Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
For Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month — and all year long — we share recommended books and lessons for young people.
Recommended Books
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Where Three Oceans Meet
Reviewed by Paige Pagan

This picture book tells the story of three generations of women taking a trip through South India to Kanyakumari known as “Land’s End” where three oceans meet.

Sejal, Mommy, and Pati have different motivations for traveling, but they share comfort in the time spent with each other. Pati lives in her home with traditional red oxide flooring in Bangalore, speaks Tamil and Kannada, wears nine-yard saris, and wants to visit temples. Mommy wears six-yard saris and wants to visit friends she hasn’t seen since immigrating to the United States. Sejal wears Indo-western attire, speaks a mixture of English, Tamil, and Kannada, and wants to discover what’s at the end of the earth. 
Asian Americans
in People's History
Here are more than 20 Asian Americans and events of note in people’s history for the curriculum and as a starting point for students to do further research.
We also recommend reading “Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian America” by Wayne Au and Moé Yonamine in Rethinking Schools.
Teaching to the Heart:
Poetry, Climate Change, and Sacred Spaces
Using Marshallese poet and climate justice activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s poem “Dear Matafele Peinam,” teacher Michelle Nicola helps her 7th graders think about the sacred spaces in their own lives and how they will be affected by climate change. This lesson from Rethinking Schools is available at the Zinn Education Project website.
Teach Asian American History
Teach about Asian American history with free materials offered by the Zinn Education Project, including free lessons for teaching about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, a lesson on tourism, colonialism and resistance in Hawai'i, and more.
Thank You Bridget Fuller
Thank you to our intern, Bridget Fuller, for your work at Teaching for Change!

During her time at Teaching for Change, Bridget wrote reviews for Social Justice Books and news posts for D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, among other projects.

Bridget now returns to the University of Notre Dame where she is studying Sociology with a minor in Education, Schooling, and Society.
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