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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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    Book Cover for Hapa Girl

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    Book Cover for Redefining Realness

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    Book Cover for Speak Okinawa

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    Book Cover for Crying in H Mart

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    Book Cover for Hapa Tales and Other Lies

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    Book Cover for Afakasi Woman

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    Multiracial Author Memoirs Collage

    Multiracial authors such as Michelle Zauner, Sharon H. Chang, Janet Mock, May-lee Chai, Lani Wendt Young, and Elizabeth Miki Brina have had success sharing their experiences and personal stories through memoirs.

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    Romeo Must Die

    Actors Jet Li (left) and Aaliyah (right) in Romeo Must Die (2000), an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy with a martial-arts twist. However, instead of featuring star-crossed lovers, the filmmakers replaced the characters’ romantic scene with one featuring a platonic hug.

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    LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen Vogue Cover

    Basketball star LeBron James (left) and supermodel Gisele Bundchen (right) pose together on the cover of the April 2008 issue of Vogue. The image generated controversy, as many saw a perpetuation of harmful racial stereotypes featuring James, a Black man, and Bundchen, a white woman.

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    Rush Hour

    Chris Tucker (left) and Jackie Chan (right) in the 1998 film Rush Hour.

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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

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    Module 5: Current Exclusionary Policies

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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

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