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 (1284 downloads )
• CIA World Factbook - Philippines (1300 downloads )
• FANHS History by Dorothy Cordova (1216 downloads )
• Filipino Immigration to the USA (1093 downloads )
• Filipino American Cultural Baggage Exercise (1663 downloads )
• History of Filipino Americans in US Armed Forces (1237 downloads )
• National Park Service- Asian and Pacific Islanders (1163 downloads )
• History of Philippine Scouts (1052 downloads )
• Philippine Islands (1171 downloads )
• Leyte during World War II (1071 downloads )
• Luzon during World War II (1111 downloads )
• Southern Philippines during World War II (1112 downloads )
• Welcome to the Philippine Cultural Center (1299 downloads )
• Powerpoint presentation by Allan and Edwina Bergano - FANHS-HR (1210 downloads )
• History of Filipino Healthcare Professionals in Virginia (1512 downloads )
• Philippine American History in the Metro DC Area (1391 downloads )
• The Loving Touch: Army History (1105 downloads )
• Impact of the Racial Integrity Act - Powerpoint (1101 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act - Source 1 - Laws of Virginia (Pearson) (1220 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act of 1924 (1557 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act presentation - Nationality Act of 1940 (1059 downloads )
• Racial Integrity Act presentation - Plecker letter (1144 downloads )
• Loving v. Virginia (1967) (1684 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 (1593 downloads )
• Hidden Virginia History: The connection between the Buffalo Soldiers and the Philippines (1135 downloads )
• The Filipino American Community Hampton Roads (1521 downloads )
• “Mostly Catholic” or Loose Organizational Affiliation and Intergenerational Immigrant Identity (1472 downloads )
• Religion and the “Blessing” of American Citizenship: Political and Civic Implications for Post-1965 Filipino Immigrants (1277 downloads )
• The Role of Religion and Region in Identity Politics and In-Group Identification: How does Religion Influence Regionalism among Filipino-Americans? (1699 downloads )