In celebration of Media Literacy Week, NewsHour Classroom hosted its Educator Voice Zoom series with Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, one of the NewsHour’s newest community correspondents, and Liz Ramos, history teacher at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucomonga, Calif., and curriculum writer for Classroom’s Journalism in Action website.
The PBS conversation was hosted by Sari Beth Rosenberg, NYC public school history teacher, and was attended by dozens of educators across the country.
The conversation focused on the role of journalism in the past up to the present and Classroom’s Journalism in Action: Civic Engagement and Primary Sources Through Key Moments in History, a fun, interactive website based on resources from the Library of Congress. (We are looking for teacher testers for the site. Choose one of the activities, tell us how it went with your students, and we’ll send you a $50 VISA gift card. Email vpasquantonio@newshour.org for more information.)
You can watch the full discussion, or summary highlights below.
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Understanding media literacy and the role of local journalists - PBS NewsHour Classroom
VIDEO of Speaking at PBS NewsHour Classroom Extra on Wed: 10/27/2021
Saturday, October 30, 2021
PBS NewsHour Classroom on Twitter: ""Detroit versus everybody"
Speaking to teachers on PBS NewsHour Classroom Extra this Wednesday
Short video clip:
Full video recording:
<3 Janet Cho
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Speaking on PBS NewsHour Classroom for Media Literacy Week
Speaking with teachers on PBS NewsHour EXTRA Wednesday 10/27 7pm zoom on how I accidentally became a journalist and media literacy tips
Friday, October 22, 2021
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 19 How will ethnic studies and Asian American studies affect my child?
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 19 Oct 22, 2021 asks How will ethnic studies and Asian American studies affect my child?
When my son, who we all call Little Brother, was in fifth or sixth grade, he was having trouble getting his homework done. So in order to get him to sit at a desk where I could keep an eye on him, I started taking him with me to the evening class that I was team teaching at the University of Michigan. I thought that I could just park him at the back of the classroom with his math book and papers, and he could quietly work on his homework without disturbing anybody. It never occurred to me that he would find an upper division university course on Asian American and Pacific Islander civil rights interesting.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
How ‘segregation, disinvestment, and concentrated poverty’ preceded lead troubles in Benton Harbor | PBS NewsHour
My article for PBS NewsHour on Benton Harbor and lead in the drinking water
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Two bridges stretch across the winding St. Joseph River to connect the Twin Cities, or the Little Twin Cities, of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph in southwestern Michigan.
From the Benton Harbor side, one bridge leads to the hospital that serves all the people in these two communities, where in the past, Black residents have complained of disparate treatment.
The other bridge leads to the jail.
How ‘segregation, disinvestment, and concentrated poverty’ preceded lead troubles in Benton Harbor | PBS NewsHour
Monday, October 11, 2021
Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding | PBS NewsHour
My article for PBS NewsHour re the Sikh American community and history of activism
“When I went back to work, people in passing cars on highways rolled down their windows to yell at me and flip me off,” Singh said. “Out on the streets, people gave me angry and anxious looks. It was almost everyone. Women, men, white, black, young and old. It was one of the most unsettling times of my life.”
Friday, October 8, 2021
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 18 How can finding more cousins help us see ourselves more clearly?
My 1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 18 for October 8, 2021, which asks
How can finding more cousins help us see ourselves more clearly?
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 18
How can finding more cousins help us see ourselves more clearly?
Thursday, October 7, 2021
October 6, 2021 – PBS NewsHour full episode | PBS NewsHour
They showed a picture of my article on the broadcast last night, it's only like 3 seconds at the 53:41 mark, but still fun to see...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/october-6-2021-pbs-newshour-full-episode
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Flipboard - Stories from 28,875 topics personalized for you
My article on the Arab American National Museum is featured in Flipboard's daily pick!
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
The only Arab American museum in the nation is ‘much more than a building’ | PBS NewsHour
My article for PBS NewsHour about the Arab American National Museum
“It’s vital that our young generation grow up with the knowledge that they are an integral part of this great American mosaic and be proud of the fact that their ancestors have contributed extensively to the formation of our modern-day society,”
and on Canvas Arts too!
Friday, October 1, 2021
New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities | Current
Check out our new Communities Initiative at the PBS NewsHour, here we all are!
New ‘NewsHour’ initiative deepens reporting on diverse communities | Current
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Continuing Writing Workshop: Finding the Writer Within - Washtenaw Community College
Starting this Sunday! Ten weeks of writing with me, 12-2pm EDT Oct 3-Dec 19. Register today, there are a few spaces left. All virtual so location and time zone no bar.
Friday, September 24, 2021
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 17 Sept 24
My newsletter for 1990 Institute asks How can mooncakes bring us together?
1990 Institute Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 17
Thursday, September 23, 2021
The ABCs of Getting Published - Washtenaw Community College Division of Economic & College Development
Register today! There are still a few spots left. Teaching this Sunday 12-2pm EDT virtually at WCC
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Lotus Mooncakes with Salted Egg Yolks - The Woks of Life
Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival today! A recipe for you
Lotus Mooncakes with Salted Egg Yolks - The Woks of Life
Monday, September 20, 2021
Decades after ‘the Arab problem,’ Muslim and Arab Americans are leading political change in Metro Detroit | PBS NewsHour
My article for PBS NewsHour
“I’m surely not running as a Muslim or Arab American,” Hammoud said. “I’m running as, more than anything, a son of Dearborn. Somebody who was born and raised here, who happens to be Muslim Arab American. But I think in winning, what you demonstrate, is that Abdullah is as American as any other name.”
