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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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Map of Asia
When the New York Taxi Workers Alliance started, about 60 to 70 percent of cab drivers were South Asian, mainly of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi heritages. In the 2020s, drivers also included many people of Nepalese, Tibetan, Burmese, Malaysian, and Chinese backgrounds. This map by the Nations Online Project shows the region of Asia where many drivers have come from.
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Asian American Activism, Module 5
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The New I-Hotel
The new I-Hotel sits at the same site as the original. The mural by Johanna Poethig commemorates the fight for low-income housing and pays tribute to former tenants such as Etta Moon, Luisa de la Cruz, Wahat Tompao, and Al Robles.
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Asian American Activism, Module 4
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Fight For Decent Low Rent Housing
This poster for the Fight for Decent Low Rent Housing by artist Rachael Romero and the San Francisco Poster Brigade features Felix Ayson and the International Hotel struggle.
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Asian American Activism, Module 4
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I-Hotel Supporters Form Human Barricade
I-Hotel supporters and the International Hotel Tenants Association form a human barricade in front of the I-Hotel when tenants were forcibly evicted on August 4, 1977 night and faced 300 police in riot gear.
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Asian American Activism, Module 4
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I-Hotel Supporters Link Arms
I-Hotel supporters, including Pam Tau Lee (center), link arms to form a human barricade in front of the I-Hotel.
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Asian American Activism, Module 4
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I-Hotel Protest
Women sit in front of the iconic “WE WON’T MOVE” sign outside of the I-Hotel to protest the eviction of long standing tenants.
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Asian American Activism, Module 4
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Fight for the International Hotel Poster
This Fight for the International Hotel poster, created by Rachael Romero (artist) and San Francisco Poster Brigade, features text translated into multiple languages to bring community members together.
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Asian American Activism, Module 3
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The International Hotel
The International Hotel, located at 848 Kearny Street in Manilatown, San Francisco, galvanized the Asian American Movement. For almost ten years, a broad range of activists protested the evictions of Filipino and Chinese elders and the erosion of Manilatown.
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Asian American Activism, Module 3
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I-Hotel Tenant Felix Ayson and Supporter
I-Hotel tenant Felix Ayson speaks with a supporter after the eviction. Felix lived in the I-Hotel for fifty-five years, and was a strong organizer post-eviction.
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Asian American Activism, Module 3
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Portrait of I-Hotel Tenant Wahat Tompao
I-Hotel tenant Wahat Tompao sits outside of the I-Hotel after being evicted on August 4, 1977. He fearlessly stood up to city officials and called attention to competing claims in the fight over the I-Hotel.
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Asian American Activism, Module 3
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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
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Module 3: Chinese American Community Formation: The First Generation
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
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Module 4: Living in the Era of Chinese Exclusion
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
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Module 5: Becoming Chinese American: The Second Generation
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
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Module 7: Chinese America Today
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
