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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. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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College advisers vow to ‘kick the door open’ for Black and Hispanic students despite affirmative action ruling 

The Hechinger Report

Fight for social justice.” Hamza decided to revise his essay from one focused on linguistics to describe experiencing racism and then embracing his Muslim heritage. “I I am my normal social self and my Muslim faith and garb are widely known and respected at my school,” he wrote. “My In your schools, do something!

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TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’

The Hechinger Report

These men, and many others, inspired me to be proud of my multiracial heritage. It meant helping my students craft elegant poetry infused with messages of social justice as their spoken word poetry coach. With time, I came to appreciate being unique and wanted to show it with pride. .”

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Curating a More Inclusive Library

Cult of Pedagogy

The Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books from the Social Justice Books website offers specific things to look for when evaluating books for harmful stereotypes. Darius calls himself a fractional Persian due to his mother’s Iranian heritage, and he never feels like he fits in. He has clinical depression.

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Integrating Arab Narratives Across the Curriculum

Cult of Pedagogy

“And the reality is that the Arab heritage and the Arab culture is something that is across content areas. Sawsan Jaber The Big Picture “I think oftentimes people think cultural responsiveness sits more in a humanities classroom,” Jaber says.

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Treasuring Indonesian Culture; From Local Practice to State Political Ritual

Anthropology News

In contrast, numerous treasuring practices organized and maintained by local communities, such as the Merti Dusun ritual (hamlet cleansing) in Javanese society, effectively preserve cultural heritage and enhance collective capacities, ensuring the continued preservation and vitality of these cultural treasures.

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This LA teen is suing her school district — and the USDA — to promote nondairy milk

The Hechinger Report

Americans with Northern European heritage are least likely to be lactose intolerant, prompting some lawmakers to call the USDA’s mandatory milk program “dietary racism.” In the U.S., some 80 percent of all African Americans and Native Americans and more than 90 percent of Asian Americans have a genetic inability to digest lactose.