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Author: Lin, Grace
Illustrator: Lin, Grace
Published: August 28, 2018
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: PreK - 3
Approx. Text Level: N/A

Teaser: Little Star loves her mama's mooncakes! They are a delicious tradition, but take a long time to make. Little Star's mama doesn't want to her eat the mooncake so quick, but can Little Star resist the temptation? Go on a journey with Little Star and her mooncake by reading this adventurous story.
Activity: In the book, the author uses images to compare the mooncake to the different phases of the moon as Little Star begins to eat it. This could be a great opportunity to teach students about moon phases. Be sure to explain that the Mooncake is intended to be eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival focuses on moon watching and lunar appreciation. You could use this book to teach students about the Chinese cultural tradition of making Mooncakes for this festival and to teach them about the moon and its different phases. As part of the activity, have students draw the different phases of the moon in their own style.

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Author: Zia, Farhana
Illustrator: Min, Ken
Published: 2011
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-3
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: O
-Lexile Measure: AD680L
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2-3
-DRA Level: N/A
Teaser: Experience Aneel's time with his Dada-ji and Dadi-ma when they come to visit. They always teach him so many new things! Find out all the new things Aneel learns and something special he does for his Dada-ji.
Activity: https://www.leeandlow.com/books/hot-hot-roti-for-dada-ji/teachers_guide
This link includes various different activity ideas. There are ideas for ELA writing, Math, Music, Social Studies, Science, and more. There are pre and post discussion questions, vocabulary, literary circle position descriptions, etc. All activities in this link relate to cultural lessons.

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Author: Say, Allen
Illustrator: Say, Allen
Published: October 25, 1993
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: 3-5
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: O
-Lexile Measure: AD650L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: 34
Teaser: We all have heard stories from our parents, grandparents or other family members. Some have been passed down from generation to generation. This young boy recounts the story of his Grandfather immigrating from Japan to the New World. This is a touching story that many families can relate to in different ways.
Activity: Start by explaining the meaning of the book Grandfather's Journey after it is read. Explain to students that Create a writing activity for students. Assign them ample to time to talk with family members about their families history. Encourage students to talk to parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, or whoever they can to find out about their families history. After students find out about their family history. Have them write the story in their own words based on their understanding of the story. Then create a time for each student to share in front of the class and tell their story. This will give the class opportunity to gain insight into their peers different cultures and backgrounds.

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Mali Under the Night Sky: A Lao Story of Home

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Mali Under the Night Sky: A Lao Story of Home

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Author: Landowne, Youme
Illustrator: Landowne, Youme
Published: 2010
Genre: Non-fiction
Approx. Interest Level: 1-4
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: N/A
-Lexile Measure: AD640L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: N/A
Teaser: War has affected millions of families over the years. Read about how Mali's life changed drastically when war began. Based on a true story of a Laotian American family who had to flee their home during civil war.
Activity: https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=40796 This link has a variety of cultural lesson plans and ideas. There are non-fiction read and respond multi-leveled lessons  and cultural representation reflection lessons. There are different levels for both styles of lessons that vary in difficulty. This is helpful as the lessons can be applied to multiple grade levels.

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Author: Recorvits, Heather
Illustrator: Swiatkowska, Gabi
Published: April 3, 2003
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-2
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: M
-Lexile Measure: 480L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: 24
Teaser: Imagine going to a whole new school and having to make all new friends. That seems to be every kids nightmare. Yoon is living that nightmare, but to make things worse she has to write her name in a whole new way. The power of a name and its essence is shown in this tale through a translation of language.
Activity: As shown in the teaser and the title of the book, the main characters name is Yoon. This book goes deep into the meaning of Yoon's name and how she will now be writing it in English. This would be a great opportunity to teach students about Korean language. Help students translate their names to Korean and have them write it out. This gives students insight into what it is like to learn a new language. If there are any ELL students, they will be able to relate to this. Native English speaking students can gain appreciation for cultural difference and how something as simple as a name can translate from language to language.Explain how in Korean culture, names typically have specific meaning that is known. If you want to take the activity a step further, you can help students research the meaning of their names.

