo Valledor

Secondary Resources:

• Journey for Justice: The LIfe of Larry Itliong

Teacher Guide

Video of interview with the author, Gayle Romasanta

• Watch The Fall of the I-Hotel

  • Article about the history of the San Francisco I-Hote

• Watch Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farmworkers Movement (26 min) or a trailerl

• High School: Create an Identity Zine inspired by Filipino American artist Carlos Villa

All Grades:

• Watch A Filipino American Story Since 1587 (7 min)

• SFUSD TK-5 Slide Deck celebrating Filipino American History 

• Why the US has so many Filipino nurses by VOX

• Little Manila: Filipinos in California's Heartland - KVIE

• How Daly City's Filipino Mobile DJ Scene Changed Hip Hop Forever | KQED Arts

• 10 Reasons why Latinos and Filpinos Are Primos

• 20 LGBTQ Filipino Americans To Celebrate

• Read and discuss: On Black and Filipino solidarity 

• Cultural Energizer: Tatlong Bagsak closing ritual

• From Isang Bagsak to #FilipinxforBlackLives, the Filipino Identity Has Always Been Political

• Lives of Manila Men in Louisiana According to Descendants

• Filipino vs Filipinx | Breaking The Tabo | Episode 2 | One Down

Additional Book & Album Recommendations:

Oakland Library Book List

Elementary:

• Everlasting Nora

• Jack and Agyu read by author Justine Villanueva

• The House That Lou Built and Any Day With You by Mae Respicio (on Sora)

• When Lola Visits - on Sora

• Gabriela Silang

• Colorful Pages Filipino American History Month: 2020 Book List

• Additional recommendations in Activities above 

Secondary:

• Lalani of the Distant Sea and other books by Erin Entrada Kelly - on Sora

• We Belong by Cookie Hiponia - on Sora

• Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans

• Gangster of Love by Jessica Hagedorn

• I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib

• Patron Saints of Nothing by  Randy Ribay

• My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

• Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas

• America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulusan

• America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo

• Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California by Dr. Dawn Mabalon

• Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn

• In The Country by Mia Alvar

A short list of music and comedian albums on the Filipino American Experience:

• Rocky’s Revenge by Rocky Rivera (Hip Hop)

• CIRCA 91 by Ruby Ibarra (Hip Hop)

• Party Worker by Bambu (Hip Hop)

• Husky Boy by Rex Navarette (Comedy)

Social Media & Visibility

Send us your photos and a short narrative of how you celebrated Filipinx American History Month at your school and be highlighted in OUSD news! Every opportunity to showcase what is happening at our school sites provides inspiration and motivates more participation in future events! Be recognized for what you do! Tag @ousdnews & use the hashtag #FilipinxOUSD

Post your celebration photos on social media, utilize this year’s Filipinx American History Month - Social Media announcement with your posts. Tag us on Facebook: @APISAOUSD, on Instagram: @ousdapisa

Filipinx Community Leaders To Learn About:

ARTISTS:

• Ruby Ibarra, Bay Area poet & rap artist

Video Video Music Video for "HERE"

• Thomas Orlina, openly gay musician

Music Video for "Brush it Off"

• Zoe Dorado, 1st Alameda County Youth Poet Laureate

Article & Video (8 min)

• Kalaya’an Mendoza, activist and artist

• Aimee Suzara Bay Area writer, performer and educator, Blog

• H.E.R., Bay Area Grammy award winning musician

Video of H.E.R. speaking about her Filipino and Black identity 

• DJ Qbert & Invisbl Scratch Piklz revolutionized turntablism as an art 

form

• Dev Heyrana, Bay Area based visual artist

ORGANIZERS/ADVOCATES:

• Lilian Galedo, local Community Organizer, Activist and former Executive Director of Filipino Advocates for Justice

• Dr. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon

• Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and openly gay and undocumented immigrant justice advocate

• Gabriela Silang, Anti Colonial Fighter in the Philippines

• Dr. Jose Rizal - Filipinx revolutionary 

• California Attorney General Rob Bonta

• Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas

• Labor Leaders:

