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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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    Recipients of redress checks

    Issei women receiving redress checks and formal apologies from the government acknowledging that it was wrong to have incarcerated them and 120,000 other Japanese Americans during World War II.

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    Giving Testimony

    Hear 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, highlighting injustices faced by Japanese Americans during WWII.

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    Noy Thrupkaew’s TED Talk on Trafficking

    Excerpt of a TED Talk by journalist Noy Thrupkaew, dispelling the common misconceptions about human trafficking.

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    Module 3: Preparing for the Oral History

    William Gow

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    Module 4: Conducting an Oral History

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    Module 5: Sharing Your Oral History with the Community

    William Gow

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    Chapter Overview: Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Immigrant on Death Row Sparked a Movement

    Julie Ha

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    Module 1: Who is Chol Soo Lee?

    Julie Ha

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    Module 2: Lost in America

    Julie Ha

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    Module 3: It Takes One Person

    Julie Ha

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    Module 4: ‘Blue Jeans and Chima Jeogori Getting Together’

    Julie Ha

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    Module 5: Silent Pleas

    Julie Ha

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