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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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Memorial Altar for Chol Soo Lee
The altar at Chol Soo Lee’s funeral in San Bruno, California, on December 9, 2014.
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Thinking of Home
Chol Soo Lee typed this draft of his poem, “Thinking of Home,” dated 1979, and mailed it to K. W. Lee, who would grow into a life-changing figure in Chol Soo’s life. The poem recalls memories of his motherland, Korea.
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Young Chol Soo Lee
Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood picture taken in Korea.
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Chol Soo Lee with his mom and sister
Chol Soo Lee with his mother and half-sister, in an undated photo.
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Young Chol Soo Lee with his neighbor
Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood photo.
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Maximum security cottage – Youth Guidance Center
Chol Soo Lee spent some of his teen years at juvenile hall in San Francisco, including at a maximum security cottage like this one.
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Spine of police mugshot book
A photograph of the San Francisco Police Department’s mug book, titled “Homicide Chinese Series,” shows a Fu Manchu-caricaturish drawing on its cover. Chol Soo Lee’s mugshot as a juvenile was in its pages.
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Collection of mugshots
This San Francisco Police Department mug book included Chol Soo Lee’s 1969 photo, taken when he was 16 years old. This was the photo picked out by witnesses of the 1973 Chinatown murder.
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Chol Soo Lee, front and side profile
Chol Soo Lee’s teenage mugshot from 1969.
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Chol Soo Lee in front of a mural, ca. 1970
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Chapter Overview: Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
Stan Yogi
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Module 1: Overview and Introduction
Stan Yogi
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Module 2: Setting the Stage for Japanese American Mass Incarceration
Stan Yogi
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Module 3: Forced Uprooting and Incarceration
Stan Yogi
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Module 4: Cooperation, Resistance, and Dissent
Stan Yogi
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Module 6: Redress and Solidarity
Stan Yogi
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Chapter Overview: Vietnamese American Experiences
Thuy Vo Dang
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Module 1: An Introduction to Vietnamese Americans
Thuy Vo Dang
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Vietnamese American Experiences
