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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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San Quentin News
The San Quentin News, an incarcerated-produced newspaper based at San Quentin State Prison, prints 35,000 newspapers each month. It is supported by foundations and donations, and distributed to more than 30 state prisons and four juvenile facilities.
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Chol Soo Lee on Post-Release Struggle
In this video clip, Chol Soo Lee speaks passionately about his post-release struggle and urges the community to help support other formerly incarcerated Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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“Chol Soo Lee Severely Burned in House Fire”
A news article in the Japanese American newspaper, the Hokubei Mainichi, reports on the arson that severely injured Chol Soo Lee.
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Free Chol Soo Lee Shirt
Chol Soo Lee brandishes a “Free Chol Soo Lee” T-shirt, at a 1986 party with activists in Los Angeles, California.
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Temple Visit After Release
Chol Soo Lee poses with supporters in Hawai‘i, 1983.
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Chol Soo Lee Support Group
Chol Soo Lee, flanked by his supporters, following his release from prison in 1983.
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Chol Soo Lee Release Celebration
Chol Soo Lee celebrates his freedom at a party, where he and his supporters also watched the 1983 KCRA news documentary about his case, Perceptions: A Question of Justice, produced by Sandra Gin and Tom Nakashima.
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Chol Soo Lee Approached by Media After His Release
Chol Soo Lee, pictured here facing the news media and a crowd of supporters in Stockton, California, confronted many difficulties adjusting to a “normal” life on the outside, after his release from prison in 1983.
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Supporter outside the courtroom
Supporters of Chol Soo Lee wait to enter the courtroom in San Francisco, 1982.
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Jeff Adachi at Free Chol Soo Lee Rally
Members of the Free Chol Soo Lee movement, including University of California, Berkeley, student activist Jeff Adachi (far right), protest outside San Quentin State prison, where Chol Soo Lee was on death row.
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Module 5: Aloha ʻĀina: Pathways of Sovereignty and Independence
Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor
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Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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Module 4: Culture and Cheehoos: Samoan Diasporic Identities
Lana Lopesi
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Samoans in the United States
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Module 6: Social Issues in the Diaspora and Youth Activism
Lana Lopesi
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Samoans in the United States
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Chapter Overview: Asian Americans in the United States South
Heidi Kim
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