HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Why Do We Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month? – YouTube
Are You “AAPI” or “Asian American”? It's Complicated. | A People's History of Asian America – YouTube
WHO DOES MATH
- 6 Asian and Pacific Islanders Who Made Groundbreaking Contributions to STEM
- 8 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders whose innovations have changed your life (really!)
- Math Monday: Highlighting AAPI Mathematicians in the Classroom
- Inspiring AAPI Scientists and Engineers - Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month
RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES
- NCTM's Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Resource Page – This page includes links to resources that include lesson plans, informative sessions, a toolkit, and more.
- From One, To Many, For All: Building a Community for Indigenous Mathematicians – This group was started by Native Hawaiian mathematician Kamuela Yong.
- The Storytelling Math (available from Charlesbridge Publishing) books include activities are designed for adults and kids to do together that involve math concepts. Books include a free set of downloadable activities in English and Spanish (and a few in other languages, like Brazilian, Portuguese, Chinese, and Cherokee). The books written by AAPI authors are:
- Bracelets for Bina’s Brothers by Rajani LaRocca
- Usha and the Big Digger by Amitha Jagannath Knight
- Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum by Natasha Lim
- Eight board books by Grace Lin
GENERAL INTEREST
5 Ways to Bust the Model Minority Myth for Asian American and Pacific Islander Students – This article explores a common cultural bias and discusses how it is harmful.
AI4ALL – This US-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing diversity and inclusion in AI education, research, development, and policy was co-founded by Dr. Fei-Fei Li.
The Shipwrecked Teenager Who Helped End Japan’s Isolationist Era – Learn about Manjiro, thought to be the first Japanese person to permanently reside in the United States.
AAPI Voices: My name is Chulan Huang – This is a touching autobiographical video by a Chinese-American Boston man about representation and the importance of one's name.
