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Diversity of experiences but also commonalities across immigrant and migrant groups

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Excavating history. It’s never ending!

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perspective in storytelling is essential

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Having students interview family!

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A google drive with all the texts and lessons and sources!!

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Thinking about all that goes into researching history, asking questions, asking our relatives for their stories— writing! It’s all so essential.

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Immigrant History Initiative

Has a lot of k-12 lesson plans and discussion guides on AAPI history including model minority myth, Japanese picture brides, and Chinese immigration during transcontinental railroad.

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I feel like the possibilities are endless! I’m so excited to spend some time creating lesson plans with the new knowledge and materials we have gained. This will be perfect for my AP Spanish students’ cultural comparisons.

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Make students write more! For their own understanding.

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I have been thinking a lot about how to incorporate more Chinese American history into my US history class

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I realize how much I don’t know and want to read more!

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Impact of historical events of population of different identity groups — I want to learn more about the draft riots and their impact!

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Field trips to the Tenement Museum!

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I keep thinking about how much I don't know what I don't know. 

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I keep thinking about how much I don't know what I don't know. 

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Love the comparison between manumission papers and Chinese Excl. papers 

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Love the comparison between manumission papers and Chinese Excl. papers 

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A Google drive where we can add photos and resources for one another, including those from other cohort groups 

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A Google drive where we can add photos and resources for one another, including those from other cohort groups 

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Will there be an online version of Clint’s talk we can access later?

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Will there be an online version of Clint’s talk we can access later?

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I love being where someone of the past lived and breathed.  This honors their experience.

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I love being where someone of the past lived and breathed.  This honors their experience.

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I’m very grateful for the opportunity to have explored MoCA today, especially as as a Chinese American (from NYC!) who rarely sees myself reflected in historical narratives. At the same time, I also want to bring into the space that there is a lot of controversy surrounding MoCA’s space in Chinatown and its contributions to gentrification, as well as its acceptance of a $35 million grant in 2021 which many community members see as a buy-out from an organization which aims to build a mass incarceration center in the community. It shows just how complex history is, and in these convos about historiography we would be remiss to miss out on this important part of the convo that our Chinatown community has been having!

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the importance of the average person being the object of stories!

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Parallels between the experiences of immigrant groups - both within the same time period and between the past and present

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“Putting your body in the place where history happened”

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I am thinking about how to elevate student voices, help students understand how our pasts and circumstances impact our perspectives of the world and history

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What is sticking out to me is a reframing of what historical storytelling can be. Powerful history doesn’t have to come from figures that have had monuments built; but the every day people and family members that represent us as a whole. The triumphs, tragedies, perspectives, and positionality found in the stories put forth by the Tenement Museum have changed the way I view what history could be.

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It strikes me how similar yet different immigrant experience is. In spite of the historical context, the cultural differences, and struggles… there is a human desire for more. As the immigration historian Daniel Rogers argues, there is no calculus to human motive to emigrate. I argue, however, there is a Herculean quality to immigrant life. It impresses me so much.

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I’m thinking about how the experts keep learning and uncovering the story — how Liberty Island didn’t always have the story of the origins of the Statue of Liberty but now it does.

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Using place and historical places as a foundation or jumping off point for lessons.

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I was concerned about the comment that people of the west are still white supremecists and the impact messages like that can have.

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I’d like to incorporate pieces of Clint Smith’s book into my classroom

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Considering my own identity and positionality when teaching and learning 

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Considering my own identity and positionality when teaching and learning 

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The conversation about loss and flattening of German identity 

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The conversation about loss and flattening of German identity 

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The vitality of social networks and spaces to survive

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Excerpts from Clint Smith’s text

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I love everything Clint said about how writing is thinking and how we process what we think about things.

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I love everything Clint said about how writing is thinking and how we process what we think about things.

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Comparing/contrasting different immigrant groups.

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I would love to have a copy of the sources from the MOCA.

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I would love to have a copy of the sources from the MOCA.

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Everything

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Check out this family conversation game. Sometimes language and/or ruptures are a barrier. This "game" comes with thought provoking questions you can use with your family and friends. The best part is the question is available in both English and the language you choose. 

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Check out this family conversation game. Sometimes language and/or ruptures are a barrier. This "game" comes with thought provoking questions you can use with your family and friends. The best part is the question is available in both English and the language you choose. 

