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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 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
