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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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    L.A. Commission hearing

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    DOJ memo

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    Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans lobbying group

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    Fort Sill protest

    Japanese American survivors of WWII concentration camps join forces to protest the detention of undocumented migrant children at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

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    Minoru Yasui

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    Portrait of Mamie Tape

    Portrait of Mamie Tape, circa 1884.

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    Chinese Primary School Students

    Photo of Chinese primary school students in San Francisco, circa 1890. Mamie is in the center of the second row, and Frank is to her right. Photograph by Isaiah Taber.

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    Affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

    California Supreme Court affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

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    The Magic Washer

    An advertisement poster for “The Magic Washer” manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois, circa 1886. This illustration depicts Chinese migrants as “dirt” that needs to be “washed away.”

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    The Democratic Chinese Exclusion Bill Exclusion Poster

    Poster “Hip! Hurrah! Chinese Excluded” by the Democratic County Central Committee celebrates the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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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?

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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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    Module 2: Building Homes and Community in the Shadow of Two Empires (1885-1941)

    Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi

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