Advanced Search
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.
Multimedia
# of # results
Chapters
-
Image
Frank Hunting
Frank with his hunting dogs. Both he and Ruby hunted game at the family’s lodge near Ukiah, California during the 1920s.
-
Image
Ruby hunting
Ruby and her quarry at the family lodge.
-
Image
Ruby and Her Mom, Woo Que
Ruby and her mother, Woo Que, in Marysville, California, circa 1931.
-
Image
Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape
Technical Sergeant Ruby Tape of the Women’s Army Corps, World War II.
-
Image
Our Pilipino Pioneers
Filipino farmworkers gather for a group photograph in the cabbage fields of the Salinas River Valley, Salinas, California, ca. 1930.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
-
Image
Cook house and living quarters, Filipino Strikers Camp, 1925
A cook house and living quarter at the Filipino Strikers Camp in Kapaa, Kauai, 1925. Camp life was often without running water and electricity. Most of the upkeep of such living spaces were done by the Filipino farmworkers.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
-
Image
Filipino farmworker group photo near car
Filipino farmworkers with their shared vehicle in 1943. Many Filipino farmworkers would take pictures in their best suits near their cars, despite their harsh working and living conditions, to show their families in the Philippines that they were doing well.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
-
Image
The Manongs join the picket line during the 1973 Grape Strike
As the United Farm Workers resumed strike activities against Delano’s table grape growers, Filipino American UFW members rejoined their union brothers and sisters on the picket lines. This image shows a select few Filipino American members of the UFW.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
-
Image
Larry Itliong speaking at unknown event
Larry Itliong, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) Assistant Director speaking at unknown event circa 1960s.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
-
Image
Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and Cesar Chavez meet at the Filipino Hall, Delano, Calif.
Left to Right: Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and Cesar Chavez meet at the Filipino Hall, Delano, Calif., Christmas, circa 1968.
Featured in:
Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
Chapters
# of # results
-
Module
Module 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman
Mae Ngai
-
Chapter
Chapter Overview: Samoans in the United States
Lana Lopesi
-
Module
-
Chapter
Chapter Overview: Bangladeshi Americans
Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
-
Module
Module 1: Bangladeshi Migration and Settlement in the US
Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
Chapter:
Bangladeshi Americans
-
Module
Module 2: Bangladeshi Americans and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, Sharbari Ahmed
Chapter:
Bangladeshi Americans
-
Chapter
Chapter Overview: Chinese Americans and the Making of American History
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit Shelton
-
Chapter
Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
-
Module
Module 1: Overview
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
