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UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American, Pacific Islander history and cultures
The project includes chapters, archival photos and embedded videos, and its authors are seeking another $5 million to expand and market it.
- On Saturday, the UCLA Asian American Studies Center officially launched 'Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook,' a $12 million digital resource designed to help educators nationwide teach AAPI history and cultural experiences.
- Editors developed the project over eight years to combat anti-Asian and anti-immigrant sentiment, aiming to validate AAPI cultural practices as "American" and fight racism through education.
- Refining 150 topic ideas into 50 chapters, the team included multimedia features on Filipino farmworkers and historical figures like 8-year-old Mamie Tape and Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink.
- Tina Ellsworth, president of the National Council for the Social Studies, says the free resource "will come in very handy," though President Donald Trump and Republicans are challenging DEI initiatives in schools.
- Authors are seeking $5 million in private donations to expand the platform, which will add chapters on communities like Tongan Americans and Taiwanese Americans on a rolling basis.
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Model minority. Perpetual foreigner. The centuries-old stereotypes of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as passive bystanders in American culture and politics still persist, despite U.S. history being full of examples to the contrary. The way to change that, scholars believe, is by teaching younger generations that history. A free, digital textbook overseen by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center aims to be a high-caliber guide to help hig…
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UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American, Pacific Islander history and cultures
A new digital textbook from UCLA aims to change stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by teaching their history.
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