Introduction
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated in May to commemorate the contributions and heritage of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the
Resources
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/research/category/BIO_page.html
Search for biographical information and articles on notable Asian Americans by name or keyword, or use the Category Browse feature.
http://www.tshaonline.org/
Source includes articles on Asian ethnic groups in
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/research/category/NEWS_page.html
Keep up with the latest news from around the world and in several languages online from major newspapers. English-language newspapers with an Asian outlook are also included.
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/research/category/ALL_page.html#S
These online music collections are searchable by cultural group (e.g., Punjabi, Hawaiian, Japanese-American) or language (Cantonese, Indonesian, Hindi).
http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/research/category/WLC_page.html
Dragonsource (Chinese language only) Dragonsource Group is a Chinese content provider and a digital media corporation based in
Rosetta Stone - Online lessons for learning Chinese and Vietnamese, as well as for those learning English.
Web sites:
http://www.apaha.org/
Web site of the Houston-based organization that promotes awareness and appreciation of Asian cultural and ethnic groups. Includes news bulletins and archives as well as announcements of local events.
http://www.asiasociety.org/
Comprehensive Web site of the international pan-Asian organization that works to promote understanding and among the people of the
http://www.askasia.org/
An educational Web site produced by the Asia Society and aimed at students, children, and teachers interested in learning more about Asian cultures, history, and civilizations.
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/library/bib/asia.htm
A selected electronic bibliography Compiled by the Wirtz Labor Library Staff; U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html
Provides links to figures, tables, and reports on Asian and Pacific Islander populations in the
Related Source: American Factfinder - http://factfinder.census.gov
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/libtmpl.asp?url=/content/libraries/weblinks/asian.asp
Find links to - Overviews | Timelines | Statistics | Biographies | Cambodian Americans | Chinese Americans | East Indian Americans | Filipino Americans | Japanese Americans | Korean Americans | Vietnamese Americans
QUESTIONS
Where can I find a membership application to the
Where and when the exhibition is: GOLDEN FANTASIES: JAPANESE SCREENS FROM
I want to hear tracks from the album, Music of the Shakuhachi (FW04218). Who is the performer? What HPL database offers this and musical excerpts from cultures all around the world?
In
- Search Occupation combined with Ethnicity: Asian American (Do not select a Nationality).
- Do the search for three different occupations of your choice; (i.e.: Chemist and Asian American - If no results, try another one).
- List 5 names (if fewer than five, then list what you have) from each of your three occupation searches.
- Select one name from each list and provide a one sentence description of this person, including ethnic origin, occupation and one other significant piece of information of your choice (You should have three names total for this part of the exercise)
How are rice,
Using an HPL Database (Your choice and does not have to be one in this month’s list) find a description of Falun Gong and provide the citation. Then find a news story in the Houston Chronicle database that involves the Falun Gong and the Montrose area in
How many people of Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander live in your Zip Code area?
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18 comments:
Question #1
https://www.asiasociety.org/membership/texas_membership.pl
4605 Post Oak Place, Ste. 205
Houston, TX 77027
Tel: (713) 439-0051
Fax: (713) 439-1107
Email: txcenter@asiasoc.org
Since 1979, Asia Society Texas Center has served as a forum for viewpoints and discussions on Asia-related topics, offering more than 100 programs each year. These range from the topical and newsworthy—Asian economic forums, a post-tsunami first-hand USAID report, discussions of world health issues, or lectures on Asian border struggle—to the cultural and just plain fun – art exhibits and salons, "tastes of Asia" dinners, book signings and readings, dragon boat racing, and the annual Tiger Ball. Programming is provided each year in part by grants from generous foundations, the business community and individuals, largely through the Annual Fund campaign.
Question #3:
Ajikan (8:38)
Performers: Yasuda Shinpu
Album: Music of the Shakuhachi (FW04218) [buy]
Smithsonian Global Sound database
Question #4
1)Electrical Engineer - Asian American
Cho, Alfred Y. (American engineer, 1937-)
Prabhakar, Arati (American government official, 1959-)
Qureshey, Safi U. (American engineer, 1951-)
Arati Prabhakar - Leader of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under Clinton. Born in New Delhi, India
2)Mathematician - Asian-American
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (American astrophysicist, 1910-1995)
Kato, Tosio (American mathematical physicist, 1917-1999)
Lin, Chia-Chao (American scientist, 1916-)
Yau, Shing-Tung (American mathematician, 1949-)
Shing-Tung Yau - Born in Swatow, China. Solved a longstanding quesdtion in Einsteian's Theory of Relativity.
