Asian-Pacific Heritage Month

Use these resources from the IMPACT News archives to explore Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. You may wish to take a look at other grade spans and recommend articles to students that are below or above their grade’s reading level.

Grades K-1 learn about notable Asian-Pacific Americans. A Spanish translation can be found here.

Grades 2-3 will investigate the history of the Tape family and their battle against segregation. A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.

Grades 4-5 will examine Asian American discrimination today.  A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.

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