OBJECTIVES: Describe the achievements of Asian Americans, individually and collectively, to advance the cause of workers’ rights which also strengthened the American labor movement. Describe the backstory for each of the people or groups and explain how they became activists for the cause of workers’ rights. Assess the outcome of
OBJECTIVES: Create a fuller, more complete picture of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the important role Chinese workers played in its construction. To provide insight into the lives of the Chinese workers: how they lived and worked to overcome both. Cultural and physical obstacles to help build one
OBJECTIVES: Demonstrate the value in photography as a mode of advocacy and activism through the camera lens of Corky Lee and his documentation of the lives of Asian Americans. Explain how history is interpreted by examining Corky Lee’s work and showing how different perspectives can bring deeper understanding to the
OBJECTIVES: Explain who Frederick Douglass is and what he is best known for. Expand their understanding of his life through expressing how he viewed other people who made up the “composite “nation” including Chinese immigrants. Connect, compare, and contrast Douglass’ views to issues of today.
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to describe key elements of George Nakashima’s life: his education, his work, his philosophy. Students will be able to explain how his craftsmanship with wood extended into art and became an expression of his beliefs through the creations he made. Students will be able to
OBJECTIVES: Describe specific events in Helen Zia’s life that illustrate her activism; identify other figures who are important in the growth of APIA activism; expand their understanding of what it means to be an “American” activist. Explore ways in which they might strive to improve the lives of others and
OBJECTIVES: Explain what 1/32 means in human terms when it comes to determining one’s background. Apply facts from Hawai’i’s history that bring the point home as to why a fraction like 1/32 is important. Construct a meaningful definition of the word ”culture.”
OBJECTIVES: Recognize and understand the power of language: that words can be used to hurt and that they have a responsibility to choose words that support and promote human dignity. Students will be able to employ respectful vocabulary to discuss circumstances surrounding immigration, displacement, and human migration, and do so
OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to analyze documents relating to Joseph Pierce to tell a personal story of an immigrant soldier’s life. Students will be able to tell the story of Joseph Pierce, a Chinese American soldier in the Civil War fighting for the Union. Students will learn of major
OBJECTIVES: Teachers will be encouraged to use these cases to provide a wider context to the history of the civil rights movement and constitutional issues such as citizenship and equal protection under the law. Students will be able to explain how Asian Americans came to play significant roles in civil