Bronx Community College (CUNY)

Bronx, New York, 10453

Last updated on July 28, 2025
Grant awarded by
TPS Eastern Region
Region
East
Organization Type
College/University
Congressional District(s)
15
Fiscal Year Of First Grant
FY 2021 [10/01/20 - 09/30/21]
Contributing Organization(s)
Asian American Education Project; New York Historical Society; Ember Arts; Print by Print
Organization description

We are a two-year community college in the CUNY system; we award A.A. and A.A.S degrees. The majority of our students transfer into 4-year colleges in the CUNY system.

Project description

Civics education is vital to safegarding democracy. Teachers can cultivate classrooms that center civic participation by teaching historical events that shed light on the actions and agency of historically marginalized groups (Clay & Rubin, 2020). When classrooms become spaces where students can grapple with social movements and issues, they incite students’ disciplinary thinking and inform their civic agency. In this 2023 professional development initiative (sponsored by the TPS Eastern Region), participants created lesson plans that incorporate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) history. The lesson plans were developed by 6-12 grade teachers in districts that passed bills mandating schools to teach AAPI history. The school districts’ K-12 mandates were spurred by a dramatic increase in Asian hate crimes during the pandemic (Zhou, 2021). The lesson plans incorporate AAPI history in order to expand English and social studies narratives.

 

“Lift More Voices: Integrating ARTS & Literacy to Engage Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Students” is a project that expands awareness and use of local primary sources through a professional development program designed to facilitate lesson planning with arts-aligned primary sources. The project is intended to Increase use and integration of the arts for critical thinking and analysis across content areas to support the academic development and engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse students.
TPS project focus
  • Academic Courses
  • Teaching Materials
  • Webinars
  • Workshops
Content focus
  • Art
  • Cultural Studies
  • English Language Arts
  • History
  • Literacy
  • Music
  • Civil Rights
Audience
  • Classroom teachers
  • Curriculum coordinators
  • Researchers
  • Students
  • Teacher candidates/Student teachers
  • University faculty
  • Writers
Level(s)
  • Pre-K - 2nd
  • 3 - 5
  • 6 - 8
  • 9 - 12
  • Undergraduate
Population focus
  • African Americans
  • Asian Americans
  • English language learners
  • Hispanic/Latinx
  • Low income
  • Urban
  • Women and girls
Organization Contact
Elise Langan
elise.langan@bcc.cuny.edu
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