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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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Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s UN Address
In this excerpt from poet Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s performance at the United Nations, she passionately assures her newborn child, Matafele, that she will resist rising ocean waters and greedy entities polluting the environment, and that their family will not become climate change refugees.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 4
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Nuclear Free Pacific Poster
In the aftermath of World War II, the US detonated nuclear devices on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958, displacing people from their homes. Bikini Atoll remains uninhabitable due to radiation from US nuclear testing.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Map of U.S. Military Installations in Pacific
This map from a 2023 US Congress Report identifies select US military installations and defense sites in the Pacific region.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Fitafita Guard
Originally called the Samoan Naval Militia in 1900, the Fitafita Guard served the US Navy on American Sāmoa until 1951.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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CHamoru Children Attend Japanese School
During World War II, Guåhan (Guam) was occupied by Japanese forces whose war efforts included teaching Japanese culture and language to children. In this image, Japanese characters can be seen written on the chalk boards.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Uncle Sam’s Classroom
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, US media representations of the Caribbean and the Pacific crudely depicted them as uncivilized children in Uncle Sam’s classroom.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Major Battles of World War II
This map marks the major battles of World War II in the Pacific region with yellow stars. The arrows represent the path of the Allied offensives. The red line identifies the greatest extent of Japan’s control.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Agueda I. Johnston
Agueda I. Johnston (center), a beacon of hope during World War II, led a secret resistance movement after the Japanese invaded Guåhan (Guam). After Guåhan’s liberation, Johnston continued her service to the community as a lifelong educator and advocate for Guåhan.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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Santa Marian Kamalen
A marble statue of Santa Marian Kamalen, the patron saint of Guåhan (Guam), stands in a park in Malesso’, the southernmost village in Guåhan. The patron saint is most iconically represented by a revered three-hundred-year-old wooden statue housed in the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 3
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We Are Guåhan
Since 2010, We Are Guåhan has advocated for the protection and preservation of Pågat in Guåhan by actively working to prevent military use of the site and to raise awareness about its cultural and environmental significance.
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Pacific Islanders, Module 2
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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
