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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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“Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away”
Japanese Americans on the West Coast had to sell most of their possessions at rock-bottom prices to unscrupulous buyers. This painting, “Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away,” by Henry Sugimoto, captures the emotions of a mother and daughter who must get rid of the family’s belongings.
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Chol Soo Lee Released
Chol Soo Lee beams at his supporters in Stockton, California, upon being released from prison on March 28, 1983.
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Punjabi Mexican Dinner
Dinner at the Phoenix, Arizona home of Rosa and Jiwan Singh in 1951.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Excerpt from Oral History of Chris Balos
Chris Balos, who works for two local community organizations, reflects on Arkansas as a second home for the Marshallese. He migrated to Hawai’i at the age of two, grew up on the U.S. west coast, and eventually came to Arkansas at the age of 21.
Featured in:
Asian Americans in the United States South, Module 2
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Noy Thrupkaew’s TED Talk on Trafficking
Excerpt of a TED Talk by journalist Noy Thrupkaew, dispelling the common misconceptions about human trafficking.
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First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 2)
The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Lucky Coins
Women and children making lucky coins for the war effort in China.
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Nellie Tom Quock and Lai Yee Guey How at the Picket Line
Nellie Tom Quock, Lai Yee Guey How, and his son, Art, lead the picket line against sending scrap iron to Japan.
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Rice Bowl Party
“Rice bowl party” supporting China’s resistance to Japanese aggression, San Francisco, circa 1940.
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Chol Soo Lee Symposium at the UCLA School of Law
Chol Soo Lee, at a 2007 symposium at the UCLA School of Law. He told the audience, which included activists and the legal defense team who helped free him, “I’m not a hero. I’m just a human being.”
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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
