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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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Suspect Lineup
Chol Soo Lee is no. 5 in this 1973 police lineup photo.
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Chol Soo Lee Mugshot
Chol Soo Lee’s 1974 prison mugshot.
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Ranko Yamada working at Koreatown Weekly
Ranko Yamada, in the newsroom of the Koreatown Weekly, 1979. Yamada befriended Chol Soo Lee about a year before his 1973 arrest for the Chinatown murder, and would become a leading figure in the movement to free him from prison.
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Chol Soo Lee in Front of a Mural
Chol Soo Lee, in a 1970s Polaroid.
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Chol Soo Lee Mug Shot
Chol Soo Lee’s teenage mugshot from 1969.
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Collection of Mugshots
This San Francisco Police Department mug book included Chol Soo Lee’s 1969 photo, taken when he was 16 years old. This was the photo picked out by witnesses of the 1973 Chinatown murder.
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Spine of Police Mugshot Book
A photograph of the San Francisco Police Department’s mug book, titled “Homicide Chinese Series,” shows a Fu Manchu-caricaturish drawing on its cover. Chol Soo Lee’s mugshot as a juvenile was in its pages.
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Maximum Security Cottage – Youth Guidance Center
Chol Soo Lee spent some of his teen years in juvenile hall in San Francisco, including at a maximum security cottage like this one.
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Chol Soo Lee Childhood Photo
Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood photo.
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Chol Soo Lee With Mom and Sister
Chol Soo Lee with his mother and half-sister, in an undated photo.
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Module 4: Challenges: Pakistani Americans and the Aftermath of 9/11
Uzma Quraishi
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Pakistani Americans
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Chapter Overview: Where We Live: Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
Thao Ha, Tarry Hum, ‘Inoke Hafoka, Louise Cainkar, and Zohra Saed
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Module 1: Vietnamese Americans in the Texas Gulf
Thao Ha
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Module 2: New Immigrant Communities of Queens, New York City
Tarry Hum
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Module 3: Tongan Community in Salt Lake City, Utah
ʻInoke Hafoka
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Chapter Overview: Asian American Popular Culture
Jeff Yang
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Module 1: An Introduction to Asian American Popular Culture
Jeff Yang
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Asian American Popular Culture
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Module 2: Asian Americans and the Moving Image, Part 1: Film and Television
Jeff Yang
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Asian American Popular Culture