  • Silme Domingo & Gene Viernes

  • Philip Vera Cruz

  • Larry Itliong

OTHER NOTABLE ICONS:

• Dr. Audrey Sue Cruz, Barbie made a doll of her for their front line worker release

• Victoria Manalo Draves, first American woman of Asian descent to win an Olympic Medal and the first female diver to win two gold medals at the Olympics at the London Games in 1948

• California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye

• Pedro Flores, Filipino businessman and immigrant credited with popularizing the yo-yo

• Hidilyn Diaz, first gold medal Olympic winner from the Philippines

Community Connections for Classrooms & Schools

San Francisco Public Library FAHM Celebration page

BindleStiff Studio

Pin@y Educational Partnerships PEP

Parangal Dance Company

Bayani Art

Filipino Advocates for Justice

Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity

SamaSama Cooperative Summer Camp

Indigenous People’s Heritage Month

Oakland Unified School District 

Resource Guide

November 2022

We celebrate Indigenous / Native American History Month in November to honor and recognize the significant sacrifices, contributions, and achievements of this nation’s First People.  We also acknowledge the current contributions of the Native American community here in Huichin (Oakland).

Indigenous Heritage Resource Community Padlet Please use this padlet to share resources, ask questions, and make connections related to the OUSD Indigenous Heritage Guide.

Background

For almost one hundred fifty years, people have urged that there be forever designated by the nation a specific place on the calendar to recognize the contributions, achievements, sacrifice, and cultural and historical heritage of the original inhabitants of the present-day United States and their descendants. The quest for a permanent designation of a day, a week, or a month to honor the nation’s native peoples began in the early twentieth century as a private effort. Since then, Congress has enacted legislation, and successive Presidents have issued annual proclama­tions designating a day, week, or month to celebrate and commemorate America’s native peoples. In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” 

In 2020 OUSD Board of Education passed a resolution to declare November Annual Indigenous People’s Heritage Month across the District. This is an effort to honor the history, culture and impact of Indigenous people in this nation and the city of Oakland, and support Indigenous students, staff and families in OUSD. It’s also about supporting current regional efforts to preserve Native historic sites.

November is Indigenous Heritage People’s Month. We invite all students, parents and staff to celebrate the many contributions of Native/Indigenous people during this month by using the resources provided in OUSD’s Indigenous Heritage Month Guide for Sites. 

Classroom Resources & Activities!

Suggested Site Based Activities:

• Make a Poster Celebrating Indigenous Heritage  Month to put up at your site or in your room.

• Weekly newsletter integration: Highlight a quote or story of an Indigenous person in your school’s newsletter or bulletin.

• Organize an assembly or class event that highlights the contributions of Indigenous/Native Americans using resources below!

• Make a school wide land acknowledgement statement

• Start an indigenous plant garden at your school.

• Fundraise for Segorea Te’ land trust

Land Acknowledgement Resources:

• A GUIDE TO INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

• Illuminative Land Acknowledgement Guide

• K-2 Indigenous Peoples of California

• Link for Lesson on how to create a Land Acknowledgement with your class

• UC Berk Hist/Soc St project -land acknowledgement lesson

• from Australia - Land acknowledgement for little ones.  How to Write an Acknowledgement of Country With Kids - Australia

• from Canada - the Land Acknowledgement at the 1 minute mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jqskc3man4

• from tinkergarten  https://tinkergarten.com/activities/acknowledging-the-land

• Molly of Denali - Land Acknowledgement

“I think one of the biggest challenges for protection of Indigenous cultural heritages is our invisibility in our own homelands.”  

