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 throughout the school year.

Booklists 

• Asian/Pacific American Libraries Association (APALA)
• Colorin Colorado
• First Book
• New York Public Library

Curriculum materials

The Asian American Education Project (AAEdu) hosts workshops throughout the year to support and empower educators to bring Asian American Pacific Islander Desi American stories into classrooms across the country. AAEdu’s resource hub includes an extensive collection of cross-curricular K-12 lesson plans. 

Additional resources: 

• 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)