Uplift Asian American & Pacific Islanders by George Aramath https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k Click and explore a state in the US to discover your AAPI group. Then drop a pin in your group's location and share something you love about that culture. (BONUS: Add a photo) en-us 2021-05-13 01:25:12 UTC 2026-02-13 22:12:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f914.png Bhutan workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519782077 2021-05-13 01:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519782077 Myanmar (Burma) workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519820417 2021-05-13 01:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519820417 Cambodia workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519859309 2021-05-13 02:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519859309 China workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519866886 2021-05-13 02:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519866886 South Korea workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519902897 2021-05-13 02:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519902897 Laos workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519912231 2021-05-13 02:36:31 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519912231 Malaysia workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519918513 2021-05-13 02:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519918513 Mongolia workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519923036 2021-05-13 02:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519923036 Nepal workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519927030 2021-05-13 02:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519927030 Pakistan workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519934900 2021-05-13 02:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519934900 Sri Lanka workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519937920 2021-05-13 02:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519937920 Vietnam workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519956531 2021-05-13 02:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519956531 Hawaii workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519962107 2021-05-13 02:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519962107 Japan workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519967919 2021-05-13 03:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519967919 India workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519979630 2021-05-13 03:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519979630 Philippines workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519983093 2021-05-13 03:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519983093 Thailand workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519990482 2021-05-13 03:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519990482 Indonesia workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519995506 2021-05-13 03:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1519995506 Afghanistan workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520004387 2021-05-13 03:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520004387 Singapore workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520012295 2021-05-13 03:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520012295 Papua New Guinea workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520022669 2021-05-13 03:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520022669 workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520023915 2021-05-13 03:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520023915 Northern Mariana Islands workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520035871 2021-05-13 03:35:36 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520035871 Samoa workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520050316 2021-05-13 03:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520050316 New Zealand workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520053217 2021-05-13 03:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1520053217 Fiji workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1528981794 2021-05-16 20:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1528981794 Fiji workresource123 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541143981 Every New Year’s Eve, Fiji village women play veicaqemoli(“kick the orange”). It’s a team game that requires the winning team give gifts of new garments to losing team members. 

]]> 2021-05-19 19:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541143981 Pakistan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541147769 Pakistan also has the second largest refugee population in the world and houses many Afghans, Bangladeshi, Burmese and Uyghurs within the country’s borders.]]> 2021-05-19 19:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541147769 Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541148804 Papua New Guinea has 5 percent of the world’s biodiversity, even though it only covers 1 percent of Earth’s total land area. It has more than 20,000 plant species, 800 species of coral, 600 species of fish, and 750 species of birds. Since the country is less explored and exploited than other regions, it still retains much of its diversity. ]]> 2021-05-19 19:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541148804 Phuket, Thailand https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541148961 2021-05-19 19:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541148961 Samoa jwdant https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150491 The largest island of Samoa is Savaìi and the most populated island is Upolu. These islands are of volcanic origin. ]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150491 Laos https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150642 The Lao also like the sport of rhinoceros-beetle wrestling. People bet on which beetle will stay standing the longest.]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150642 Afghanistan bricooper https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150909 The country was a busy section of the Silk Road, a route that merchants have traveled over land between China, India, and Europe for over 2,000 years.]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541150909 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151218 2021-05-19 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151218 Indonesia https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151233 As much as 80% of Indonesia was covered in rainforest up until the 1960s. Alongside Brazil with the Amazon, the Indonesian archipelago is nicknamed 'Lungs of the Earth'.

]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151233 Samoa Islands https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151272 Over 99% of the population over 15 years can read and write, however, many young people are without work. About one third of all Samoans between the ages of 15 and 24 years are unemployed. ]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541151272 Afghanistan kroath https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152129 Afghanistan is located in Central Asia with Iran to the west and Pakistan to the east. Tall, forbidding mountains and dry deserts cover most of the landscape of Afghanistan. The jagged mountain peaks are treacherous, and are snow covered for most of the year.]]> 2021-05-19 19:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152129 New Zealand ganicdario https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152203
  • New Zealand was the world's first country to grant women the right to vote - in 1893.

    • ]]>     2021-05-19 19:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152203     Minnesota, USA https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152534 2021-05-19 19:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152534 Myanmar (Burma) https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152538 One of the largest festivals that present Burmese customs at their very best is Thingyan. This is the New Year that’s celebrated in April and is characterised by the entire country taking part in a huge water fight. Anyone who’s travelled to Thailand and experienced Songkran will know what this event is all about.

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152538     Philippines https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152638
    Filipinos elect their president. The president is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and serves a six-year term.


    The economy is based on agriculture, light industry, and services. The country produces bananas, rice, coconuts, corn, fish, mangos, pineapples, sugarcane, pork, and beef.

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152638     Afghanistan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152669 The country is rich in the vibrant blue stone, lapis lazuli, which was used to decorate the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamun.]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152669 South Korea https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152942 2021-05-19 19:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541152942 Indonesia amandamartin0813 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153173 Indonesia is home to the Komodo Dragon, a huge dinosaur-like lizard which is sadly endangered. It roams the islands of East Nusa Tenggara. It even has its own island, simply named Komodo Island.

