Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events.
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| EDSITEment Calendar for May Asian-Pacific Heritage Month A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events. |
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| LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan (ALA) = Additional Learning Activity * = This Month's Activity | ||
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Day in Asian History (W) A daily update of significant events in Asian History. |
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Int'l Labor Day (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Phillippines, Singapore, Tajikstan, Uzbekistan. Vanuatu, Vietnam) |
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 *AskAsia: Cutting Up With Paper (ALA) |
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 Japan's Constitution Memorial Day *Teaching (and Learning) About Japan (W) |
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 Digital Classroom: The Zimmerman Telegram (W) |
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Children's Day — S. Korea & Japan |
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1917—US Govt declares war on Germany & allies | |||||
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1915—Sinking of the Lusitania WWI Document Archive (W) |
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Victory Day in Europe (V-E Day) Project Whistletop (W) |
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*Can You Haiku? (LP) *World of Haiku (LP) |
10  *AskAsia: Exploring the Mandala (W) |
11 1960—War-criminal Adolf Eichmann finally captured in Buenos Aires by Israeli US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Topics: War Crimes Trials (W) |
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13  Mother's Day | |||||
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1804—Lewis and Clark set off on their expedition. Lewis and Clark (W) |
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1886—Death of Emily Dickinson Academy of American Poets: Emily Dickinson (W) |
16 1868—US Senate failed by one vote to impeach Andrew Johnson American Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W) |
17 1954—Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision —Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional We Shall Overcome: Historic Places in the Civil Rights Movement (W) |
18 1896—"Separate but Equal" policy held up by Supreme Court in Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The Oyez Project: Supreme Court Multimedia Database (W) |
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| 21 1961—Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at a rally to support the freedom rides. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (W) |
22 1844—Mary Cassatt's Birthday Smithsonian American Art Museum (W) |
23 *Where I Come From (LP) *In My Other Life (LP) |
24 Birth of Queen Victoria Victorian Web (W) |
25 1803—Ralph Waldo Emerson's Birthday Episteme Links (W) |
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| 28 Memorial Day (observed) |
29 1917—John F. Kennedy's Birthday Digital Classroom: Presidential Libraries (W) |
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1778—Death of Voltaire |
31 1819—Walt Whitman's Birthday American Memory: Walt Whitman Collection (W) |
Additional
Asian-Pacific Heritage Resources: South Asian Resource Access on the Internet (W) Exploring Ancient World Cultures (W) | |
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