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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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Racist trade card advertisement ca.1880 for rat poison
A trade card advertisement ca.1880 for rat poison features a Chinese man about to eat a rodent. The stereotype was that the Chinese were so alien as to eat rats, mice, and other vermin as part of their diet.
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Stereytyped cartoon about the Boxer Rebellion in China, 1899
The Yellow Terror in All His Glory, an 1899 cartoon about the Boxer Rebellion in China, stereotyped
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This United Airlines advertisement, 1950
This United Airlines advertisement from 1950 leans into the sexualized image of the “exotic” Hawaiian “hula girl” to market the islands as a bountiful tourist paradise.
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Racist US media representation
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, US media representations of the Philippines, Hawaiʻi, “Porto” Rico, and Cuba crudely depicted them as uncivilized children in Uncle Sam’s classroom.
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Arrest of Chinese man, Chinatown, San Francisco, 1897
This 1897 film shows the arrest of a Chinese man in San Francisco’s Chinatown, watched by a crowd of onlookers.
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Ticket for the Workingmen’s Party of California, 1879
An 1879 regular ticket for the Workingmen’s Party of California, which ran on the slogan, “The Chinese must go!”
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Edward Said (1935-2003), Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University
Edward Said (1935-2003) was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. In Orientalism, Said argued that Orientalist writings and ideologies portrayed the West as being culturally superior, while people of Eastern countries are seen as inferior and subordinate.
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Student delegates at Korean National Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1919
Student delegates at the Korean National Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1919. While many Asian immigrant communities were dominated by men, Korean American anti-colonial activism often included women at the forefront.
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San Francisco offices of Sinhan Minbo, ca.1911
The San Francisco offices of Sinhan Minbo, a Korean American newspaper, circa 1911. The medium of print was a crucial tool for immigrant communities in advocating for the independence of their homelands.
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The Ghadar Journal in Punjabi, 1914
The Ghadar Journal in Urdu (left) and in Punjabi (right), from 1914. The newspaper of the Ghadar party, circulated amongst its members throughout North America and elsewhere, called for the immediate and armed overthrow of British rule in India.
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Module 2: Identity and Multiracial Alliances
Veronica Terriquez and May Lin
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Module 3: Building Youth Power Through Healing
Veronica Terriquez and May Lin
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Module 4: Youth Voice in Elections
Veronica Terriquez and May Lin
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Module 5: Youth-Led Campaigns
Veronica Terriquez and May Lin
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Chapter Overview: Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Module 1: Overview: Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Chapter Overview: We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration
Mae Ngai, Wena Teng, Greg Robinson, and Jonathan Van Harmelen
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Module 1: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and the Asia-Pacific
Mae Ngai and Wena Teng
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Module 2: Homeland Ties
Mae Ngai and Wena Teng
