Join the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC) for a hands-on tour and workshop exploring the importance of object-based learning, primary sources, and documenting local stories within our national history. At the center of this session is the new exhibition How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories, which uncovers the overlooked history of a trailblazing Filipino community in Stockton, California from the 1910s to the 1970s through twenty-six steamer trunks found in 2005, three of which are on display in the gallery. Leave with greater confidence incorporating AANHPI histories and object-based primary sources into your classroom.
Where To Meet:
Meet between 10:15 am - 10:30 am in the National Museum of American History's Constitution Avenue lobby just after going through security. Session programming takes place from 10:30 pm - 12:30 pm.
Aurianna Nacua, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
Sam Vong, Smithsonian Institution
