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All chapters of Foundations and Futures include lesson plans and curricular tools that are designed for high school students and grounded in ethnic studies pedagogy. Feel free to search our repository of primary sources and material that helps bring Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and experiences into the classroom.
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Pohela Boishakh Parade
Bangladeshi Americans celebrate Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, near Avenue C Plaza in Kensington, Brooklyn, New York.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Headshot of Shahana K. Hanif
Shahana K. Hanif, a Bangladeshi American member of the New York City Council since 2022 for the 39th district, which covers neighborhoods in central Brooklyn including “Little Bangladesh.”
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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“Bangladesh, Coming To America” Mural
A large mural titled “Bangladesh, Coming to America,” painted by artist Victor “MARKA27” Quiñonez in 2018, as part of the OneHamtramck mural project in Detroit, Michigan.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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The Little Bangladesh Neighborhood in Los Angeles
Murals of prominent historic Bangladeshi leaders in Little Bangladesh, Los Angeles, California.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Tanzila Ahmed Posing with Hand-Painted Alponas
Tanzila Ahmed, a political activist born and raised in Los Angeles, California, poses with hand-painted alponas (traditional Bengali folk art) in the neighborhood of Little Bangladesh in Los Angeles.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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Tara Asgar in Performance
Tara Asgar during a performance in the US: “Coming to the US was a loss, and I had to start from zero, reshape my work.”
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Portrait of Tara Asgar
Tara Asgar, a Bangladeshi artist, is deeply influenced by her connections to African American and Latinx communities in New York.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Chaumtoli Huq with Garment Workers and Organizers
Huq (left) with women workers and organizers in the apparel industry in Bangladesh, filming for her documentary Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices (2017).
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Shahana K. Hanif and Sharmin Hossain with Organizers
Bangladeshi American organizers in New York, including Huq (far right), alongside NYC Council member Shahana K. Hanif (third from right), and Sharmin Hossain of 18 Million Rising (far left).
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Chaumtoli Huq and Family in New York City
Chaumtoli Huq and her family moved in the early 1970s to the Bronx, New York, after the Bangladesh Liberation War.
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Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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Module 3: Exclusion from Naturalization and Rights to Property
Russell Jeung and Madeline Hsu
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Module 4: Anti-Miscegenation Laws
Russell Jeung
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Module 5: Current Exclusionary Policies
Russell Jeung
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Chapter Overview: Preserving Community Stories: The Art and Practice of Oral History
William Gow
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Module 1: An Introduction to Community History
William Gow
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Module 2: Defining Oral History
William Gow
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Module 3: Preparing for the Oral History
William Gow
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Module 4: Conducting an Oral History
William Gow
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Module 5: Sharing Your Oral History with the Community
William Gow
