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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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Tippi Hedren with Graduating Nail Tech Refugee Class
American actress Tippi Hedren (top center) with one of her graduating classes of Vietnamese refugee women learning to become nail technicians.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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“ICEM” Plastic Bag
These plastic bags held chest X-rays, part of the medical screening for tuberculosis that Vietnamese refugees underwent to prove that they were medically-cleared for resettlement, only to then expose themselves to health hazards in nail work.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas
An National Public Radio (NPR) Weekend Edition story shares the history and current community formations of Vietnamese resettlement in Texas, offering a lens to view current sentiments toward immigrants.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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January 6, 2021
Ultraconservative groups take siege of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. A person prominently carries the flag of South Vietnam (center right).
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Donald Trump Favorability, 2020
Infographic showing Asian American voters’ favorability of Donald Trump in 2020. This survey shows that compared to other Asian American groups, Vietnamese voters respond with a higher favorability to Donald Trump.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster
Vietnamese American “Heritage and Freedom” Flag, flown at the city of Westminster’s Vietnam War Memorial.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Hi-Tek Protestors
Orange County’s Little Saigon community members protest against Hi-Tek Video. Protestors demanded owner Tran Truong to remove a poster featuring Hồ Chí Minh and the red flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from his shop window.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Little Saigon Stories – Still A Lot of Tensions
Uyen Hoang, a Vietnamese American community member of Orange County’s Little Saigon in California, recalls an early childhood memory of the 1999 Hi-Tek incident.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Cartoon
This political cartoon from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (c. 1964) demonstrates a simplistic view of Vietnamese refugees. The problematic depiction echoes government and media narratives from this time that perpetuate stereotypes of Vietnamese refugees as a burden to American society.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Hand of Hope
Hand of Hope located at Camp Pendleton, the first US military base set up to receive Vietnamese refugees in 1975. This monument was designed by artist Nguyen Luu Dat and built by two Marines.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
