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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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L.A. Commission hearing
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Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans lobbying group
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Fort Sill protest
Japanese American survivors of WWII concentration camps join forces to protest the detention of undocumented migrant children at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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Portrait of Mamie Tape
Portrait of Mamie Tape, circa 1884.
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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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Affidavit for Tape v. Hurley
California Supreme Court affidavit for Tape v. Hurley
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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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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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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
