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Asian American and Pacific Islander studies resources for the classroom
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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Memorial Altar for Chol Soo Lee
The altar at Chol Soo Lee’s funeral in San Bruno, California, on December 9, 2014.
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Thinking of Home
Chol Soo Lee typed this draft of his poem, “Thinking of Home,” dated 1979, and mailed it to K. W. Lee, who would grow into a life-changing figure in Chol Soo’s life. The poem recalls memories of his motherland, Korea.
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Young Chol Soo Lee
Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood picture taken in Korea.
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Chol Soo Lee with his mom and sister
Chol Soo Lee with his mother and half-sister, in an undated photo.
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Young Chol Soo Lee with his neighbor
Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood photo.
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Maximum security cottage – Youth Guidance Center
Chol Soo Lee spent some of his teen years at juvenile hall in San Francisco, including at a maximum security cottage like this one.
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Spine of police mugshot book
A photograph of the San Francisco Police Department’s mug book, titled “Homicide Chinese Series,” shows a Fu Manchu-caricaturish drawing on its cover. Chol Soo Lee’s mugshot as a juvenile was in its pages.
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Collection of mugshots
This San Francisco Police Department mug book included Chol Soo Lee’s 1969 photo, taken when he was 16 years old. This was the photo picked out by witnesses of the 1973 Chinatown murder.
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Chol Soo Lee, front and side profile
Chol Soo Lee’s teenage mugshot from 1969.
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Chol Soo Lee in front of a mural, ca. 1970
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Chapter Overview: Fighting Anti-Asian Violence: Justice for Vincent Chin
Helen Zia
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Module 1: Who Was Vincent Chin?
Helen Zia
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Module 2: Economic Crises, the Politics of Blame, and 1980s Detroit
Helen Zia
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Module 3: To Do Something or Nothing: The Decision to Take Action
Helen Zia
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Module 4: Building a Pan-Asian American Civil Rights Movement
Helen Zia
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Module 5: The Continued Impact and Legacy of Vincent Chin’s Story
Helen Zia
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Japanese Americans
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Module 1: Still Here After Five Generations and Counting
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Japanese Americans
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Module 2: Building Homes and Community in the Shadow of Two Empires (1885-1941)
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Japanese Americans