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153173     Northern Mariana Islands https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153344 More than 60 underwater volcanoes!]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153344 India https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153844 I learned that Cows are sacred in India. More importantly, they're allowed to wander through city streets, which often causes traffic jams!]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541153844 India https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154077 For thousands of years, since the Hindu religion first evolved, respect for animal life has been an important part of Indians' beliefs. Cows in particular are sacred and cannot be harmed. They are even allowed to wander through city streets, which often causes traffic jams!]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154077 Korea https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154118 People have been living in Korea for at least 10,000 years.]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154118 Papua New Guinea https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154859 Papua New Guinea Hosts 5% Of The Global Biodiversity



    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541154859     Cambodia https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541155310 A karma is a thin towel-sized piece of fabric, more practical than a Leatherman. They are often wrapped around people’s heads for protection from the sun, are used as a sarong, and are used to carry things in. They are even utilized as a fashion accessory! Ha! How different things can be.]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541155310 India https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541155347  Cows in particular are sacred and cannot be harmed.]]> 2021-05-19 19:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541155347 Fiji Islands, Fiji https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156300 2021-05-19 19:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156300 khertz8 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156321 2021-05-19 19:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156321 (-42.40746459236721, 168.57730381427385) https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156416 New Zealand is the size of Colorado

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156416     Bhutan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156483 Bhutan's government includes a Ministry of Happiness. Wellbeing and happiness of the Bhutanese citizen are said to be amongst the main aims of the Bhutanese government. Regular surveys are conducted in Bhutan to measure the happiness of the people.]]> 2021-05-19 19:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156483 Northern Mariana Islands https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156554 The islands are the peaks of a massive underwater mountain range that begins in the deepest part of the ocean called the Mariana Trench. The mountain range (which became the islands) was created by volcanoes over millions of years, and some are still active today.]]> 2021-05-19 19:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156554 Myanmar (Burma) https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156909 Myanmar was on a major trade route between China and southern India and people crossed from one place to the next on a regular basis. The Pyu are believed to have brought Theravada Buddhism, the major religion in Myanmar today, to the country.]]> 2021-05-19 19:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541156909 New Zealand https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541157327 Did you know New Zealand has 600 smaller islands in addition to the 2 main islands?

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541157327     Hawaii, USA https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541157832 2021-05-19 19:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541157832 Samoa Islands https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158444 2021-05-19 19:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158444 Pangasinan, Philippines msotelo13 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158469 Many Filipinos have Spanish names because of a 19th-century Spanish decree that required them to use Spanish surnames, or last names. Parents often name their children after the saint whose feast day was on the day of their birth.]]> 2021-05-19 19:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158469 Cambodia nhaygood https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158562 Cambodians’ relationship with time has taken on a very different form. Rather than being so time-focused, people are more event-focused. This means that rather than taking your cue for lunch from the time on your watch, lunch will happen in accordance with the proceedings of the day. Sometimes it will be earlier, sometimes it will be later. Things happen more intuitively and organically, simply because there is no need to schedule them.

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158562     Japan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158661  People first came to Japan about 30,000 years ago. At the time, the main islands were connected to Siberia and Korea by bridges of dry land, so people crossed on foot. The first society, called the Jomon culture, arose about 12,000 years ago. Around the same time, the Ainu people arrived by boat from Siberia. ]]> 2021-05-19 19:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158661 India https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158836 India is a very spiritual country. It has no official religion, but more than 80 percent of Indians are Hindu. About 13 percent are Muslim. Other religions include Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, which all began in India.

    ]]>     2021-05-19 19:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158836     Bhutan https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158870
  • Bhutan does not have one single traffic light! A policeman is directing traffic in the capital city.

    • ]]>     2021-05-19 19:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541158870     Papua New Guinea djgray1 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159200 Papau New Guinea has over 850 languages and the third largest rain forest in the world!!!]]> 2021-05-19 19:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159200 Singapore https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159336 2021-05-19 19:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159336 New Zealand ymagana2 https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159482
  • Cathedral Cove in Te Whanganui-A-Hei National Park is one of the famous landmarks in New Zealand. Make sure to visit the Hot Water Beach nearby as well. This is where hot water bubbles through the sand and you can dig your own spa pool on the beach.
    • ]]>     2021-05-19 19:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541159482     Papua New Guinea https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541160076 Papua New Guinea has 5 percent of the world’s biodiversity, even though it only covers 1 percent of Earth’s total land area.]]> 2021-05-19 19:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541160076 Mariana Islands https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541160366 The 14 islands that make up the Northern Mariana Islands are very close to Guam, so these territories share a lot of history. The Indigenous people of both the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam are the Chamorro (SHUH-mah-roh) people.]]> 2021-05-19 19:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1541160366 Myanmar (Burma) https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1545036619 2021-05-20 18:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/workresource123/5taes1ileuup934k/wish/1545036619