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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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  • Karen Korematsu, Holly Yasui, and Jay Hirabayashi.

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    Karen Korematsu, Holly Yasui, and Jay Hirabayashi

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Herbert Wechsler regarding Korematsu v. United States

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    DOJ memo

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • A group of people dressed in business formal attire standing on a balcony holding up a banner with the words "REDRESS NOW FOR JAPANESE LATIN AMERICANS: CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE."

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    Redress Now for Japanese Latin Americans lobbying group

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • A video from the 2019 Fort Sill protests, where survivors of Japanese American World War II internment camps demonstrated against the detention of undocumented migrant children.

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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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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • Minoru Yasui.

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    Minoru Yasui

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 4
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  • A portrait of a young Mamie Tape.

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    Portrait of Mamie Tape

    Mamie Tape

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    The Tape Family & Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 1
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  • Mamie and her fellow classmates at the Chinese Public School in San Francisco posing for a group photo. All students are wearing traditional Chinese attire.

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    Chinese school

    Chinese Primary School students, c. 1890. Mamie is in the center of the second row, and Frank is to her right.

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  • Affadavit for Supreme Court of California for the case of Tape v. Hurley.

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    Affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

    California Supreme Court affidavit for Tape v. Hurley

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  • Cartoon depicting Uncle Sam kicking Chinese migrants out using a "Magic Washer." Label at the bottom reads "The Chinese must go."

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    The magic washer, manufactured by Geo. Dee, Dixon, Illinois. The Chinese must go

    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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  • A poster with the text, "Hip! Hurrah! Chinese Excluded," announcing the passing of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

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    The Democratic Chinese Exclusion Bill Exclusion Poster

    Poster “Hip! Hurrah! Chinese Excluded” announcing Chinese Exclusion Act.

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  • Joseph Tape with his hunting rifle and two bird dogs.

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    Module 2: In-Between People

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • A line of lion dancers are in the foreground. In the background is a paifang, or a traditional chinese gateway.

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    Module 3: The World’s Fair

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • The immigration station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay.

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    Module 4: The Strange Career of a Chinese Interpreter

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • Black and white photo of a young Ruby Tape dressed in a hat and a fur scarf while holding a leather purse.

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    Module 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • Individuals marching in a single file line on the side of the road holding signs and pickets.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers

    Lauren Daus, Catherine De Guzman, Rudy Guevarra Jr., Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Mark Pulliodo, Robyn Rodriguez, Gayle Romasanta, Stacey Salinas, and Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales

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  • Filipino migrant workers posing at a Cabbage Field in Salinas, California. In the top left are the words, "Our Pilipino Pioneers."

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    Module 1: Overview: Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers

    Rudy Guevarra Jr., Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, and Lauren Daus

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Larry Itliong, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Assistant Director speaking at unknown event.

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    Module 2: Larry Itliong

    Gayle Romasanta

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • Picketers with their arms raised, waving flags. They stand just off a dirt road on a farm.

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    Module 3: Filipinas in the Filipino Farmworker Movement

    Stacy Salinas

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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  • A group of men sit around a table leisurely, enjoying a drink.

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    Module 4: The Life and Legacy of Carlos Bulosan

    Catherine De Guzman and Robyn Rodriguez

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers
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