- Corrina Gould tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan

Elementary Resources:

• Acorns All Around Us. K-2 Lesson

• PK-2 Lessons from National Indian Educational Association

• How to Powwow Dance for Kids

• K-2 Lesson Indigenous People in California from UCB HSS

• 3-5 Lesson Indigenous Language Revitalization in California

• 3-5 Lessons from National Indian Educational Association

• Ohlone Curriculum with Bay Miwok Content and Introduction to Delta Yokuts - EBRP

• k-2 PBS Lesson Grandpa's Drum Molly of Denali

Secondary Resources:

• The Alcatraz Proclamation: A Primary Document Activity

• From Erasure to Revitalization

• Bioneers: The Alcatraz Occupation and Contemporary Indigenous Resistance lesson Plan 9-12

• Teaching About the Native American Fight for Representation, Repatriation and Recognition - Lesson Plans

• Rediscovering Our Roots - 6-9 Lesson Plan

• Picaria: A Zuni Pueblo Math Game grades 6-8

• Joy Harjo - reads Remember & Lesson Plan

• Native Words-Native Warriors  lesson on Code Talkers

• Video Northern Ute Teens on Racism and Media

• Math Game - Making Camp 7 Generation Games

• Ohlone Curriculum with Bay Miwok Content and Introduction to Delta Yokuts - EBRP

• RUN4SALMON CURRICULUM

• 6-8 Lesson The Importance of Indigenous Language Revitalization

• 9-12 Lesson Today's Native America

• 9-12 Cultural Heritage: Recording a Native Language Dictionary

• Grades 6-12 Student-Centered Learning Activities

• Illuminatives Lesson on Change Makers

• Lesson Plan - Teaching About the Native American Fight for Representation, Repatriation and Recognition

• 6-8 The Power in Retelling History - A Look at Jim Thorpe's Life  Lesson Plan from Illuminative

• Injunity Films Injunuity is a mix of animation, music, and real thoughts from real people exploring our world from the Native American perspective.

All Grades:

• TeachRock RUMBLE lesson plans - RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD

•  Seeing Our Native Students: A Guide for Educators

• 5 ways to Indigenize your Curricula

• Sky Woman - Creation Story

• Dance! Learn a few moves with Pow Wow Sweat - Pow Wow Dance Lessons

• Guide to Pow Wow Dance Styles

• Locate whose land you are occupying Native-land

• Avoid Problematic Words/ Phrases

• The Real Thanksgiving Address - project 562

• A Real Thanksgiving Address: The Words That Come Before All Else - blog

• Native American Heritage Collection - PBS Wide collection of video and lessons covering historical and contemporary topics related to Native America

• 7 Generations Games - 7 Generation Games,  immersive video games and interactive apps that teach math, history and language – in English and Spanish.

• Celebrating the late We:wa Celebrates Zuni (A:shiwi) Native American fiber artist, weaver, and potter the late We:wa. As a Łamana (thah-mah-nah), the late We:wa was a revered cultural leader and mediator within the Zuni tribe, devoting their life to the preservation of Zuni traditions and history. 

• Indigenous Love Words Project

Educator Resources:

• Native American Occupation of Alcatraz Captured in Rare Footage | KQED Arts - VIDEO

• The Occupation of Alcatraz that Sparked an American Revolution - Dr. LaNada Warjack Video

• Richard Oakes delivering the Alcatraz Proclamation (1969) - from THE EDUCATION ARCHIVE

• Primary Source Set: The American Indian Movement, 1968-1978

• Setting the Record Straight: The Indian Child Welfare Act Fact Sheet

• History Timeline: Selected Dates in Indian History and Indian Education*

• What is Tribal Sovereignty?

• Indian Boarding Schools

• Starting From the Heart: Going Beyond Land Acknowledgement  Article from ETFO, amazing knowledge building and resources of how to embed Indigenous Education in the classroom. 

• Oyate Guide for Analyzing Anti-Indigenous Bias in Children's Books

• Indigeneity Curriculum, online resource from the Bioneers.

• Native American Activism: 1960s to Present

• Problematic Words/ Phrases

• Native-land

• Video - The Forgotten Tribes: Truth About Federally Unrecognized Tribes in The United States

• Living Nations, Living World Interactive Map with Indigenous Poetry - Joy Harjo

• How Native Writers Talk Story: Honoring Authentic Voices in Books for Young People

• Defining My Indigenous Culture for Myself and Others P.S. Not all Indigenous people are Native American  By Liza Tuyuc

• Providing Deeper Context in Lessons on Indigenous Peoples - Edutopia

Podcasts 

Illuminative

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Apple Podcasts

Listen on SoundCloud

Warrior Kids Podcast

Points of Intersection *

• Complete the Circle | Sherenté Harris | TEDxURI Sherenté Harris, a Narragansett TwoSpirit, overcame discrimination through traditional dance.  

