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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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FBI House Raid
FBI agents searched the homes of many Japanese American families, like this one, and the Yasui family in Hood River, Oregon.
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Hood River Community Welcome
Masuo Yasui led a successful effort to create a Japanese Community Hall in Hood River, Oregon, where local Issei held cultural events, holiday gatherings, and Japanese language classes for children.
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Signs Discriminating Against Japanese Americans
In the decades before World War II, Japanese Americans along the West Coast faced discrimination in their daily lives: Restaurants denied them service. Barbers refused to cut their hair. Landlords would not rent to them. This woman in Hollywood, California, made clear that Japanese Americans were unwelcome.
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Masuo Yasui Portrait
Masuo Yasui immigrated to the US from Japan when he was sixteen years old. He settled in Oregon’s Hood River Valley, where he became a successful farmer and businessman.
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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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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