And my article is on the NewsHour too, at the 53:53 mark
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Online! Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival - Chelsea District Library
Online! Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Chelsea District Library on Zoom
Join Chinese expert Frances Kai-Hwa Wang to learn more about this special holiday. Discover the history, traditions, and food of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a Chinese harvest festival occurring this year on September 21. Learn about mooncakes, hear stories of the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit, and find out about the real historical event when mooncakes helped save the day.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults | Preregistration required
Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 6:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
Chelsea District Library on Zoom
Join Chinese expert Frances Kai-Hwa Wang to learn more about this special holiday. Discover the history, traditions, and food of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, a Chinese harvest festival occurring this year on September 21. Learn about mooncakes, hear stories of the Moon Lady and the Jade Rabbit, and find out about the real historical event when mooncakes helped save the day.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | Adults | Preregistration required
Friday, September 10, 2021
1990 Institute Newsletter Sept 10, 2021, vol 1 issue 16 Superheroes and 9/11
My essay in 1990 Newsletter Sept 10, 2021, vol 1 issue 16
How can we become our own Asian American superheroes in times of joy and crisis?
How can we become our own Asian American superheroes in times of joy and crisis?
Thursday, September 9, 2021
Spoken Word: Spartan Remix MSUnity
I'll be performing spoken word tonight September 9, 2021, 6:00 pm EDT, at Michigan State University 14th Annual Spartan Remix MSUnity Bridge Between Divisions. See you there!
Sunday, September 5, 2021
Being Human during COVID Book, University of Michigan Press
Just proofed my contribution to this anthology in which University of Michigan scholars ask in real time re What the humanities can teach us about COVID-19, coming soon on University of Michigan Press!
"Being Human during COVID"
Kristin Ann Hass, editor
What the humanities can teach us about COVID-19
A free online version is forthcoming. This open access version made available by University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the Michigan Humanities Collaboratory.
Description
Science has taken center stage during the COVID-19 crisis; scientists named and diagnosed the virus, traced its spread, and worked together to create a vaccine in record time. But while science made the headlines, the arts and humanities were critical in people’s daily lives. As the world went into lockdown, literature, music, and media became crucial means of connection, and historians reminded us of the resonance of the past as many of us heard for the first time about the 1918 influenza pandemic. As the twindemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice, embodied in mass protests following the death of George Floyd and other police-committed violence, tore through the United States, a contested presidential race unfolded, which one candidate described as “a battle for the soul of the nation."
Being Human During COVID documents the first year of the pandemic in real time, bringing together humanities scholars from the University of Michigan to address what it feels like to be human during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the course of the pandemic, the questions that occupy the humanities—about grieving and publics, the social contract and individual rights, racial formation and xenophobia, ideas of home and conceptions of gender, narrative and representations and power—have become shared life-or-death questions about how human societies work and how culture determines our collective fate. The contributors in this collection draw on scholarly expertise and lived experience to try to make sense of the unfamiliar present in works that range from traditional scholarly essays, to personal essays, to visual art projects. The resulting book is shot-through with fear and dread and frustration and prejudice, and, on a few occasions, with a thrilling sense of hope.
Kristin Ann Hass is Associate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan.
Being Human during COVID
Kristin Ann Hass, editor
What the humanities can teach us about COVID-19
A free online version is forthcoming. This open access version made available by University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts and the Michigan Humanities Collaboratory.Description
Science has taken center stage during the COVID-19 crisis; scientists named and diagnosed the virus, traced its spread, and worked together to create a vaccine in record time. But while science made the headlines, the arts and humanities were critical in people’s daily lives. As the world went into lockdown, literature, music, and media became crucial means of connection, and historians reminded us of the resonance of the past as many of us heard for the first time about the 1918 influenza pandemic. As the twindemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice, embodied in mass protests following the death of George Floyd and other police-committed violence, tore through the United States, a contested presidential race unfolded, which one candidate described as “a battle for the soul of the nation."
Being Human During COVID documents the first year of the pandemic in real time, bringing together humanities scholars from the University of Michigan to address what it feels like to be human during the COVID-19 crisis. Over the course of the pandemic, the questions that occupy the humanities—about grieving and publics, the social contract and individual rights, racial formation and xenophobia, ideas of home and conceptions of gender, narrative and representations and power—have become shared life-or-death questions about how human societies work and how culture determines our collective fate. The contributors in this collection draw on scholarly expertise and lived experience to try to make sense of the unfamiliar present in works that range from traditional scholarly essays, to personal essays, to visual art projects. The resulting book is shot-through with fear and dread and frustration and prejudice, and, on a few occasions, with a thrilling sense of hope.
Kristin Ann Hass is Associate Professor of American Culture at the University of Michigan.
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