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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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L.A. Commission hearing
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Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans lobbying group
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Fort Sill protest
Japanese American survivors of WWII concentration camps join forces to protest the detention of undocumented migrant children at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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Portrait of Mamie Tape
Portrait of Mamie Tape, circa 1884.
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Chinese Primary School Students
Photo of Chinese primary school students in San Francisco, circa 1890. Mamie is in the center of the second row, and Frank is to her right. Photograph by Isaiah Taber.
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Affidavit for Tape v. Hurley
California Supreme Court affidavit for Tape v. Hurley
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The Magic Washer
An advertisement poster for “The Magic Washer” manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois, circa 1886. This illustration depicts Chinese migrants as “dirt” that needs to be “washed away.”
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The Democratic Chinese Exclusion Bill Exclusion Poster
Poster “Hip! Hurrah! Chinese Excluded” by the Democratic County Central Committee celebrates the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Module 2: Education for Liberation: Asian Americans and Third World Studies
Diane C. Fujino
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Asian American Activism
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Module 3: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part I: The Price of Gentrification
Katherine H. Lee
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Asian American Activism
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Module 4: Housing as a Fundamental Human Right Part II: Save the International Hotel
Katherine H. Lee
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Asian American Activism
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Module 5: Labor Organizing: The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA)
Diane C. Fujino
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Asian American Activism
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Module 1: Overview
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
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Module 2: Chinese Immigration and Labor from the Gold Rush to the Golden Spike, 1849-1869
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
