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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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Filipino farmworker group photo near car
Filipino farmworkers with their shared vehicle in 1943. Many Filipino farmworkers would take pictures in their best suits near their cars, despite their harsh working and living conditions, to show their families in the Philippines that they were doing well.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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Cook house and living quarters, Filipino Strikers Camp, 1925
A cook house and living quarter at the Filipino Strikers Camp in Kapaa, Kauai, 1925. Camp life was often without running water and electricity. Most of the upkeep of such living spaces were done by the Filipino farmworkers.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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Our Pilipino Pioneers
Filipino farmworkers gather for a group photograph in the cabbage fields of the Salinas River Valley, Salinas, California, ca. 1930.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape
Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape of the Women’s Army Corps, World War II.
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Ruby and Her Mom, Woo Que
Ruby and her mother, Woo Que, in Marysville, California, circa 1931.
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Ruby hunting
Ruby and her quarry at the family lodge.
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Frank Hunting
Frank with his hunting dogs. Both he and Ruby hunted game at the family’s lodge near Ukiah, California during the 1920s.
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Frank and Ruby Hunting with Joseph and Mary
Frank (left), Mary, Joseph, and Ruby (right) pose after a day of hunting in the country, circa 1925.
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Frank Tape and Ruby Kim
Frank Tape poses with Ruby Kim. The two were married in 1921.
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Ruby Tape
Portrait of Ruby Tape, circa 1922.
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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
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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
