Audience: Adult

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  Strangers From a Distant Shore

  A powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror.

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  Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S.

  The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released census numbers. But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide…

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  I’m Helping My Korean-American Daughter Embrace Her Identity to Counter Racism

  Identity and Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: “I’m not sure Asian-American families can avoid ‘the talk’ any longer,” one expert said.

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  11 Resources for Teaching About AAPI Experiences

  Check out the following resources from a host of cultural institutions including the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian American Experience, Japanese American National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and California Museum to expand your pool of classroom offerings on the historical and contemporary experiences of AAPI peoples.

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  Learning Together Through Reflections on the 9/11 Anniversary

  This year marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. As we reflect on this time together, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is pleased to present new Learning Together resources about this anniversary, including two new videos in the We Are Not A Stereotype: Breaking down Asian Pacific American bias series.

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  Lesson Plans: Untold Civil Rights Stories Online

  Lesson plans for the following: George Takei: Leading Man, APPI Women Voices: Untold Stories Through Poetry; Freeing Ourselves From Prison Sweatshops: Thai Garment Workers Speak Out; United Farm Workers Movement: Philip Vera Cruz, Unsung Hero; Vincent Chin – Lily Chin: The Courage to Speak Out; A Family Educates to Prevent Hate Crimes: The Case of…

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  Minor Feelings

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness

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  Pachinko

  A saga about four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from their home.