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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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Module 3: Looking Like the Enemy (1942-1945)
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Japanese Americans
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Module 4: From Pariahs to “Model Minorities”
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Japanese Americans
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Module 5: Balancing Past and Present (1970s to the present)
Brian Niiya and Kristen Hayashi
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Japanese Americans
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Chapter Overview: Yuri Kochiyama: The Politics of Love, Liberation, and Solidarity
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Module 1: Overview: Digital Exhibition
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Module 2: Japanese Americans During World War II: The Lasting Impact of Imprisonment
Diane C. Fujino
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Module 3: Becoming an Activist, Growing New Ideas
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Module 4: Black Liberation and Afro-Asian Solidarity
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Module 5: Asian American Activism
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
