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Angel Island Immigration Station and Teaching Asian American History

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Apply Facing History’s unique methodology in order to explore history and literature through themes of identity, choices, justice, and civic participation
Learn a range of teaching strategies for helping students process emotionally powerful histories
Learn a new way of structuring curriculum to help students connect history to their own lives

This workshop is now closed. Please email Chicago [at] facinghistory.org (Chicago[at]facinghistory[dot]org) with any questions.

Asian American and Pacific Islander people (AAPI) have a far-reaching and enduring presence in the United States and have been an integral part of US history for more than four hundred years. Despite this,the contributions, perspectives, and experiences of AAPI people are still often overlooked, forgotten, and misunderstood. Teachers will learn how Facing History & Ourselves’ approach and resources can support educators engaging students in questions about identity, membership and in bringing AAPI voices into their classrooms.

This interactive workshop will engage participants in learning about Angel Island Immigration Station to better understand historical themes in Asian American history. The featured C3-style inquiry on Angel Island is part of Facing History's US History Curriculum Collection. The workshop will also feature Dr. Karen Su (Ph.D), Director of Undergraduate Studies in Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, and author of several children’s books for the Leaders Like Us Asian American series. Dr. Su’s work will speak to the importance of identity affirmation, representation, and voice in teaching and learning about under-taught histories.

After this workshop you will:

Become a part of the Facing History educator network, with access to a rich slate of educator resources, including units and lesson plans, study guides and multimedia

This workshop is recommended for: 6th-12th grade US History, US Literature, Asian American History, Asian American Literature, Ethnic Studies, and US Government teachers.

Up to 6 clock hours (formerly CPDUs) for Illinois-certified educators will be offered for full participation.

A light breakfast and lunch will be provided, vegetarian options will be included.

This event will occur in-person at the Erickson Institute.
Address: Erikson Institute: 451 N. LaSalle Dr. Chicago, Il 60654

Dr. Karen Su (Ph.D)

Clinical Associate Professor, GLAS Director of Undergraduate Studies

Karen Su serves as the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the UIC AANAPISI Initiative. The Initiative encompasses a total of four grants spanning from 2010-2026, providing $7.1 million to support the enhancement of programs and activities that improve the educational outcomes and experiences of Asian American, Pacific Islander, English language learner, and low-income undergraduate students at UIC.

Prof. Su teaches GLAS 120 (Introduction to Asian American Studies), GLAS 263 (Asian American Gender and Sexual Diversity), and coordinates and teaches the GLAS off-campus internship practicum.

In her creative work, Prof. Su focuses on children’s picture books featuring Asian American life stories. She was awarded the 2022 Many Voices Prize by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Illinois. In 2018, she was selected to be a nonfiction mentee for the We Need Diverse Books mentorship program and she was chosen to be part of a mentorship group led by award-winning children's book author Maya Gonzalez in 2017.

Prof. Su has been at UIC since 2004 and was the founding director of the Asian American Resource and Cultural Center (AARCC). She established many of the first Asian American Studies initiatives through AARCC before ASAM became an official program in 2010, such as the Introduction to Asian American Studies course, the ASAM Advisory Board, ASAM Lecture Series, ASAM Knowledge Bowl, and ASAM Expo. Prof. Su has been recognized for her service to UIC with the Award of Merit in 2008, the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence (CAPE) Award in 2010, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Service Award in 2022.

Prior to UIC, Prof. Su was the founding director of the Pan-Asian American Community House and the assistant director of Asian American Studies at University of Pennsylvania. She has also taught or developed Asian American Studies and student programs at New York University, Mills College, Temple University, Northwestern University, and the University of Chicago.

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About this event:

In this workshop you will:

Featured Speakers

Dr. Karen Su (Ph.D)

Certificate of Completion

You might also be interested in…

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