[OCTOBER] FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH LESSON & ACTIVITY

🇵🇭 An Interactive Library & Classroom Lesson Featuring Books, Culture & Celebrity Spotlights

October is Filipino American History Month. Celebrate with stories, voices, and visibility.

This 43-slide Google Slides lesson + 2 printable activity sheets was created by a Filipino American educator to help teachers and school media specialists introduce students to Filipino American history in a way that’s engaging, reflective, and full of heart.

📚 What Students Will Learn:

• Key facts about the Philippines and the Filipino American experience

• Why we celebrate Filipino American History Month

• Common themes in Filipino American literature (family, identity, food, folklore, and more)

• How to recognize and uplift Filipino American voices and stories

🧠 What’s Included

• 43-slide interactive lesson

• Intro to Filipino American history + animated explainer video

• Stacks of YA books by Filipino and Filipino American authors

• Linked book spines that direct students to trailers or author pages

• Thematic exploration of food, folklore, identity, and culture clash

• Filipino food vocab & mythology slides

• Printable coloring sheet & Filipino phrases crossword

• Celebrity Guessing Game: clues, quotes & reveals with videos

• Short bios & cultural context for each featured celebrity

💬 Student Engagement

Students love discovering that some of their favorite actors, musicians, and creators are Filipino. The celebrity guessing game often sparks surprise, excitement, and lively group discussion. Use it as a class warm-up, small group challenge, or fun closure activity.

👀 Featured YA Titles

Each book was handpicked to spotlight the diversity and power of Filipino storytelling:

• The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

• My Heart Underwater by Laurel Flores Fantazzo

• When Oceans Rise by Robin Alvarez

• This Is Not A Personal Statement by Tracy Badua

• Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto

• Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin

• The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi

• Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles

• Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

• Wing of the Locust by Joel Donato Ching Jacob

• Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz

• Chasing Pacquiao by Rod Pulido

⚠️ Book spines are not editable. However, you can remove or update the clickable links if any titles have been challenged in your district.

🔧 Tech Tips

• Videos play with a click on the white or red YouTube button

• Celebrity answers can be typed directly into the slide

• Lesson content is not editable (except links); all links can be deleted or replaced as needed

Celebrate culture. Spark conversation. Uplift stories that matter.

This lesson was created with pride, love, and cultural accuracy for classrooms that believe in the power of representation. 🇵🇭💛