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  • A circular pond created by a bomb reflects the surrounding aquatic plants and sky on its surface. Palm trees dot the horizon.

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    Takeo by Vandy Rattana

    Takeo (2009) by artist and photographer Vandy Rattana, who lives and works between Phnom Penh, Paris, and Taipei. His series Bomb Ponds consists of several photographs and a film documenting the aftermath of U.S. bombing in Cambodia.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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    Map of U.S. Bombings of Cambodia, 1964-1975

    This map illustrates the extent of US bombings of Cambodia from 1964 to 1975. The US dropped at least five hundred thousand tons of bombs on Cambodia. Each of the red dots in the map depicts a bombing target.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Reamker performance in a concrete courtyard lined with trees. Dancers wear brocaded fabrics and masks and carry sticks in their raised hands.

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    Reamker Performance Postcard

    This image is from a postcard whose exact date of publication is unknown, but likely circa 1904. The image depicts a Lakhon Khol, a traditional masked theater practice, and a performance of the Reamker, the Cambodian epic poem based upon the Ramayana.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Drawing of two boys in shorts and t-shirts walking on a cobbled path with Angkor Wat behind them. Overgrown foliage and trees surround Angkor Wat.

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    Angkor Wat Postcard

    Henri Mouhot produced several sketches of Angkor during his travels in Southeast Asia. This image of Angkor Wat, circa 1860, included local people. These local people would be removed when Mouhot’s sketches were featured in France’s Tour du Monde.

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  • Bayon Temple bathed in the light of the setting sun and covered in moss. Two women sit in a doorway and two men sit at the base of the stairs.

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    Bayon Temple at Sunset

    Bayon Temple was built in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century by King Jayavarman VII and stands at the center of his capital, Angkor Thom, in modern day Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Nancy Abouke, dressed in a weightlifting uniform, claps her chalk-filled hands in front of a deadlift bar. Clouds of chalk float above her hands.

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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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  • Shot putter Valerie Adams, with a towel around her neck, waves to the audience as she holds a New Zealand flag over her head at an Olympic stadium.

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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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  • Black Ferns Sevens team pose as winners of the HSBC Paris Sevens tournament. Six women kneel in front of six others with gold medals and a trophy.

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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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  • Australian footballer Jordan Mailata, dressed in an Eagles jacket and cap, sits in front of a NFL microphone for a media conference.

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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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  • Movie poster for the film Patu. A stylized film strip laid diagonally with images from anti-Apartheid protests is displayed inside the title letters.

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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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  • The cast of Crazy Rich Asians stand in a row on stage. Behind them, a large screen displays the film's key art.

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    Module 3: Asian Americans and the Moving Image, Part 2: Media Activism, Community Advocacy, and New Hollywood

    Jeff Yang

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    Asian American Popular Culture
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  • Nobuko Miyamoto, seated before small crowd, sings into microphone while Chris Iijima, seated beside her, sings and plays guitar during a performance.

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    Module 4: Asian Americans in Music, Part 1: Folk, Traditional, Jazz, and Classical

    Jeff Yang

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    Asian American Popular Culture
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  • Four members of Far East Movement, an all-Asian American hip hop group, pose at awards show. The four men wear formal attire and sunglasses.

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    Module 5: Asian Americans in Music, Part 2: Pop, Rock, and Hip Hop

    Jeff Yang

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    Asian American Popular Culture
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  • TIME cover with the word "Linsanity!" in bold. Behind the text, Jeremy Lin, wearing a Knicks jersey, is suspended mid-jump with basketball in hand.

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    Module 6: Asian Americans in Sport and Competition, Part 1: Individual and Team Sport

    Jeff Yang

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    Asian American Popular Culture
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    Module 7: Asian Americans in Sport and Competition, Part 2: International Play

    Jeff Yang

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    Asian American Popular Culture
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  • Unfurled sails from sakmans fill the horizon. Canoes sit on the calm ocean along with the sakmans. Two birds fly over the sakmans in a cloudy sky.

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    Chapter Overview: Pacific Islanders

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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  • Unfurled sails from sakmans fill the horizon. Canoes sit on the calm ocean along with the sakmans. Two birds fly over the sakmans in a cloudy sky.

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    Module 1: Pacific Islanders Overview

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • The coast of Pågat on a sunny day. Clear, blue water is surrounded by limestone cliffs topped with dense, green foliage.

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    Module 2: Sacred Spaces

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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  • Three rows of Fita Fita guards stand at attention. They hold rifles on a dirt path facing one guard. Buildings and a steep mountain stand behind them.

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    Module 3: World War II

    Keith L. Camacho and Lisa Uperesa

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    Pacific Islanders
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