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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

ED Surge

Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture?

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a group of soldiers of Japanese ancestry, during World War II.

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In Virginia, a battle over history standards ends in compromise

The Hechinger Report

Saykhamphone, who has Laotian and Nigerian ancestry, said there are not many other Black or Hispanic students in her accelerated International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, even though 85 percent of the student body is Black, Hispanic or Asian. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history.

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