• Video - What Does "Two-Spirit" Mean? 

• 8 Things You Should Know About Two Spirit People

• Article - What does it mean to be Black and Native in 2020?

• Andrina Wekontash Smith - The Darker Red Road (full video) Poem on Native and Black identity

• Radmilla Cody Speaks on her African Native American Heritage "Black Indians"

*Intersectional is a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw

Books, Music, Art 

Music

• Lyla June - All Nations Rise (Official Music Video)

• RedStar and Anthony Sul -Ohlone Fire Song

• Alphabet Rockers - This is Ohlone Land 

• Tribe Called Red - "We are the Halluci Nation" - TedTalk Performance - A Tribe Called Red creates music that acts as a gateway into urban, contemporary indigenous culture, celebrating all of its layers and complexity. Inspired by the poet, musician and activist John Trudell.

• Supaman

• Radmilla Cody

• Native American Music Awards

• Idle No More - Ulali

• Buffy Saint-Marie

Books

• Social Justice Books / Teaching for Change Book recommendations from PreK-High School

• American Indians In Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical analysis of Indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books.

• We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

• Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan Tudor, Kelly Tudor

• Thunder's Hair by Jessie Taken Alive - Rencountre

• When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-FentonMargaret Pokiak-Fenton

•    Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids Cynthia L Smith (Author)

• Sora Native American and Indigenous Heritage Collection: Ebooks and audiobooks -curated by Chabot Elementary Librarians

Art

• Adam Sings In The Timber - Photography

• Matika Wilbur -Project 562 Photography / Video 

• Julia Parker: Visual Arts (Basket Weaving)

Dance

• Gathering Of Nations Powwow

• Duncan Family Hoop Dancing

• Sewam Dance Co

Indigenous  Leaders 

ARTISTS:

• Joy Harjo Joy Harjo - Poets.org

• Wes Studi Wes Studi Tribute

• Wes Studi: A Film Icon and Native American Oscar Winner

• Steven Paul Judd -interview with Native American Artist 

• Chi-Nations visits Steven Paul Judd an interview and art

•  Tommy Orange-Ghost Dance 

• Interview with Tommy Orange

Athletes:

• Billy Mills

• Jim Thorpe

• Meet Jim Thorpe, a Real-Life Native American Superhero

• Native American Women in the  2021 March Madness Tournament 

• Madison Hammond is the NWSL’s first Indigenous player.

Organizers / Activists:

• Autumn Peltier - Water Protector

Autumn Peltier Speaks to the UN

• Madonna Thunder Hawk

Video-Madonna Thunder Hawk: Influence of the Grandmother

Warrior Women Project

• Tom Goldtooth

Tom B.K. Goldtooth on The Sacredness of Mother Earth 

• 10 Native American Activists You Should Know

Movements: 

• Lesson Plan “Water Is Life” Teaching for Solidarity with Standing Rock

 STAND WITH STANDING ROCK- official site

• Lesson Plan- What's in a Mascot - Learning for Justice

Video - Proud To Be (mascots)

• Video Climate Change - on the Navajo Nation

• Idle No More Calif.

Other Notable Icons:

• Aaron Yazzie  Aaron Yazzie is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• John Herrington

Astronaut John Herrington Carried A Piece of Native American History to Space

• Notah Begay  Native American professional golfer. He is one of the only Native American[golfers to have played in the PGA Tour

• Bethany Yellowtail Site

NYT Article - Meet Bethany Yellowtail

How Fashion Designer Bethany Yellowtail Celebrates Her Native American Heritage

• List of native American Firsts

Leaders:

• Congresswoman Deb Haaland

6-8 lesson plan What Debra Haaland’s confirmation as interior secretary means to Native Americans

• Congresswoman Sharice Davids

Campaign Video _ Sharice Davids

• Chief Lynn Malerba

• LaDonna Harris

• Wilma Mankiller

Video - Wilma Mankiller | First Female Chief of the Cherokee Nation 

Community Connections 

• Sogorea Te' Land Trust Sogorea Te' Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people.

