Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month – Digital Bulletin Board

Description

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS AAPI HERITAGE MONTH DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:

• Recommended for: Grades 7-12
• Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
• Technology Requirements: computer + projector + screen, copier, paper
• Student supplies: none
• Lesson Duration: This is not a library lesson. It is a scrolling slideshow about Asian and Pacific Island countries.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET:

• 54 PPT slides + Google™ Slides link (all text is editable)
• Recommended Reads (1 page, editable in PDF and PPT; hand out to teachers, students, and parents)
• Basic Google Classroom directions
• How to set PPT and Google slide timings directions

ABOUT THIS AAPI MONTH DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARD:

• All text is editable in PPT and Google™ Slides. Images have been flattened to protect the copyright.
• Scroll the presentation using automatic timings (instructions included).

STUDENTS WILL LEARN:

• Quick facts about Asia: largest and smallest countries
• What is the only Asian country that is entirely in the southern hemisphere?
• Why did North Korea and South Korea split?
• Differences between North Korea and South Korea
• 38th Parallel
• Asian foods–curry, baozi, borscht
• Can the Great Wall of China be seen from space?
• What’s interesting about garbage pick-up in Taiwan?
• Petra, Jordan is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
• facts about Hawaii
• Kaho’olawe Island, Hawaii – why doesn’t anyone live there?
• just how large is Russia?
• The Sundarbans (mangroves in Bangladesh and India)
• Manila North Cemetery homeless population
• facts about Manila and The Philippines
• Mongolia, the Gobi Desert, and Genghis Khan

FAMOUS ASIAN AMERICANS

• Anna May Wong (actress)
• Chang and Eng Bunker (conjoined twins)
• George Takei (actor, writer, activist)
• Hazel Ying Lee (WWII pilot)
• Queen Liliʻuokalani (Queen of Hawaii)
• Yo-Yo Ma (musician)
• Kelly Yang (children’s author)

ALSO:

• Words of the Week: Chinese Exclusion Act and internment
• trivia questions with answers
• Did you know…
• Would-you-rather
• This-or-That
• Daily and weekly schedule
• Weekly Birthdays