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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

A coup backed by the US government and conducted by Sanford Dole resulted in Queen Liliuokalani’s deposal, according to smithsonianmag.com. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a group of soldiers of Japanese ancestry, during World War II. Unfortunately, she was also Hawaii’s last sovereign ruler. Inouye served in the U.S.

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Amy Livingston’s Unexpected Vocation: Teaching America’s Story

Teaching American History

The next fall, Livingston took a job teaching civics and government at a public middle school. He told her about the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) at Ashland University. When her middle school students asked, “Why do we need to learn about American government in the seventh grade?”