3) Physicist - Asian-American
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (American astrophysicist, 1910-1995)
Chu, Paul C.W. (American physicist, 1941-)
Chu, Steven (American atomic physicist, 1948-)
Kaku, Michio (1947-)
Kato, Tosio (American mathematical physicist, 1917-1999)
Steven Chu - Born in St Louis, awarded Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997.
Uchida conducted a fact finding tour of Texas in the early 1900's. Local businessmen told him that rice farmers would be welcome here. Saibara(in Webster) and Kishi(in Orange) had the two most successful rice farming sites.
#6 wikipedia
falun gong - meditation exercises introduced by Li Hongzhi in 1992.
Here, on the sidewalks of Montrose Boulevard, two impassioned women were determined to bring meaning to their week off as well.
Danielle Wang, a junior at the University of Texas in Austin, and Kitty Wang, a graduate student at Southern Methodist University, staged a four-day hunger strike outside the local Chinese Consulate to oppose their homeland's treatment of Falun Gong followers.
#7
558 Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders in 77521 according to 2000 census stats in American Fact Finder.
Q#1
Asia Society website; click on TX; click on Texas Center membership application; the home page lists the address and gives a summary of the Center.
Q#2
Asia Society; exhibit not there; past exhibitions; arrow down to Golden Fantasies Jan. 13-Aug. 15, 2004.
Q#3
Smithsonian Global Sound; search box-Music of the shakuhachi; got 13200 tracks so click album; M; arrow down to exact title; performers Yasuda Shinpu (Kotokan)
Q#4
Asian American Actress-None!!
Golfer-In 2004 Michelle Wie became the youngest player (14) in a PGA event.
Orchestra Leader-None
Rock Musician-Sean Lennon, Japanese American son of John Lennon and that woman. Didn't do much.
Television Journalist-Lisa Ling has worked on The View and National Geographic Explorer.
Q#5
Handbook of Texas Online; search saibara kishi; result Japanese; these are the last names of the two most successful rice growers in TX (1903 and 1907).
Q#6
Britannica Online School Ed; Britannica Concise article.
"Falun Gong." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. 17 Apr. 2008
Research; Newspapers; Houston Chronicle (Article Search); search Falun Gong AND Montrose; result 6 articles; the Chinese consulate is on Montrose.
Q#7
Asian and Pacific Islander Population Information from the US Census; 2000 Census; American Fact Finder; zip 77002; Asian 166/1.2%;
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2/0.0%.
Question #1 -The Handbook of Texas (on database list,)using the entries for Japanese rice culture and Webster gives the info to answer the questions about the 2 names. Just a note: Heading east down Nasa Rd. 1 from I-45, the first signal light is at Kobayashi St. This probably seems to be an odd street name to anyone who does not know anything about rice, Japanese rice growers and the town of Webster, but these folks were important to the community.
Oh dear, my previous post was for Question #5, not #1 - sorry! Question #7 - go to census.gov and use American Factfinder > Fact sheet> zip code tabulation.
Q #4 - I started with the occupation Pilot and got 2 hits, one male and one female. Since the male name I recognized as the name of an astronaut Ellison Onizuka, I looked next at the results for Astronaut > 5 results there, including one female, Kalpana Chawla. Onizuka and Chawla also show up with one other under Aerospace Engineer. Chawla is the only result for Aeronautical Engineer. Onizuka died in the Challenger accident, and Chawla died in the 2003 shuttle accident. In the long biography about Chawla, the University of Texas is mentioned as the place where she went to school. It's actually UT Arlington. They're very proud of her there, and named the newest dorm on the campus for her.
Q #1 - Asia Society Texas Center is located on Post Oak in Houston according to their web site. They provide a forum for viewpoints and discussion on Asia-related topics, and offer 100+ programs a year.
Question #2 I finally found out how to get there. I had to goto past exhibits and find it. It took place January through August of 2004
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