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Celebrate Asian American/Pacific Heritage
Teachers, librarians, and parents can help K-12 students celebrate Asian American/Pacific Heritage during the month of May-or at any time during the year! A variety of both online and traditional resources are available to enrich, supplement, or replace existing curriculum resources.
An invaluable index of Asian American/Pacific Heritage web sites can be found at:
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asia.htmhttp://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asia.htm
This index, titled Asian & Pacific Island American History & Literature for K-12 Teachers, contains numerous links organized in a user-friendly format.
For Asian American/Pacific Heritage posters, maps, and other display items for purchase, see The Diversity Store at:
http://diversitystore.com
This site also offers for purchase several inexpensive Asian/Pacific craft items.
Teachers, librarians, and parents who are searching for Asian American/Pacific Heritage children's books and Internet sites may want to utilize the excellent lists available on this web site:
http://www.nylp.org/branch/kids/asian/asian.html
This site is maintained by the New York Public Library and includes lists under these headings: Stories for Younger Readers, Folk and Fairy Tales, Stories for Older Readers, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Internet Sites.
Individuals searching for Asian American children's books can also write or e-mail The Children's Book Press to request a catalog:
The Children's Book Press, 2211 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
catalogs@childrensbookpress.org
This publisher specializes in publishing award-winning multicultural literature, including Asian American literature, for children. In addition to being featured in their catalog, available titles can be viewed on their web site at:
http://www.childrensbookpress.org
Outstanding works of both fiction and non-fiction are also available in school and public libraries. The Johnson City Public Library has a variety of titles including a new children's book by Kathy Ishizuka titled Asian American Authors.
Library Resources
| Description of Library Resources |
Location of Resources |
| Japanese culture and tradition. |
With respect to the Japanese: a guide for Americans. John C. Condon. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1984. |
| Japanese educational/socialization issues. |
Japanese children abroad: cultural, educational and language issues. Clevedon, England: Multicultural Matters, 1999.
Ebooks from Net Library http://www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=16747 |
| Japanese ethnicity, essays, immigration, history |
Japanese Americans: the formation and transformations of an ethnic group. P.R. Spickard. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1996. |
| Chinese cultural issues |
Chinese Americans and their immigrant parents: conflict, identity and values. M.P. Tung. New York: Haworth Clinical Practice Press, 2000. |
| Chinese American culture. |
Of Orphans and Warriors: Inventing Chinese American culture and identity. G.H. Chun. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000. |
| Taiwanese celebration of Chinese New Year |
Chinese New Year. Kwang Hwa Mass Communications, 1990. VTR-2016 |
| Effects of WWII on the Japanese American community |
Rabbit in the Moon. New Day Films, 2001 VTR-5511 |
| Celebration of Confucius’ birthday |
In honor of Confucius. Calliope. Oct 1999, v10 i2 p41. |
| Asian holidays. |
Asia Fact File. Business Asia. April 19, 1999, v7 i7 p3. |
| Historical literature examined |
Using the past to inform the future: An historiography of Hawaii’s Asian and Pacific islander Americans. E. Tamura. Amerasia Journal. Summer 2000, v26 i1 p55. |
| Explores racism, sexism, and homophobia; celebrates activism and creativity. |
The very inside: An anthology of writing by Asian and Pacific Islander lesbian and bisexual women. S.L. Cassel. MELUS, Winter 1999, v24 i4 p220. |
| Working with Asian Pacific Islander families. |
The Ghandi technique: A biculturalization approach for empowering Asian and Pacific Islander familes. Fong, Boyd, & Browne. Journal of Multicultural Social Work, Winter-Spring 1999, v7 i1-2 p95. |
| A multiperspective analysis. |
Help-seeking among Asian and Pacific Americans: A multiperspective analysis. Yamashiro and Matsuoka. Social Work, March 1997, v42 n2 p176. |
| Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Proclamation. |
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, May 14, 2001, v37 i19 p715. |
| Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Week , May 3-10. |
NEA Today, April 1986, v4 p6. |
| Chinese New Year (celebrations, history, symbolism). |
National Geographic World, Jan 2001, p16.
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| Time for fun (quizzes). |
Time For Kids, Jan 29, 1999, v4 i15 p4. |
Web Resources
Chinese holidays for 2002
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ccsr/c2002.html
History timeline
http://www-chaos.umd.edu/history/time_line.html
Public festivals in Hong Kong for 2002
http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com/hong-kong-information/holidays-2001.htm
Chinese National Day celebrations
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200110/02/eng20011002_81522.html
Japanese National Day
Story of the Battle for Singapore.
http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/underworld/kick/495/spore.htm
Chinese New Year
Holiday description, history, celebration.
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
History, cards, activities.
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/
Crafts and activities.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
General information.
http://www.apaha.org
Lesson plans.
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson235.shtml
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