AAPI History for Youth
​​The Bittermelon is first and foremost a space for youth to learn, explore and grow. With the goal of empowering young community on our diverse American history, we created The Obscure History School, a collection of teen-led history lessons that are used throughout The Bittermelon's Academic Leadership Curriculum. Topics cover exclusionary policies, the building of the transcontinental railroad, japanese american concentration camps, influences of the media, historical Asian American figures and more.
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Live Presentations
Spring 2023
Teen leaders, Amy and Sara, update their presentation on the Japanese American Concentration Camp, and present once more to an adult audience with an in-person interview of living survivor of the camps, Kenji Ima.
Fall 2022
Teen leaders, Amy and Sara, present on the WW2 Japanese American Concentration Camps with living survivor David Sakura joining virtually at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity.
Among the audience is president of the Japanese American Association of New York, who shares with the presenters that it is the most thorough presentation on the topic he has ever seen!
Are you a student interested in history? If you want to help develop AAPI history lessons for youth, scroll down to fill out the form or email team@thebittermelon.org!
Learn the landmark U.S. supreme court cases, historical events and important AAPI figures in America that are not taught in schools.
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Sign up for 45 min webinars on obscure US history of Asian Americans. Connect with fellow youth as you learn about Asian American issues.
For ages 10 and up.
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“I don’t care what you do up there. But when you’re down here with me, you do what I tell you to do.”
Lt. Susan Ahn Cuddy (1915 - 2015)
the first female Navy gunnery officer, responding to a disruptive, racist sailor while she was teaching how to use .50-caliber machine guns.