• Shellmound.Org  is a coalition of Ohlone tribes, indigenous organizations, and individuals who advocate for historic preservation, indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice.

• Wahpepah's Kitchen & Ohlone Cafe

• Indigenous Red Market Indigenous Bay Area artists, designers, and entrepreneurs, for the first Indigenous Red Market in Oakland, CA.

• Intertribal Friendship House

• American Indian Child Resource Center

• American Indian Film Festival

• Indigenous Red Market Join us every first Sunday of the month for native vendors, music, food, and more!

• Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits

Social Media & Visibility

Send us your photos and a short narrative of how you celebrated Indigenous Heritage Month at your school. Every opportunity to showcase what is happening at our school sites provides inspiration and motivates more participation in future events! Be recognized for what you do! Tag @ousdnews & use the hashtag #IndigenousOUSD

Compiled by Ethnic Studies TSA Leah Aguilera

ousd.org/equity

  Arab American History Month

[ Oakland Unified School District Resource Guide ]

Objective

We celebrate Arab-American History Month in April to recognize the rich history, culture, significant contributions and legacy of Arab-Americans, including many of our students, families and staff, to our city, county, the state of California and beyond. 

Definition & Background

In 2018, the California State Senate unanimously proclaimed 

the month of April as Arab American Heritage month. 

Arab-Americans have been a part of the history of this nation. 

Although sparsely recorded, the migration of Arabs to the 

United States began in the late 1880’s. There are records 

showing that Arab immigrants fought in both the First World 

War and WWII-some even obtained U.S. citizenship by fighting 

in WWI.

Arab immigrants came to the United States from Lebanon, 

Syria, Egypt, but also from Morocco, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, 

Yemen, Tunisia, Algeria, many Gulf countries, and Libya.

Arab-Americans make up over three million of the 

U.S. population, some experts even say there could be over      

six million Arab-Americans living in the U.S.. But to date, we do not have an accurate number of how many Arab-Americans live in America. This is because early Arabs identified as“White” in order to gain access to American citizenship during their initial entry. America’s naturalization system imposed racial restrictions on which immigrants could become citizens, this pushed many immigrants to claim ‘whiteness’. Also during this time the Chinese Exclusion Act was in effect, and since it originally barred the entry of Chinese and other Asians, subsequent acts effectively extended the ban longitudinally and in terms of the nationalities to be excluded. Out of fear of being othered or discriminated against, the Arab immigrant community fought to pass as legally “White”. Since 1944, Arabs have been deemed ‘White’ by law. 

Who are Arabs?: 

The Arab population are tremendously diverse racially 

and ethnically. The term "Arab" is actually a linguistic 

term that refers to people who speak Arabic. 

There are approximately 300 million people in

22 Arabic speaking countries in the region, which 

has been referred to as the “MENA” or the Middle 

East and North Africa. Which is a term most Arabs 

reject, and consider it to be a colonial invention.  

The Arab region consist of: Algeria, Bahrain, 

the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, 

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. 

In reality most Arab-Americans do not identify as White, nor does this community experience the ‘privileges’ that accompany Whiteness. Arab-Americans are marginalized, discriminated against - similar to many communities of color and minorities in America. Anti-Arab sentiment and Islamophobia have negatively impacted Arab/Muslim Americans alike for decades. But collecting data to address the challenges, needs and even the population of Arab-Americans has been close to impossible. This community has felt invisible and uncounted. There are campaigns aiming to lift up the identity of Arab-Americans for the 2030 Census, which was an effort tabled in 2020 under Trump.

OUSD Highlights

This is a challenge OUSD 

also faces when trying to bridge the 

equity gaps that our Arab-American 

scholars face. Since they do not 

have a race category, we are unable 

to adequately count them and thereby 

struggle to serve them entirely. But 

the Office of Equity has really pushed 

for more representation and visibility 

for OUSD’s Arab-American student 

body. 

