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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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Welcome Ceremony for Festival of Pacific Arts
Boats ranging from sakmans to canoes during the traditional canoe welcome ceremony, signaling the commencement of the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Hagåtña, Guåhan (Guam) on May 22, 2016. The festival brings together delegations from across Oceania every four years.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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Amasai Jeke
In this clip from UTOPIA Washington, a Queer and Trans Pacific Islander organization, Amasai Jeke identifies as vaka sa lewalewa, Fiji’s traditional third gender community. Ms. Jeke has served as Vice Chair of the Washington State LGBTQ Commission.
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Benetick Kabua Maddison’s UN Address
In 2023 Benetick Kabua Maddison, Executive Director of the Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI), a nonprofit based in Springdale, Arkansas, addressed the United Nations about the ongoing devastation of US nuclear detonations on the Marshall Islands while calling for the end of nuclear weapons.
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Hoisting of the American Flag
On April 17, 1900, high chiefs from the Samoan islands of Tutuila and Aunuʻu signed a Deed of Cession, ceding the islands to the US.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 1
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U.S. Expansion in 1898
This Philadelphia Press political cartoon symbolizes US expansion in 1898 from “tip to tip”: Puerto Rico (right, identified as “Porto Rico”) to the Philippines (left, identified as “Manila”). A map of the US in 1798 (bottom right) presents a stark contrast in territorial size.
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 5
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 4
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 3
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 2
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Public Law No. 103-150 Page 1
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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
