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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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Ballad of Chol Soo Lee
This scene from the documentary film Free Chol Soo Lee features the protest song, “The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee,” produced by the Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee. The song is performed by Siu Wai Anderson, Sam Takimoto, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Peter Yoshiro Horikoshi, Duke Santos, and Jeff Adachi.
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Halmeoni holding sign
Two women, dressed in Korean traditional dresses, take part in a courthouse protest in Stockton, circa late 1970s.
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Korean immigrant guilty of fellow inmate’s murder
This March 13, 1979, article in the Sacramento Union documents Chol Soo Lee’s “guilty” verdict in the prison-yard murder case.
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Jeff Adachi at Free Chol Soo Lee Rally
Members of the Free Chol Soo Lee movement, including University of California, Berkeley, student activist Jeff Adachi (far right), protest outside San Quentin State Prison, where Chol Soo Lee was on death row.
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Supporter outside the courtroom
Supporters of Chol Soo Lee wait to enter the courtroom in San Francisco, 1982.
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Chol Soo Lee approached by media after his release
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Chol Soo Lee release party
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Chol Soo Lee support group, ca. 1980
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Group photo at the temple
Chol Soo Lee poses with supporters in Hawai‘i, 1983.
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Free Chol Soo Lee shirt
Chol Soo Lee brandishes a T-shirt made as part of the campaign to free him from prison, at a 1986 party with some of the activists in Los Angeles, California.
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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
