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Hands-on activities, games, and crafts introduce children to the diversity of Asian American cultures and teach them about the people, experiences, and events that have shaped Asian American history. This book is broken down into sections covering American descendents from various Asian countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Topics include the history of immigration from Asian countries, important...
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AANHPI Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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"'RISE' is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which [their] culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have shaped [their] community into who [they] are today"--Provided by publisher.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Asian Americans come from a wide range of cultures and countries, including Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. This book explains the different forms of discrimination Asian Americans have faced, outlines the history of Asian immigration to America, and offers profiles of accomplished Asian Americans.
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"Following the alphabet, poetry and expository text explain and showcase the cultural traditions and contributions of Asian Americans throughout U.S. history. Topics include traditions in food, family, and social celebrations, as well as key moments in history and milestone achievements."--
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2018.
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English
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At the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her race: on INS forms, at the doctor's office, in middle school. Never identifying with a race in the India of her childhood, she rejects her new "not quite" designation: not quite white, not quite black, not quite Asian, and spends much of her life attempting to blend into American whiteness. But after her teen...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The Racial Justice in America: AAPI Excellence and Achievement series celebrates Asian achievement and culture, while exploring racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. In the Vibrant Neighborhoods book, students learn more about America's Asian communities from Little Manila during the 1940s to Chinatowns and Koreatowns and other Asian American enclaves scattered across the country. Series is written by Virginia Loh-Hagan, a prolific...
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English
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"The definitive history of Asian Americans by one of the nation's preeminent scholars on the subject. In the past fifty years, Asian Americans have helped change the face of America and are now the fastest growing group in the United States. But as award-winning historian Erika Lee reminds us, Asian Americans also have deep roots in the country. The Making of Asian America tells the little-known history of Asian Americans and their role in American...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Asian American Histories of the United States illuminates how an over-century-long history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the United States is fundamental to understanding the American experience and its existential crises of the early twenty-first century"--
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Third State Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In the first volume of a three-book series, middle school protagonists Padmini, Sammy, Joe, and Tiana and their guide, Kenji, embark on an amazing journey through time to witness key events in AANHPI history. They witness the arrival of the "Manilamen" to the United States in the eighteenth century and fly through significant moments in the next 150 years"--
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Bloom Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Brings together the holidays, traditional dress, cuisine and famous figures, including Asian American astronauts, Olympic gold medalists, inventors, artists, political leaders and more from nineteen Asian American groups.