Landmark Asian American Supreme Court Cases: Who Are Wong Kim Ark, Bhagat Singh Thind, and Gong Lum?
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 rights history and in the […]
Human Migration: Why Words Matter
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 with empathy, compassion, and which […]
How Much is 1/32?: Using Math Skills to Talk About Preserving The History and Culture of Hawai’i
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.”
Our Composite Nation
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.
The Chinese and the Transcontinental Railroad: Appreciating Their Achievement 150 Years Later
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 of the most monumental engineering […]
Asian American Labor Stories: Ah Quon Mcgrath, Larry Itliong, and Chinese Railroad Workers
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 these individuals and groups in […]
Angel Island Immigration Station: “Welcome” to the US!
OBJECTIVES: Students will learn about the immigration experience of the Chinese who entered the United States on the West Coast through Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, between 1910 and 1940. Students will understand the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the processing of Chinese immigrants at the station on Angel Island. Students will […]
The Most Beautiful Thing
OBJECTIVES: Analyze the relationships between family, culture, beauty, and wealth. Understand the value of cultural wealth. Understand the history of the Hmong people and how it impacts us today.
Sikh and US Immigration History
OBJECTIVES: Understand the origins of Sikh immigration in the United States Analyze the historical context that proceeded the 1907 Bellingham Riots Discover the connection between Sikh history and US Immigration Acts
Angel Island: The Asian Immigrant’s Experience in US
OBJECTIVES: Through the analysis of primary and secondary sources, students will be able to: Provide a summary of the historical context surrounding the Angel Island Immigration Station. Compare and contrast the experiences of immigrants at Ellis Island and immigrants at Angel Island. Analyze the development and application of different policies and opinions regarding Asian immigration […]