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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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Ann holding Maya as a newborn
Ann holding Maya as a newborn. They stand next to Soetoro’s grandmother, Djoeminah, whom Maya knew as Eyang Supoyo, ca. 1970.
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Ann Dunham Soetoro and Lolo Soetoro
Ann Dunham Soetoro (left) and Lolo Soetoro at the East-West Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where they originally met as graduate students. This picture likely was taken during a trip back to Hawaiʻi in 1972.
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Maya Soetoro Introduction
A brief introduction to Maya Soetoro
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“No Japs Wanted”
Japanese Americans had to sell most of their possessions at rock-bottom prices. This painting titled “Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away,” by Henry Sugimoto, captures the emotions of a mother and daughter who must get rid of the family’s belongings.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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Module 1: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Stereotypes and Counternarratives
Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran
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Module 2: Misrepresentations of Women in War and Empire
Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran
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Module 3: Women Reclaiming their Lands and Stories
Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran
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Module 4: Women’s Solidarity for Labor Rights
Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran
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Module 5: Art and Social Change
Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran
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Module 3: CHamoru Diasporic Arts
Jesi Lujan Bennett
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Chapter Overview: Asian American Pioneer Entrepreneurs: Realities of the American Dream
Susie J. Pak
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Module 1: Entrepreneurship and Asian American Business
Susie J. Pak
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Module 2: Asian Americans in Banking and Finance
Susie J. Pak
