Streams: Korean American History for Kids
Streams: Korean American History for Kids puts “own voices”, living picture books, short videos, and poetry in a context and chronology for a cohesive overview of Korean American history! Open up this “stream” of American history for your family!
If you homeschool or are a teacher: Streams is easy to incorporate into the American history curriculum already in use. Each week gives the time period covered so it is simple to know when to include it.
Passionate parents whose kids are busy at school can still give their kids Korean American history: Read the pictures books at Lunar New Year, the poems in April for Poetry month, the mini-biographies in May for AAPI Heritage Month and watch the videos over the summer!
Adults who want to know the heritage they weren’t taught in school: The free, short videos linked to in the guide will give you a quick overview of Korean American immigration waves and significant Korean Americans. Many of the books can be easily found at the library or borrowed as ebooks on arichive.org, - reading kid’s books is a fun and easy way to get oriented to the story of Koreans in Amerian history.
NOTE- please see more details below about what is included and what is not! We want you to know what you are buying and be happy with your purchase but there are not refunds on digital products so please read below before buying!
Note - Streams is a literature-based guide to the story of Koreans in America. It uses primarily well-researched and well-written children book’s and videos to tell the tale. It is consistent with the Charlotte Mason style of education. One of the wonderful things about that method is that it is easy for parents to implement at home, whether they homeschool or not. This will not burden your kids with busywork or worksheets or you with prep work!! No actual books or poems are included in the guide, but we tell you where to find them!