Highlights:

2018: Data & Representation

The infographic to the right was

A project completed by APISA (Asian, Pacific 

Islander Student Achievement) Program, 

that serves API and Arab-American scholars at 

OUSD. It Highlights the unique challenges the

Yemeni-American community faces, with 

respect to graduation rates, bullying, 

immigration and the war in their homeland. 

-OUSD in Mother Jones

2019: OUSD’s 1st annual Arab-American 

Honor Roll; lifted up the progress and 

Excellence of Arab-American scholars.

2021: Arab/Muslim Resolution: 

Oakland’s Arab community banded together

With the OUSD Board to implement a res-

olution that aimed to fill the equity gaps 

that impact Arab/Muslim students at OUSD.

Message from School  / Draft Newsletter Blurb

Happy Arab-American History Month! Throughout the month of October, we celebrate and promote the history, culture, and contributions of Arab-Americans, while also understanding their struggles to be seen.  We invite all students, parents and staff to celebrate the many contributions of Arab-Americans during this month by using the resources provided in OUSD’s Arab-American History Month Guide for Sites.

Classroom Resources & Activities!

Suggested Site Based Activities:

• Print this poster of Nagi Daifallah. Find his story here

• Slide Deck for ALL Ages 

• Weekly newsletter integration: 

  • Highlight a quote or story of Arab-American History 

Month in your school’s newsletter or bulletin.

• Organize an assembly (virtual also works) or class event that 

highlights the contributions of Arab-Americans using 

resources below!

Elementary Resources:

• AAYSP heads literacy programs in four OUSD elementary schools

  • Culturally relevant booklist/curriculum/PDs

  • Learn more about AAYSP’s work here

Secondary Resources:

• History of Arab Americans

• Are Arabs white?

• Edward Said On Orientalism | 1998 Documentary

ALL Grades:

• Arab Americans: History, Culture & Contributions

• Lesson plans from Arab American National Museum

• Arab American Digital Scrapbooks

• How Arabic Influenced the World

For Educators:

PD: Preventing & Addressing Islamophobia and Bullying in Our Schools

This APRIL* is also: RAMADAN 

*(it doesn't always fall on April-Muslims follow the lunar calendar to

 determine when Ramadan & other occasions begin and commence) 

Elementary Resources:

• Lesson Plans on Ramadan

• Geometry Art projects

• Videos:

  • Ramadan Moon

  • Ramadan Books Read Aloud Playlist

Secondary Resources: 

• Articles:

  • Ramadan: A centuries-old American tradition

For Educators:

• A Ramadan Guide for School Administrators/Teachers

• How Does Fasting Work? 

• An Open Letter to Educators about Ramadan

•  FILM: “Nadia’s Ramadan”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgnhOf67b8 

Additional Recommendations

• 
  Golden Thread Productions: Bay Area Arab Theatre Company 

• Middle East Children’s Alliance MECA

• ASWAT: Bay Area Arab Music Ensemble

• Takalam: OUSD HS Summer Media Internship (Open Now)

• OUSD Resource Page for Arab/Muslim Community & My Page (for events/updates)

Social Media & Visibility

Send us your photos and a short narrative of how you celebrated Arab-American History Month at your school and be highlighted in OUSD news and OUSD APISA media! Every opportunity to showcase what is happening at our school sites provides inspiration and motivates more participation in future events! Be recognized for what you do! Tag @ousdnews & use the hashtag #OUSDArabs

Post your celebration photos on social media and tag AAPISA on Facebook: @AAPISAOUSD, on Instagram: @ousdaapisa

OPL Book List

Oakland Library Book List:

Elementary:

• Juvenile Books with Arab and Muslim Themes

• Muslim Protagonists in Picture Books

Secondary:

• YA Books with (MENA) Middle Eastern & North African Representation

Community Connections for Classrooms & Schools

• 
  American Association of Students and Professionals: programs@aaysp.org 

• Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) 

• Islamic Networks Group (ING) 

• Yemeni American Resource Center مركز الموارد اليمني الأمريكي

• SIDRA: Arab Community Wellness (Mental Health)

The Arab Liberation Mural / Will To Live (2018) 

by Art Forces, Arab Resource Organizing Center 

(AROC), and Arab Youth Organizing (AYO) 

celebrates and honors the lives of six Arab leaders: 

Rasmea Odeh, Mehdi Ben Barka, Naji Diafullah, 

Leila Khaled, Basel Al Araj, and Yasser Mortaja. 

