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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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“No Japs Wanted”
Japanese Americans had to sell most of their possessions at rock-bottom prices. This painting titled “Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away,” by Henry Sugimoto, captures the emotions of a mother and daughter who must get rid of the family’s belongings.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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We Hereby Refuse: The Akutsu Story
Read in this excerpt from the graphic novel We Hereby Refuse, based on true stories, about how the lives of Jim Akutsu, a Nisei college student in Seattle; his younger brother, Gene; and his mother and father are ruptured after FBI agents arrest Jim’s father.
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Yokohama, California by Toshi Mori
In this excerpt from the short story, “Lil’ Yokohama,” Nisei author Toshio Mori describes an idealized version of a pre-World War II Japanese American community in California.
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“No Japs Wanted”
This painting by Henry Sugimoto depicts a Japanese American family forced to leave their rural community.
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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
