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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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Book Cover for Hapa Girl
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Book Cover for Redefining Realness
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Book Cover for Speak Okinawa
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Book Cover for Crying in H Mart
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Book Cover for Hapa Tales and Other Lies
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Book Cover for Afakasi Woman
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Multiracial Author Memoirs Collage
Multiracial authors such as Michelle Zauner, Sharon H. Chang, Janet Mock, May-lee Chai, Lani Wendt Young, and Elizabeth Miki Brina have had success sharing their experiences and personal stories through memoirs.
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Romeo Must Die
Actors Jet Li (left) and Aaliyah (right) in Romeo Must Die (2000), an adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy with a martial-arts twist. However, instead of featuring star-crossed lovers, the filmmakers replaced the characters’ romantic scene with one featuring a platonic hug.
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LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen Vogue Cover
Basketball star LeBron James (left) and supermodel Gisele Bundchen (right) pose together on the cover of the April 2008 issue of Vogue. The image generated controversy, as many saw a perpetuation of harmful racial stereotypes featuring James, a Black man, and Bundchen, a white woman.
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Rush Hour
Chris Tucker (left) and Jackie Chan (right) in the 1998 film Rush Hour.
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Module 2: US Territories in the Pacific
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
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Decolonization in the Pacific
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Module 3: Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
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Decolonization in the Pacific
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Module 4: The Fight for Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Today
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
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Decolonization in the Pacific
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Module 5: Everyday Decolonization in the Pacific Islands
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
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Decolonization in the Pacific
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Chapter Overview: Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Module 1: Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli: Hawaiʻi Identity
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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Module 2: Ea Hawaiʻi: Kānaka ʻŌiwi Governance
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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Module 3: Kahoʻolawe: Rebirth of the Sacred
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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Module 4: Flourishing of Kānaka ʻŌiwi Culture
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