The mural manifests and expresses the resilience 

and resistance of the Bay Area community to 

attacks on freedom and liberties of Arab, Muslim, 

people of color, immigrants and refugees. 

More info: clarionalleymuralproject

   Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

[ Oakland Unified School District Resource Guide ]

Objective

We recognize Asian American & Pacific Islander Month to celebrate the rich histories from across the Asian continent and from the Pacific Islands. Our history is filled with stories of resilience, persistence, determination and a celebration of our rich culture and heritage.

About our Asian American & Pacific Islander Community in OUSD

We use an inclusive and broad definition of Asian Pacific Islander including communities from across the Asian continent including Southwest and Central Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific Islands.The Asian Pacific Islander community is the fastest growing population in the United States.

There are roughly 6,000 Asian, Pacific Islander and Arab American students in OUSD schools plus thousands more in public charter schools. There are over 45 ethnicities and languages spanning the Asian, Pacific Island and Arab diasporas represented in Oakland schools.

Asians make up about 60% of our planet’s human population with over 4 billion people in 50 countries who speak over 2,000 languages. Pacific Islander countries that comprise of 25 nations and territories spread over more than 25,000 islands and islets of the western and central Pacific Ocean with some 1,200 languages spoken.

Who are we?

Asian American and Pacific Islanders encompass all of the Asian continent and the Pacific Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

Asian American

• Southeast Asian

  • Vietnamese

  • Laotian

  • Cambodian

  • Mien

  • Thai

  • Karen

  • Karenni

  • Burmese (Myanmar)

  • Kachin

  • Indonesian

  • Malaysian

• South Asian

  • Afghan

  • Asian Indian

  • Nepalese

  • Bhutanese

  • Sri Lanken

  • Pakistani

  • Bangladeshi

• East Asian

  • Chinese

  • Korean

  • Japanese

  • Mongolian

  • Tibetan

• Other Asian

  • Filipino

Pacific Islander

• Polynesia

  • New Zealand

  • Hawaiian Islands

  • Rotuma

  • Midway Islands

  • Samoa

  • American Samoa

  • Tonga

  • Tuvalu

  • Cook Islands

  • Tahiti & French Polynesia

  • Easter Island

• Melanesia

  • New Guinea

  • New Caledonia

  • Vanuatu

  • Fiji

  • Solomon Islands

• Micronesia

  • Marianas

  • Guam

  • Wake Island

  • Palau

  • Marshall Islands

  • Kiribati

  • Nauru

  • Federated States of Micronesia

Classroom & Curriculum Resources 

OUSD History Teachers' Chinese Exclusion Act Curricula

IKUNA's Read-Alouds on Pacific Islander Stories

Chinese Historical Society Inclusion/Exclusion Educational Guide

What Does It Mean to Be an American? Mineta Legacy Project & Stanford Curriculum

UCLA Asian American Studies Lesson Plans: Untold Civil Rights Stories

Asian American Education Project Teacher Workshops & Curriculum

Make Noise Storytelling Toolkit

Teaching About Anti-Asian Discrimination in the U.S. Curriculum Resource Guide for Elementary Schools

Teaching About Anti-Asian Discrimination in the U.S. Curriculum Resource Guide for Middle & High Schools

Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit

Angel Island Immigration Station Virtual Tours + Curriculum Guides

Book & Album Recommendations

Fananga Pacific Islander K-5 Elementary Books

East Wind Books

• Asian American Studies Books

• Asian American Literacy

Asian American Curriculum Project Books

Sora Book List

Oakland Education Fund Recommended Book List 2022

Social Media & Visibility

Send us your photos and a short narrative of how you celebrated Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at your school and be highlighted in OUSD News and OUSD AAPISA media! Every opportunity to showcase what is happening at our school sites provides inspiration and motivates more participation in future events! Be recognized for what you do! Tag @ousdnews & use the hashtag #AAPISA