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I have to tell you: I brought the deck home these past few days, and both times I've used it, I've learned way more about my parents in the thirty minutes we used the deck than the 24 years I've been on this earth and interacted with them. - Ruth W

I've been eating my mom's delicious cookies since 1995. Though these are a different kind of cookie, they still make life better (& viewing this site easier). By using this site, you agree to our use of cookies.

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Parents Are Human - Call your parents. They miss you.

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Parents Are Human is a bilingual card game that helps you spark deep conversations with your parents & loved ones.

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Have students interview grand parents if available! 

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Have students interview grand parents if available! 

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Google drive with all slides, contact emails for each group, have a way for us to share resources with each other. 

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Google drive with all slides, contact emails for each group, have a way for us to share resources with each other. 

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A list of additional relevant publications (articles too!) from all our speakers!

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A list of additional relevant publications (articles too!) from all our speakers!

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Reactions to the unveiling of the Statue

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Reactions to the unveiling of the Statue

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Verifying you are human. This may take a few seconds.

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Including initial intent of Statue of Liberty and the primary sources about it- as Clint Smith said- celebrate and be more critical of the “American Dream” and ideals

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Your story, our story audio recordings of interviews 

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Your story, our story audio recordings of interviews 

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Many of the stories we know about history are either incomplete or flat-out wrong. It’s our duty to investigate those stories and provide as close to the truth as we can for our students. However, also provide the caveat that the stories may continue to change and that’s ok.

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It is too bad that the initial reason for the statue’s existence wasn’t popular at the time.

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Still thinking about how to include Your Story, Our Story in my world history course as an intro to why stories matter and thinking about world history as the story of all of us since we are all (almost) the descendants of immigrants.

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I think having students think about their unique stories and also their family’s stories in the context of the American story is a good activity.

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Any multimedia teaching tools (videos, audio recordings, etc.) to “mix it up” during lessons.

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Thinking about history like we think about ourselves or loved ones - there are problem/mistakes in the past but also joys to celebrate, and it’s important to acknowledge and reflect both

Clint’s thoughts about AI and technology

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I have done an oral history project in the past but I’m inspired to bring it back and expand it! And perhaps combine/integrate with a Your Story Our Story project? I also want to develop and add more nuance to lessons on immigrant groups around the turn of the century and the Statue of Liberty.

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Please make available all slides/resources/sources for us to access and revisit! Also any recordings of panels and talks. I am particularly interested in a recording of Clint’s answer to the AI question (and his whole talk) as teachers at my school plan to really work on our approach to AI next year.

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Shared photo album to share photos of the week :)

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The diversity and commonalities between the immigrant groups was so interesting. Cultural enclaves being created were essential to building community in this new place. I also was intrigued by the mutual aid societies that helped those down on their luck.

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I love the idea of interviewing family. I think it would be helpful and  interesting to start a family archive and ask questions using objects, pictures, music, etc that is part of the family lore. 

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I love the idea of interviewing family. I think it would be helpful and  interesting to start a family archive and ask questions using objects, pictures, music, etc that is part of the family lore. 

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The primary source documents from the museum would be fantastic. 

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The primary source documents from the museum would be fantastic. 

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1. I would love to learn more about Frederick Douglass' time in Ireland and more general Irish resistance to imperialism

2. Excited to gain more resources from Dr. Mae Nagi about Wong Chin Foo, who I've utilized in my classroom during the post-Civil War lessons as an example of Asian American activism.

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Creating opportunities within lessons for students to explore the impact of historical events and social phenomenon on various groups at the same time -- understanding that the motivations, proximity, impacts, & outcomes might be different for each group

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Because I am in the west, I had always focused more on the Chinese story. I loved learning more about the experiences of the Italians, Germans, and Blacks during this time. I want to find a way to incorporate their stories into my teaching along with the Chinese story.

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Just some of the specific things that were said really stuck out to me.

'Slavery lasted longer than it didn't'

'In all of our identities we carry a multitude of perspectives'

If our students don't have relatives they can talk to, they can ask family friends or they can even ask what do they wish they had asked.

Clint confirming that writing is thinking and his comment about affirming the students, no matter who they are and the importance of positive feedback.

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A lot of what Clint Smith said resonated with me. I do already do many of those things, but there is always room for improvement. I really want to help my students understand that slavery was around longer than it's been gone from our nation as well and why that is so important.