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Author: Zhang, Kat
Illustrator: Chua, Charlene
Published: October 2019
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: PreK-3
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: N/A
-Lexile Measure: AD490L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: N/A
Teaser: Have you ever been determined to do something? Amy Wu is determined to make the perfect bao. Will she be able to do it? Or will something get in her way?
Activity: This story teaches perseverance and determination. Have students do a think, pair, share activity. After reading the book, give students a few minutes to think about a time that they had perseverance and determination to complete a task. The teacher can give the students an example of something personal to him or her self. After students have had some time to think, have them pair up with another student. Try to pair the students with another who is racially or culturally different than their partner. Give students some time to share their stories with each other and then ask a few to share. This activity will allow students to talk with someone that they may not have done voluntarily before. This gives students the opportunity to learn about their peers and potentially relate to them personally and even culturally.

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Author: Lin, Grace
Illustrator: Lin, Grace
Published: 2002
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-3
Approx. Text Level: N/A
Teaser: Have you ever done an activity with your family? How about making and flying kites with your family? See how this family honors this Chinese tradition by making a dragon kite.
Activity: Introduce the Chinese tradition of kite flying  by reading this book. After reading, explain how the dragon is an important symbol in Chinese culture. The dragon represents good luck, power, and strength. Have students create their own dragon kites to celebrate the Chinese culture. Create a sample kite in front of students , but give them the freedom to express creativity by making their own design using whichever colors and decorations they'd like. It would be best for students to work in pairs or small groups. Once completed take the class outside on a windy day and try to fly the kites.

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Author: Le, Minh
Illustrator: Santat, Dan
Published: June 4, 2018
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-2
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided reading: N/A
-Lexile Measure: AD310L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: N/A
Teaser: Do you like interpretive books? Lots of pictures and few words in this book gets the readers gears turning as they put the events together and draw meaning from the images. Interpret this story of a young boy and his grandfather as the images take you through their journey.
Activity: The style of this book is written in a comic like fashion. It tells a cultural story of a young boy and his connection with his grandfather. Have students think of a traditional practice that they have learned or has been passed down to them by their family. Have them tell the story through the comic style. Fold a piece of paper for each student into four, six, or eight squares depending on how much detail each student wants to include. Students will then tell their story by drawing images in each box of their paper. The only words allowed are if there are people speaking or sound effects. The students cultural comic strips will be put up on the wall in the classroom so students can interpret their peers stories.

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Author: Garland, Sherry
Illustrator: Kiuchi, Tatsuro
Published: 1993
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: 3-5
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: N
-Lexile Measure: AD880L
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-DRA Level: 30
Teaser: Poetry can have endless meaning. It can have structure or be free. Although there is always an intended message, there is always room for interpretation. What meaning will you find in The Lotus Seed?
Activity: This book is written in lyric unrhymed free verse. Since this book tells a story through poetic style, have students each write a poem. You can teach students about the different types of poems after reading this text. Students will then be instructed to write a poem based on a cultural experience they have had. Whether it be specific to their culture or an encounter with another culture. Students can choose the style they'd like to write their poem in. Their poem can be more structured or more loose and free flowing such as this text. Students work should be put up in the room after so peers can read each others poems and learn about other cultures.

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Author: Guidroz, Rukhsanna
Illustrator: Dasgupta, Debasmita
Published: December 2018
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-2
Approx. Text Level: N/A
Teaser: Sometimes, weather effects us and the things we love to do. Although, being stuck inside doesn't always turn out bad. Especially for Mina and her ammi.
Activity: https://floweringminds.wordpress.com/2018/12/07/mina-vs-the-monsoon/
This link has some activities that teach about the geography and environment of India. Another activity you could do would be relate the book to a World Geography lesson. You could talk about the different types of weather events that we experience here in the U.S. and then explore weather events that happen in other geographical areas (e.g. monsoons, dust storms, tsunamis, etc.)

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Author: Bahk, Jane
Illustrator: Hoshino, Felicia
Published: 2014
Genre: Fiction
Approx. Interest Level: K-4
Approx. Text Level:
-Guided Reading: L
-Lexile Measure: AD540L
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2-3
-DRA Level: N/A
Teaser: It's fun to collect things. Maybe you collect with  your best friend or by yourself. Juna and Hector love to collect things from their adventures. What will become of her jar and collection when Hector moves away?
Activity: Do a show and tell activity. In the book, Juna collect things in her jar that are important to her from her adventures. Have student's bring in something that they found that ended up being important to them. Give them about a week to think of something and bring it to the classroom. Allow time for each student to share their object that they have collected. Have them explain where they found it and why it become important to them. Ask them how this represents them personally or culturally.

