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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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Nancy Abouke
Nancy Abouke was one of two athletes to represent the country of Nauru in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and was ranked tenth in the world in her class.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Valerie Adams
Dame Valerie Adams is a celebrated Tongan shot putter from Aotearoa New Zealand who has won multiple Olympic and World Championship medals before retiring from competition in 2022. Pictured: Dame Valerie Adams celebrating her 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal win.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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The Black Ferns Seven
The Black Ferns Seven, of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national women’s rugby union team, celebrate winning the 2018 France Women’s Sevens in Paris.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Jordan Mailata
Former rugby player Jordan Mailata has played offensive tackle for the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles since 2018. His team won Super Bowl LIX against the Kansas City Chiefs on February 9, 2025.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Patu Poster
Patu is a documentary directed by filmmaker Merata Mita (Māori), which focuses on the anti-Apartheid protests that took place in New Zealand during a 1981 South African rugby tour.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Merata Mita
Merata Mita (1942–2010) was the first Māori woman to write and direct a narrative feature film. In 2016, Sundance Institute created the Merata Mita Fellowship in her honor to support Indigenous women-identified artists. Pictured: Mita working on a flatbed editing machine.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Director Taika Waititi on Set
Māori filmmaker Taika Waititi (left) directing Chris Hemsworth (right) on the set of Thor: Ragnarok (2017). In 2020, Waititi received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Jojo Rabbit.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ata Johnson
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (right) is a Samoan former wrestler and was reported by business magazine, Forbes, as the highest-paid actor in the US in 2020. His mother, Ata Johnson (left), accompanies him to the 2019 Hobbs & Shaw premiere in Hollywood, California.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Maui Character Costume
While Disney’s Moana film was successful in the box office, there has been much dialogue surrounding the power and impact of storytelling, distribution, marketing, and profit, like this skin suit costume for sale.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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Mutiny on the Bounty Poster
Mutiny on the Bounty has multiple film adaptations centering a story of British royal navy officers in Tahiti in the late 1700s.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 5
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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
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Module 6: Supporting Political Prisoners
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Module 7: Legacy of Yuri Kochiyama
Diane C. Fujino and Darlene Lee
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Cambodian Americans
Lina Chhun
