Asian American and Pacific Islander Teaching Resources

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, we have compiled high-quality classroom resources to help teachers explore and celebrate these diverse cultures with their students.

Booklists 

• Colorin Colorado
• Common Sense Media
• First Book

Curriculum materials

• AFT’s collection of AAPI Heritage resources (all grade levels)
• Asia Society’s educator resources(all grade levels)
• Center for East Asian Studies (all grade levels)
• Facing History’s AAPI resources (middle school and above) 
• Learning for Justice - Asian American Identity and History (all grade levels)
• Library of Congress' Asian/Pacific heritage curriculum collection (middle school and above) 
• “Min Jee’s Lunch” read-aloud (early elementary)
• National Veterans Network- DBQ unit on Japanese Internment (middle school) 
• Smithsonian Asian American Pacific Center’s collection (all grade levels) 
• Zinn Education Project - Profiles of Asian Americans (upper elementary and above)