Audience: Student
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Deep Dive: Diwali
Originating in India, Diwali is celebrated in Hindu, Jain and Sikh cultures. Known as the Festival of Lights, Diwali entails five days of celebration. Though Diwali is celebrated differently across cultures, a common theme of good and light prevailing over evil and darkness connects the three religions. Dive deeper with us here!
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Deep Dive: Tanabata (Star Festival)
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Deep Dive: Holi
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Deep Dive: Songkran
Songkran, Thailand’s traditional New Year festival, takes place each year from April 13–15. Rooted in Hindu and Buddhist traditions, it marks a time of cleansing, renewal, and fresh beginnings. This deep dive document will share more about the meaning and celebrations of the holiday.
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Deep Dive: Mid-Autumn Festival
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Family Media Fact Checking Discussion
Media Literacy is an important skill for families to develop in our media saturated culture. Explore two fact checking sites using various resources including Asian News sources to discover useful skills for checking media sources for bias and credibility.
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Himawari House
In this graphic novel, students from differrent countries travel to Japan to attend a Japanese Cram school. They become friends while living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo. The text is written in English, Japanese, and Korean. Harmony’s mother is from Japan, and now lives in the US. Harmony attended college in So. Korea…
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What’s Eating Jackie Oh?
Jackie is tired of pleasing her Korean American parents with academic achievements because she secretly wants to become a chef. She wins a spot on a competitive cooking show. Will her parents understand her dreams? Patricia Park’s parents immigrated from Korea to the US.
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Alterations: A Graphic Novel
Being one of the few Asian kids, Kevin has been receiving unwanted attention from some of the students in his class. Will going to the local theme park change his situation? This humorous graphic novel explores prejudice, identity, and self-esteem. Ray Xu is a Chinese Canadian “Story Artist.”
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A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits)
Zeke, a classmate of the missfits starts receiving threatening notes, the Misfits are surprised. Who would want to hurt Zeke? Maybe he’s not what he seems to be? Lisa Yee is a third generation Chinese American.
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Amina Banana and the Formula for Friendship
Amina loves bananas, science, and yellow things. Her family recently moved from Syria to Indiana and she is starting at a new school. Shifa Saltagi Safad Immigrated to the US as a young girl.
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Fall Is for Beginnings
Ravi is ready for a new school year to start! In the fall there is cool weather, new school supplies, and spending time with friends, But when a new girl named Ellie joins their class, Will Ravi have to share his best friend Joe, with a new friend. Rajani LaRocca was born in India.