Content Academy Files

This program- Content Academy: Born of Empires- is funded by a grant from the Virginia Humanities awarded to teach educators about Filipino American and Philippine history. The organizations partnered for this goal include the Filipino American National Historical SocietyHampton Roads Chapter (FANHS-HR), the Council of United Filipino Organizations of Tidewater (CUFOT), the MacArthur Memorial Museum, and Virginia Beach City Public Schools.  The files available for download below are the presentation files from the Content Academy sessions.  Please feel free to use them as educational resources for your classes.

Click on the link below to download the associated file:

• Philippine History 101 (1208 downloads )
• CIA World Factbook - Philippines (1241 downloads )
• FANHS History by Dorothy Cordova (1147 downloads )
• Filipino Immigration to the USA (1035 downloads )
• Filipino American Cultural Baggage Exercise (1599 downloads )
• History of Filipino Americans in US Armed Forces (1169 downloads )
• National Park Service- Asian and Pacific Islanders (1097 downloads )
• History of Philippine Scouts (1001 downloads )
• Philippine Islands (1104 downloads )
• Leyte during World War II (1009 downloads )
• Luzon during World War II (1045 downloads )
• Southern Philippines during World War II (1049 downloads )
• Welcome to the Philippine Cultural Center (1185 downloads )
• Powerpoint presentation by Allan and Edwina Bergano - FANHS-HR (1147 downloads )
• History of Filipino Healthcare Professionals in Virginia (1379 downloads )
• Philippine American History in the Metro DC Area (1268 downloads )
• The Loving Touch: Army History (1035 downloads )
• Impact of the Racial Integrity Act - Powerpoint (1030 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act - Source 1 - Laws of Virginia (Pearson) (1165 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act of 1924 (1495 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act presentation - Nationality Act of 1940 (999 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act presentation - Plecker letter (1087 downloads )
• Loving v. Virginia (1967) (1620 downloads )
• Filipino Cultural Arts Powerpoint (769 downloads )

Other research articles on Filipino Americans

The following documents are additional resources that can be used for studies on the Filipino American community:

• AAPI Filipino Factsheet 2015 (1531 downloads )
• Hidden Virginia History: The connection between the Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippines (1075 downloads )
• The Filipino American Community Hampton Roads (1455 downloads )
• “Mostly Catholic” or Loose Organizational Affiliation and Intergenerational Immigrant Identity (1404 downloads )
• Religion and the “Blessing” of American Citizenship: Political and Civic Implications for Post-1965 Filipino Immigrants (1205 downloads )
• The Role of Religion and Region in Identity Politics and In-Group Identification: How does Religion Influence Regionalism among Filipino-Americans? (1633 downloads )