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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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Ann and Lolo’s first Christmas
Ann and Lolo during their first Christmas together in Hawaiʻi, 1963 or 1964.
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Maya with her father
Maya with her father, Lolo, in Jakarta, 1972.
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Maya Soetoro and Family
Maya grew up in Indonesia, although her family also spent time in Hawaiʻi. From left to right: Maya’s maternal grandfather Stanley Dunham, her mother Ann, Maya, and her brother Barack, in Hawaiʻi (early 1970s).
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Lolo Soetoro
Lolo, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi , ca. 1960s. Lolo studied geography as a graduate student fellow at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaiʻi.
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Maya describes her parents
Maya describes her parents, where they each came from, and how they met.
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Indonesian float, 2013 Rose Parade
Southern California is a vital center for Indonesian American community formation and has the largest Indonesian American population in the country. Pictured here is an Indonesian float as part of the 2013 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.
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Cultural tensions during the Cold War.
Watch as Maya talks about cultural tensions during the Cold War.
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1963 gathering in Pasadena, CA
At a time when many Asians were still excluded from migrating to the United States, Indonesians of Dutch ancestry were able to enter via the Netherlands through refugee legislation. The largest community center—De Soos, the Indo Community Center—was in Southern California. This picture depicts a 1963 gathering in Pasadena.
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Photo of Roden Kadir
Indonesian students continued to study in the United States through the rest of the twentieth century. In this World War II-era photograph, Roden Kadir is making a presentation in Washington, DC, to a gathering of international students.
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Maritime workers
Here, two maritime workers pose for a photograph. Images like this challenge us to consider what kinds of lives they might have led upon the ship as laborers, as well
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Module 3: Colonialism, Racism, and Identity
Mae Ngai and Wena Teng
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Module 4: Decolonization and New Immigration
Mae Ngai and Wena Teng
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Module 5: Case Study: Indonesian Sailors During World War II
Greg Robinson and Jonathan Van Harmelen
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Module 2: Anti-Miscegenation Laws and the Emergence of Multiracial People
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Module 3: Interracial Marriage Patterns and Multiracial Demographics
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Module 4: Controlling Images and Self-Representation in Film and Media
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Module 5: Multiracial Identity Formation and Expression
Nitasha Tamar Sharma
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Module 3: Bangladeshi American Literature
Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
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Bangladeshi Americans
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Module 4: Bangladeshi Americans and Political Activism
Elora Halim Chowdhury, Faiba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, and Sharbari Ahmed
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Bangladeshi Americans
