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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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    Chinese in Our Schools

    This article from the Daily Alta announces the California Superior Court’s verdict on the Tape v. Hurley case and advocates for the creation of laws to protect white students from the “danger” of Chinese integration.

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    Tape Family Portrait in the late 1920s

    Photo of the Tapes in the late 1920s. Standing from left to right: Gertrude, Frank, and Emily. Sitting: Mary, Mamie, and Joseph.

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    Tape Family Portrait in 1884

    Portrait of the Tape family, circa 1884. Featured from left to right: Joseph, Emily, Mamie, Frank, and Mary.

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    Exclusion Act

    The Exclusion Act (May 6, 1882) banned entry of Chinese migrant laborers into the United States. It was the first piece of significant legislation restricting migration into the United States and set precedent for the country’s ongoing discriminatory immigration policies.

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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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    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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    Affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

    California Supreme Court affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

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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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    Portrait of Mamie Tape

    Portrait of Mamie Tape, circa 1884.

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    Minoru Yasui

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    Module 2: Opposition to the Vietnam War and US Presidential Campaign

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Module 3: Environmental Justice, Settler Colonialism, and a Pacific Worldview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Module 4: Title IX: The Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Chapter Overview: Asian American Activism

    Artnelson Concordia, Katherine H. Lee, May C. Fu, and Diane C. Fujino

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    Module 1: Overview of Asian American Activism

    Diane C. Fujino

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    Chapter Overview: Korean Americans

    Jane Hong and Kimberly McKee

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    Module 1: Overview

    Jane Hong

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    Module 2: Korean Americans during World War II and the Korean War

    Jane Hong

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    Chapter Overview: Filipinx American Histories

    Theodore S. Gonzalves

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