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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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Bruno Mars Playing Keyboard at a Concert
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Kamala Harris Being Sworn into Office
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Keanu Reaves Speaking on a Panel Interview
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Juju Smith Pointing to the Crowd
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Taking a Selfie with Fans
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Celebrity Multiracial AA&PIs
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Momoa, H.E.R., Kamala Harris, Bruno Mars, Keanu Reeves, Naomi Osaka, and Juju Smith-Schuster are among the US’s most famous multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans.
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An Indonesian sailor during World War II.
An Indonesian sailor during World War II. The trial of the detained sailors set the stage for future refugee cases in the US.
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Indonesian men at immigration detention facility in San Francisco to be transported to immigration detention facility in Crystal City, Texas
An archival collection undertaken as a part of the California State University Japanese American Digitization Project shows the transport of the Indonesian maritime workers to Crystal City, Texas, where Japanese Americans were also being incarcerated during World War II.
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Indonesian deportees changing currency
Indonesian workers exchanged currency while undergoing deportation from San Francisco, California, to Jakarta, Indonesia (then called Batavia, Dutch East Indies).
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Hand-drawn map of Crystal City internment camp, Texas.
Indonesian maritime workers were incarcerated alongside Japanese Americans during World War II in Crystal City, Texas, and were ultimately deported to Indonesia. Their important history represents an early chapter of Asian immigrants in the United States, many of whom were likely Muslim, many years prior to the 9/11 era.
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Module 3: Being Indonesian American in Indonesia
Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro
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Module 4: Being Indonesian American in the United States
Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro
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Module 5: Lessons to Carry Forward
Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro
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Chapter Overview: New York Chinatown’s Immigrant Garment Workers: Women in Action, 1970 – 2001
May Ying Chen and Rachel Bernstein
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Module 2: The Immigrant Women
May Ying Chen and Rachel Bernstein
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Module 3: The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU)
May Ying Chen and Rachel Bernstein
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Module 4: The Strike
May Ying Chen and Rachel Berstein
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Module 5: Legacy
May Ying Chen and Rachel Bernstein