Post your celebration photos on social media and tag AAPISA on Facebook: @AAPISAOUSD, on Instagram: @ousdaapisa

Asian American & Pacific Islander Community Organizations and Leaders To Learn About

Get to know some of the organizational partners who work with OUSD schools, and invite them into your classrooms:

• AYPAL

  • Building Asian Pacific Islander Community  since 1998

• Banteay Srei

  • A safe space for young Southeast Asian women that promotes education, community, leadership development fostering cultural pride and self determination for women of at-risk of or engaged in sexual exploitation

• Asian Refugees United

  • Building intergenerational and inner-ethnic power for positive lasting change through sharing art, healing, culture and political engagement. 

• The IKUNA Group

  • Dedicated to elevating culture amongst the Pacific Islander youth and community.

• South Asian Girls Project

  • A safe space for South Asian teen girls who connect female-identifying teens with what they need to thrive, survive and express themselves.

• Taulama

  • Improving health of all Tongans and other Pacific Islanders in the Bay Area.

• Rams

  • Mental health and wellness services centered in the Asian and Pacific Islander community.

• Hokule’a - Polynesian Voyaging Society

  • Perpetuating the art and science of traditional Polynesian voyaging and the spirit of exploration.

ARTISTS:

• Tracey Williams

  • Artist. Community Leader.

• Terisa Siagatonu

  • Poet. Educator. Community Leader.

• Nancy Hom

  • Artist. Writer. Organizer. Curator. Consultant.

• Spulu

  • Artist. Dancer. Community Leader

OTHER NOTABLE ICONS:

• Wilma Chan

• Kamala Harris

• Haunani K Trask

• Nainoa Thompson

• Sunisa Lee

• Eileen Gu

• Jeremy Lin

API Additional Information, Resources & Data

Disaggregated Data

APISA Listening Campaign Preliminary Findings & Recommendations

Slides from APISA Listening Campaign Reportback Data Walk

2015 "Raising AAPI Youth Visibility" Report by AYPAL, Banteay Srei & Asian Health Services

2007 "Under the Microscope" Report on Oakland API Youth

Additional Disaggregated API Data Reports

Support Pacific Islander Students & Families

Alameda County Data on Pacific Islander Wellness

2007 A Profile of Pacific Islanders in Oakland, CA

Supporting Southeast Asian Students & Families

OUSD Sanctuary Schools Resource Guide

Southeast Asian Resource & Action Center (SEARAC) Education Resources

Upcoming Community Events

AYPAL and OUSD’s AAPISA office are inviting our OUSD community to AYPAL’s May Arts Festival on May 14th from 12pm-4pm @ Lincoln Park in Oakland to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month together! There will be youth performances, art, activities & more! 

Our AAPISA office will celebrate our OUSD STUDENT LEADERS who were nominated by their teachers, administration, adult allies, and community partners. There will be a short presentation where student leaders will be recognized for their great examples of community, cultural and warrior leadership in their schools. Please join us!

Stop by and meet the AAPISA team and learn more about the work we do throughout the district. 

Vietnamese Music Concert

The Oakland Asian Cultural Center presents an educational program about the music of Vietnam and the songs, stories and strengths inspired from Vietnam and the Mekong Delta region.

Learn about other events happening through our Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

Eastwind Bookstore Events for APAHM

Southeast Asian Spring Virtual Celebration on May 20, 2022 (5:30-6:30 pm)

• Join us to celebrate our Southeast Asian students who achieved a 3.0 GPA or higher, perfect attendance and students who increased their GPAs from the Fall 2021 semester. The celebration will premiere virtually on OUSD News on YouTube. Please refer to https://www.ousd.org/apisa for more information.

OUSD’s AAPISA Team

Meet our team that supports the Pacific Islander, Asian American, and Arab American students and community across the district. Please reach out to us to learn more and also to explore ways to support our students and families on your school sites.

Compiled by John Lauti (AAPISA Targeted Specialist), Lailan Sandra Huen (AAPISA Support) 

& our Community Partners

AAPISA Webpage

Office of Equity Page

If there are additional resources you would like to see added here to support our Asian and Pacific Islander community please email john.lauti@ousd.org!