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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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The “Oxford Fallacy” on TikTok
@maggie_zhou on TikTok explains the harm caused to Asian women by the “Oxford Study” fallacy.
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Pew Research Center Hawaiʻi Multiracial Data
Data from Pew Research Center shows that Hawaiʻi is the US state with the largest share of multiracial Americans by far. (Source: Pew Research Center)
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Operation Babylift
Vietnamese refugee children on an Operation Babylift flight to San Francisco on April 5, 1975. Over three thousand Vietnamese orphans were eventually transported to the US, including the multiracial children of American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers.
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Rullia Singh and Valentina Alvarez
Rullia Singh (right) and Valentina Alvarez (left), a Punjabi Mexican American couple in Yuba Valley, California, pose for their wedding photo in 1917.
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Hawaiʻi’s Multiracial Population
Hawaiʻi is home to the United States’ largest state population of multiracial Americans, with 22 percent identifying as multiracial Pacific Islander. (Source: Pew Research Center)
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2020 US Census of People Selecting More Than One Racial Category
This figure depicts population data based on race collected in the 2020 US Census. In 2020, people who selected more than one racial category increased by 127 percent since the 2010 Census. (Source: US Census Bureau, 2020)
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Illustration of People Indentifying as Multiracial 2010-2020
This figure illustrates the increasing number of people who identify as “Multiracial” compared to other racial categories between 2010 and 2020. (Source: US Census Bureau, 2020)
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When Interracial Marriage Became Legal, by State
This map shows when interracial marriage became legal in each state. (Source: US Census Bureau)
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“Loving,” the Hollywood Film
The Hollywood film Loving portrayed the social, legal, and personal challenges the Lovings had to overcome. The 2016 movie featured Ruth Negga (left) in the role of Mildred Loving and Joel Edgerton (right) as Richard Loving.
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Mildred and Richard Loving
Mildred Loving (left) and her husband Richard Loving (right), January 26, 1965. The couple’s legal battle for the right to marry each other resulted in the legalization of interracial marriage nationwide.
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Module 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman
Mae Ngai
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Chapter Overview: Samoans in the United States
Lana Lopesi
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Chapter Overview: Bangladeshi Americans
Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
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Module 1: Bangladeshi Migration and Settlement in the US
Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
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Bangladeshi Americans
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Module 2: Bangladeshi Americans and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War
Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, Sharbari Ahmed
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Bangladeshi Americans
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Chapter Overview: Chinese Americans and the Making of American History
Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit Shelton
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Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
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Module 1: Overview
Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink
