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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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Immigrant Convicted of Prison Murder
This March 13, 1979, Sacramento Union article reports the first-degree murder conviction of Chol Soo Lee that would eventually lead to a sentence of death in the gas chamber.
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Halmeoni Holding Sign
Two women, dressed in Korean traditional dresses, take part in a courthouse protest in Stockton, circa late 1970s.
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“Ballad of Chol Soo Lee”
This scene from the documentary film Free Chol Soo Lee features the protest song, “The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee,” produced by the Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee. The song is performed by Siu Wai Anderson, Sam Takimoto, Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, Peter Yoshiro Horikoshi, Duke Santos, and Jeff Adachi.
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Free Chol Soo Lee Beginnings
These scenes from the 2022 documentary, Free Chol Soo Lee, shows both the church-driven and youth-driven activities of the multigenerational, multiethnic movement to free Chol Soo Lee.
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Speaker at Chol Soo Lee Rally
Jay Kun Yoo speaks to the crowd of supporters at a courthouse demonstration during Chol Soo Lee’s murder retrial in San Francisco, in 1982.
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Protesters at Free Chol Soo Lee rally
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A Boy’s Frustration in a Strange, Hostile Culture
In this January 29, 1978, article, published in the Sacramento Union, K. W. Lee describes the isolating and traumatic experiences Chol Soo Lee endured in America.
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Ranko Yamada Fundraising
Ranko Yamada (standing), with other activists, including Mona Litrownik (seated in red T-shirt) in San Francisco in 1978. There are educational pamphlets on the table, and they are selling hot links and T-shirts to fundraise for Chol Soo Lee’s legal defense fund.
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K.W. Lee on Meeting Chol Soo Lee
In this clip from the documentary, Free Chol Soo Lee (2022), K.W. Lee and Chol Soo Lee recount their memorable first interview. From this point on, they would grow an indelible bond.
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Chinatown Murder Trial Transcript
K. W. Lee marked up this transcript of the 1974 trial of the People of the State of California vs. Chol Soo Lee. The underlined parts reveal how the police officer who arrested Chol Soo Lee misidentified him as “Chinese,” and Chol Soo’s reaction.
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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
