Japanese Sports: Sumo Wrestling & Aikido Martial Art
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Cultural Identity: Sikh Head Covering
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Past vs Present: The Impact of Change-Makers
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Holidays Celebrated by Asian Americans
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Leadership & People in Positions of Authority
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Rules, Laws, and Processes
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Modes of Travel & the Impact of Chinese Railroad Workers
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Themes
Essential Questions
Asian American Integration Ideas
Resources
Ethnicity
Attachments
ISBE Topics
IL Learning Standards
Identity
Racism
Activism/Solidarity
Why are names important?
What does your name mean to you?
What is culture?
How might a name connect to a culture?
What does it mean to be an insider or an outsider?
The cultural identity importance of names and name-granting in Asian American cultures;
Chinese names and how the placement of a name traces family history
See Attached PDF: Naming & Cultural Identity (K)
BOOKS:
Always Anjali by Sheetal Sheth
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
I am Enough by Grace Byers
Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
Thao: A Picture Book by Thao Lam
Your Name is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
VIDEO:
Chinese Names & Family History: https://youtu.be/Cdsk4KHq2RI
Thao Lam Author Interview: https://youtu.be/PAYcT0yj0wY
LESSON:
https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/whats-in-a-name
TEACHER BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE:
Cultural Identity and Names in the Classroom (AFT):
https://sharemylesson.com/blog/cultural-identity-and-names-classroom
Identity
Activism/Solidarity
What can we learn about a culture through its sports and art forms?
How do you show respect during competition?
How can you be competitive with others, but also kind and courteous? Why is that important during sports or other activities?
Sumo Wrestling and Aikido Martial Art: Japanese sport traditions introduced in a fictional story with Japanese American siblings
BOOK:
Sumo Joe by Mia Wenjen
Teacher Guide: https://www.leeandlow.com/uploads/loaded_document/692/SUMOJOE_TeachersGuide.pdf
VIDEO:
Sumo Wrestling 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj_QyxPZE8M
Identity
What is culture?
What is identity?
Why should we learn about other cultures? What
does that learning teach us?
Patka: Sikh youth head covering (precursor to a pagri/turban)
BOOK:
What Color Is My Patka? By Deepika Kaur Pujji
Teacher Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DaEXbZt1xUedRFn1p53lOmTD2hoR0ejQHJZWSDl8mtI/edit?usp=sharing
TEACHER BACKGROUND:
https://www.sikhcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sikhism-educator-guide.pdfhttps://c3teachers.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sikh-awareness-presentation-teacher-final.pdf
Identity
Civil Rights
Activism/Solidarity
Why do we study/ examine the past, present, or future?
What can we learn from different generations?
How can one person make a difference?
How do values and beliefs change over time?
Change-makers in Asian American history: who they were and what they did
See Attached PDF: Past vs Present (K)
BOOKS:
Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta
Asian-Americans Who Inspire Us: Written by Analiza Quiroz Wolf and illustrated by Tuire Siiriainen
Fish for Jimmy: Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp by Katie Yamasaki
Angel Island: Gateway to Gold Mountain by Russell Freedman
Landed by Milly Lee
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
VIDEO:
Barbed Wire Baseball Marissa Moss
Citizenship
Civil Rights
Immigration
Racism
Why are holidays important to us?
What holidays does your family celebrate?
What holidays are celebrated in our classroom community?
Holidays celebrated by Asian Americans
See Attached PDF: Celebrating Asian American holidays (K)
BOOKS:
Tastes of Lunar New Year by Cheryl Yau Chepusova, Isabel Foo, and Mori Chiang (Lunar New
Year-multi-ethinic)
The Animals of Chinese New Year by Jen Sookfong Lee (Board book- Lunar New Year-Chinese)
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin (Autumn Moon Festival)
Thank You Very Mochi by Paul Matsushima, Sophie Wang, Craig Isii, and Jing Zheng (Mochi Tsuki,
Japanese New Year Tradition)
Shubh Diwali! by Chitra Soundar (Diwali)
Our Favorite Day of the Year by A. E. Ali (multiple: Eid al-Fitr, Rosh Hashanah, Las Posadas, even Pi
Day)
Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal (Holi)
The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard and Laura Horton (Ramadan)
Thread of Love by Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal (Raksha Bandhan)
Let's Celebrate Vaisakhi! Punjab's Spring Harvest Festival by Ajanta Chakraborty & Vivek Kumar
(Vaisakhi
Civil Rights
Immigration
Racism
Activism/Solidarity
Why do we need leaders?
What makes a good leader?
What should a leader keep in mind when making decisions?
Asian American Female Leaders: Patsy Mink, Kamala Harris, Tammy Duckworth
See Attached PDF: Leadership & People in Positions of Authority (K)
LESSON PLAN:
Patsy Mink
VIDEOS:
Super Heroes Are Everywhere Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris Childhood
Tammy Duckworth Biography
E-BOOK:
Tammy Duckworth
Civil Rights
Immigration
Racism
Activism/Solidarity
How can you be a responsible citizen?
What are some classroom rules?
Why do we have rules?
Learn about Asian American legislators
See Attached PDF: Rules, Laws, and Processes (K)
LESSON PLAN:
Patsy Mink
VIDEOS:
Super Heroes Are Everywhere Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris Childhood
Tammy Duckworth Biography
E-BOOK:
Tammy Duckworth
Citizenship
Immigration
Racism
What are goods?
What are different ways we travel and/or move goods from place to place?
How did railroad travel change life for people in the past?
U.S. railroad construction by people from China; how those Chinese workers traveled to the U.S.
See Attached PDF: Modes of Travel & the Impact of Chinese Railroad Workers (K)
LESSON PLAN:
Redefine American
BOOKS:
Grandpa Across the Ocean by Hyewon Yum (traveling to another country to visit family in S Korea) In a Village by the Sea by Muon Van
Wishes by Muon Thi Van
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Coolies by Yin (Chinese Americans building railroads)
VIDEO:
Coolies by Yin read aloud