While Bastion students and I expand our learning about Black History Month in February, in May we continue our cultural WONDERINGS through Asian Heritage Month. As the teacher-librarian I found we do not have a lot of resources for this theme - I am slowly changing that reality.
Please make suggestions that may be a great addition to our collection.
Celebrate Canada's Asian Heritage - Asian Heritage Month (33 secs)
CBC Kids - Asian Heritage Month
Historica Canada Heritage Minute: Paldi
CBC writes about Paldi which was the first "multicultural settlement in a designed way" in B.C.
Minute du patrimoine: Paldi
Heritage Minutes: Vancouver Asahi
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, after Canada declared war on Japan, 22,000 Japanese Canadians were interned in the interior of BC, including the Asahi players. For more information about the Vancouver Asahi, please visit: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... Thanks to SIM International for their sponsorship of this Heritage Minute. Credits: Asahi player – Lou Ticzon Narrator – Kaye Kaminishi
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, after Canada declared war on Japan, 22,000 Japanese Canadians were interned in the interior of BC, including the Asahi players. For more information about the Vancouver Asahi, please visit: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... Thanks to SIM International for their sponsorship of this Heritage Minute. Credits: Asahi player – Lou Ticzon Narrator – Kaye Kaminishi
A Chinese Legend: "The Water Dragon" Kids Book Read Aloud (19:03)
Once Upon a Book Read aloud by "Read with Anna" (5:27)
Written by author Grace Lin
Grace Lin: The Story Behind Once Upon a Book by Reading Rockets (1:41)
Further Digital and Print Resources to Explore::
- Mois du Patrimoine Asiatique - Government du Canada
- Asian Heritage Month - Canadian Government
- Mois du Patrimoine Asiatique - RCI Radio Canada Internationale
- Asian Heritage Month - Radio interview of former Canadian senator Vivienne Poy by Radio Canada International, who proposed the idea of Asian Heritage Month
Some themes to explore in our Canadian History related to the struggles of the Asian Immigrant Experience:
"Escape from Syria" Book Trailer by Firefly Books (2:40pm)
- The "Continuous Journey Regulation" (1908) and the Komagata Maru;
- The Chinese Migrant Workers of the Gold Rush and Canadian Pacific Railway;
- The Chinese Immigration Act;
- Japanese Internment during the Second World War;
- Anti-Asian Riots of the early 1900s; and
- Islamophobic hate crimes in recent reports.
KOMAGATA MARU:
(approx. 7 minutes; available in French)
Historica Canada tells of the Komagata Maru immigration attempt story.
Historica Canada tells of the Komagata Maru immigration attempt story.
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Komagata Maru (available in French)
City of Vancouver: Remembering Komagata Maru (10:44)
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Open School BC: Saffron threads: Exploring South Asian culture, history, and heritage
See also Komagata Maru learning resource (available in French)
CHAPTER BOOK TRAILORS:
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga by BPLibraryKids
"Escape from Syria" Book Trailer by Firefly Books (2:40pm)
Front Desk by Kelly Yang (Scholastic) (1:02)
Movie trailer for author Deborah Ellis' story The Breadwinner (1:54)
J Torres and Ainara Presentation about Torres' graphic novel Stealing Home (6:34)
Refugee by Alan Gratz, book trailer by Scholastic (1:12)
Heart of a Champion by Ellen Schwartz, Red Cedar Book Trailer (1:26)
