Audience: Educator
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American History Unbound: Asian and Pacific Islanders
A survey of U.S. history from its beginnings to the present, American History Unbound reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and…
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Hawaii’s Story by Queen Lili’uokalani
Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a book written by Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It was first published in 1898, five years after the overthrow of the Kingdom. In it, Liliʻuokalani gives her account of her upbringing, her accession to the throne, the overthrow of her government by pro-American forces, her appeals to…
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Light in the Crevice Never Seen
In an expanded edition of the first book of poetry by an indigenous Hawaiian to be published in North America, Haunani-Kay Trask describes the wounded beauty and the fiery origins of her native land. Through Trask’s eyes we see a Hawai’I of living contradictions. Strange unscented trees from Asia, ill-clothed people, and miles of wire…
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Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality And Protests
Article to help parents speak with their children about racism and current events
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Children And Racism
Facts for Families: Tips for parents on how to talk to children about racism
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The Sikh Coalition Website
Community, classroom and anti-racism resources to support and promote Sikh inclusion
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Support AAPI Educators And Students
Resources across the spectrum to support AAPI educators and students
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Asian American K-12 Education Curriculum
Through relevant and engaging lesson plans and activities, the resources developed will seek to inspire a deeper understanding of the history, current experience, and future trajectory of our nation’s fastest-growing demographic group. Important content and themes explored in the series will be used to teach concepts while meeting national content standards.
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Interpreter of Maladies
This short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri is great for high school students and adults. Her stories talk about emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. In stories that travel from India to America and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like…
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Asian American Racism & Mental Health Resources
Our Center is proud to join this movement with a focus on the area we know best: mental health. Racial trauma is real. It makes the world feel less safe and causes emotional and physical problems. Yet far too often, victims of racial trauma struggle in shame and silence, or even have their pain invalidated…
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Bystander Intervention Training – The 5 D’s of Bystander Intervention
Hollaback! provides trainings on how to do your part to protect your neighbors and co-workers when bias and harassment collide in front of you.
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We Are Not A Stereotype – Breaking Down Asian Pacific American Bias
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is proud to present We are not a stereotype, a video series for educators, by educators. This series explores and challenges the complexity surrounding the term Asian Pacific American, breaking it down into topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.