Deborah Bekken
Contact
Topics of Interest
Administrative Areas
- Asia Collections
- Anthropology Collections
- Negaunee Integrative Research Center
- Former Staff Member
Learning Resources
AANHPI Scavenger Hunt-English
AANHPI Teacher Reference Guide
Chicago's Chinatown Coloring Pages
Color and Explore Chinatown!
Chicago's Chinatown Community Guide
An infographic guide to Chinatown's past, present, and future.
Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour
Learn the untold history of four Kumu Hula (master teachers of Hawaiian Hula) who perpetuated, preserved, and protected Hula as a way of life.
Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour Discussion Questions
Chicago's Legacy Hula Virtual Tour Standards Alignment
Community Guide Instructions
This activity invites you to document, honor, and analyze a community through history, place, and lived experience.
Exploring Artifacts from the Pacific | Exploring the Field Guide
Observe and analyze artifacts from the Pacific Islands to develop evidence-based claims about how these cultures view the world.
Harris Loan Experience Box
As American As...? Teaching Chinese American History through Food
Interview #1: Verna Apio Takashima on Kapa Making
Master Kapa Maker Verna Apio Takashima discusses her work as an artist and what inspired her to become a kapa maker.
Interview #2: Verna Apio Takashima on the Significance of Hawaiian Kapa
Master Kapa Maker Verna Apio Takashima explains the difference between kapa and the barkcloth of other Pacific Islands.Then, she shares why it is important to teach kapa making to future generations.
Interview #3: Verna Apio Takashima on What Students Should Know About Kapa and Hawaiʻi
Master Kapa Maker Verna Apio Takashima reflects on why learning traditional kapa methods is important and how Hawaiʻi is a special place because of aloha.
Kapa Making Part 1: Beating the Kapa
Master Kapa Maker Verna Apio Takashima demonstrates the first steps of making kapa and explains how she learned the artform from her kumu (teacher).
Kapa Making Vocabulary
Learn more about kapa making tools and 'Ōlelo Hawaiʻi – the Native Hawaiian language – as you watch Verna Apio Takashima’s videos about kapa making.
Pepeha (For Non-Māori)
Learn about pepeha (a Māori form of introduction), and then write your own!
TEAACH Act Panel
The TEAACH Act: From Advocacy to Implementation, A Virtual Professional Development Panel
The Māori Meeting House: A Living Ancestor
Lesson Plan for Early Elementary and Middle School | Grades 3-5, 6-8
The Māori Meeting House: A Living Ancestor (Student Copy-English/Spanish)
Slide Deck with Vocabulary.