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"I Am Asian American" Article
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2013/i-am-asian-american
This article written by Andrea Bittle delves into the Asian American label. This article recommends books for students to further understand and examine this topic. The two elementary books recommended in this article are My Name is Yoon and Grandfather's Journey. Both of these texts are included in this text set, making it easy to incorporate this multimedia source and activity with the two recommended texts.
Teaser: "Uncover the true diversity beneath the Asian American label" (Bittle, 2013). Read this account by Andrea Bittle as she directs the term Asian American and the Invisible Students.
Activity: This activity is geared toward upper elementary students (3rd-5th grade). Pair students into groups of 2 or 3. Give each group a large piece of butcher block paper or a poster board. Give the students ample time to read and explore this article. After students have explored this article, explain that they will be doing a 3, 2, 1 poster. They will write down 3 interesting facts they found, 2 things they learned, and 1 overall reaction/concluding thought they have after reading this cultural article. These posters will be hung up around the classroom. Give students time to walk around and read/observe other groups posters. Not only will students learn about a major issue surrounding the Asian American label by reading the article, they will learn also by reading what other students took away from the article.

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Grace Lin Interview: https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors/grace-lin
This text set incorporates two texts written by Grace Lin. There are several Asian/Asian American author interviews to choose from on this website, but for the purpose of this text set Grace Lin is perfect to examine. This link provides her video interview and a short biography. This interview gives firsthand insight into the life and motivation of this cultural writer.
Teaser: Meet the award winning and NY Times bestselling author Grace Lin in this video interview. Learn how about her journey to becoming a published author in cultural writing!
Activity: Inspire students to write and be young authors during this activity. You could tie this activity in to one of the others in this text set where students are required to write a cultural piece. You could also make this activity stand on its own and start by having students write a short cultural piece. It can be a paragraph, a page, or whatever they feel is necessary to tell their story. Give examples! The students could write about a family tradition or practice, a cultural experience such a church, use of a certain social media platform, going to a specific grocery store or restaurant, etc. After students write their story, they should be paired up with someone who is of a different background or culture than themself. Partners will read each others stories and then reflect by conducting an interview. Each partner will take turns interviewing the other. Prepare three guiding questions that everyone will be asked during the interview. For example, what did you write about? Why is this important to you? How is this a cultural experience for you? After everyone has interviewed their partners. Each student will write a few sentences to reflect. Students should discuss one thing they learned about their partners culture during the interview.

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China KFC Advertisement:
https://www.marketingtochina.com/online-advertising-trends-china/
This link will bring you to a website called Marketing To China. If you scroll down a bit, it shows this advertisement pictured below for KFC.
Teaser: Have you ever seen an advertisement from another country or culture? Take a look at this KFC advertisement from China! Notice any similarities or differences?
Activity: Advertising in China often utilizes famous performing artists from TV shows. Not only does this promote the brand that is being advertised, but it promotes the career of the pictured celebrity. Have students take a look at this advertisement. Ask them what similarities they see between this ad from China and common ads they see in the U.S. Maybe they notice that celebrities are used or that the food is being showcased. Ask them what differences they see. Maybe they notice the different language or the different food. After giving ample time for students to examine the ad, have them create their own ad. They should work in small groups and choose a product that they're familiar with. They should then draw, on a poster, a Chinese style advertisement. Students can use google translate to write any words in Chinese. Encourage them to focus on colors and showcasing the product. Maybe they want to include a celebrity to promote the brand. Students can access the internet to research any other methods they may want to include. Afterward, display the ads around the room so students can compare and contrast.

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K-pop is a genre of music also known as Korean pop originating from South Korea. BTS, pictured below, is one of if not the most famous K-pop artists. More and more kids today are becoming fans of K-pop and it's bands that are rising to the scene. This genre has become a staple for Korean culture.
Teaser: Music is a universal language that you can find meaning in no matter where you come from. Music can be a rich cultural experience. K-pop is a great representation cultural genre.
Activity: Have students listen to some K-pop songs. You can easily look up kid-friendly K-pop and find them on Youtube.  If you can, find some music videos so students can observe the style of dance and set for which the artists perform. Have them observe their clothes and the bright colors used in the video/s. Discuss afterwards what students noticed about the style of music and the video/s. Then, have students interact with this cultural genre. Here is a link to a KidzBop video where they sing and dance to "Boy with Luv" by BTS. Have students get up and dance with the video to interact with the cultural music.