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Books
Afterland: Poems
by Mai Der Vang
Age Target: Middle & High School
Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha
Age Target: Middle & High School
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
Age Target: Middle & High School
Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family
by Yoshiko Uchida
Age Target: Middle & High School
Farewell to Manzanar
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston
Age Target: Middle School
I Hotel
by Karen Tei Yamashita
Age Target: High School
I Was Their American Dream
by Malaka Gharib
Age Target: High School
Journey Home
by Yoshiko Uchida (Author), Charles Robinson (Illustrator)
Age Target: Middle School
Journey to Topaz
by Yoshiko Uchida (Author), Donald Carrick (Illustrator)
Age Target: Middle School
The Best We Could Do
by Thi Bui
Age Target: Middle & High School
They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott (Authors), Harmony Becker (Illustrator)
Age Target: Middle & High School
Troublemaker
by John Cho
Age Target: Middle & High School
We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
by Frank Abe & Tamiko Nimura (Authors), Ross Ishikawa & Matt Sasaki (Illustrators)
Age Target: Middle & High School
West: A Translation
by Paisley Rekdal, Utah's Poet Laureate 2017-2022
A poetry collection with videos that explores the transcontinental railroad workers’ stories and the cultural meaning of the railroad in America.
When the Akimotos went to War
by Matthew Elms
Age Target: Middle & High School
Lesson Plans
Asian Americans | PBS Learning Media
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. Teachers may utilize over 30 lesson plans which are drawn from the series to explore the ways that Asian Americans have shaped our nation's history.
Chinese American Exclusion/InclusionThe curriculum guide listed below contain resources related to Chinese American Exclusion/Inclusion or Towards Equality: California’s Chinese American Women.
Minidoka Curriculum Materials
Friends of Minidoka and Northshore Productions have created four short documentaries (5-6 mins), each providing a deep dive into different aspects of the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. The four topics covered in the Minidoka curriculum are: Power of the Press, Power of Words, Patriotism and Protest, and Standing up for Others. Each film and corresponding lesson plan focuses on the legacy of those incarcerated at Minidoka. Each lesson includes key terms, historical timelines, student worksheets, and educational standards alignments.
Mineta Legacy Project
The Mineta Legacy Project captures the life, career and contributions of Secretary Norman Y. Mineta in an hour-long nationally televised documentary and online educational curriculum for high school and college students.
MOCA Heroes Digital Magazines MOCA Heroes is a series of FREE digital, non-fiction magazines that explore the lives of Chinese American trailblazers.
The National Veterans Network - Middle School Activities
As a set, these activities will take students on a journey from the time EO9066 was
signed in 1942 to three pathways that faced many Japanese Americans during this time:
volunteering to join the military, volunteering to join a military service without seeing
combat, and resistance. This set invites middle school teachers and students to think
about what they would have done in 1942, while analyzing why American historical
figures made the choices that they did.
The Asian American Education Project
The history of Asian American is deeply intertwined together with America’s own history, yet often forgotten or ignored within today’s classrooms and public discourse. Online lesson plans here provide a tailored K–12 curriculum for educators to teach this rich history to students.
Wing Luke Museum - Curriculum
Wing Luke Museum created curriculum sets to blend Asian and Pacific Islander histories into social studies, language arts and history courses.
Educator Resources
A People's History of Asian America | PBS
A People’s History of Asian America is a series of thoughtful visual essays and explainers, hosted by Emmy award-winning journalist, Dolly Li, and Asian studies scholar and professor, Adrian De Leon. Each episode offers informed and empowering perspectives, helping to break down common microaggressions and racist stereotypes through the tools of ethnic studies. This series covers what your classic American school history textbook may not.
Asian American Studies - BYU Library
The materials found on this webpage can help you explore the varied and numerous contributions of Asian Americans to the historical mosaic of America, the challenges and successes of Asian Americans over the course of American history, and the influences and impact of Asian Americans have had on American culture.
Chinese Historical Society of America - Teacher Resources
The Chinese Historical Society of America offers educators classroom resources curriculum guides contain resources related to Chinese American Exclusion/Inclusion and Towards Equality: California’s Chinese American Women.
The First Asian American Settlement Was Established by Filipino Fishermen
The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
Densho
The Densho mission is to educate, preserve, collaborate and inspire action for equity. Densho uses digital technology to preserve and make accessible primary source materials on the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans.
History: Asian American | University of Washington
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Asian American history.
Japanese Internment in Utah
Browse primary source sets for important pieces of history regarding Japanese internment.
Minidoka Education
Minidoka National Historic Site in Jerome, ID shares the stories of the 13,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated here during World War II. The site also holds lessons on civil and constitutional rights, racism, and the fragility of democracy in times of crisis. We are endeavoring to help teachers educate their students about this complex and difficult story.
National Japanese American Historical Society
The National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc. (NJAHS) is dedicated to the collection, preservation, authentic interpretation, and sharing of historical information of the Japanese American experience for the diverse broader national and global community. NJAHS provides educators with tools to help prepare students to be informed citizens in a constitutional democracy.
The Fight For School Desegregation by Asian Americans
The Chinese Historical Society of America offers educators classroom resources related to Chinese American Exclusion/Inclusion or Towards Equality: California’s Chinese American Women.
The National Veterans Network
The National Veterans Network is a national organization whose mission is: to educate current and future generations about the extraordinary legacy of American WWII soldiers of Japanese ancestry in order to promote equality and justice.
South Asian Americans Digital Archive - Educator Resources
Explore our tailor-made resources, lessons, and activities that have been created to support high school and college-level educators in bringing South Asian American history and stories into the classroom.
Topaz Museum
The mission of the Topaz Museum in Delta, Utah is to preserve the nearby Topaz incarceration site and its World War II history; to interpret the impact of Topaz on the Japanese Americans who were confined there, and the people living in Millard County; and to educate people to help prevent what happened during World War II at Topaz from ever happening again.
Wing Luke Museum - Educator Resources
Wing Luke Museum created classroom resources, training for teachers, digital interactive multimedia resources and short documentary films for the classroom.
Yale University Library Diasporic/Border Studies Research Guide
This research guide focuses on Diasporas and Borders and includes East Asia along with South and Southeast Asia.
Yuri
Yuri creates educational resources and experiences for cultural institutions, teachers, and PK-12 students. With a specialty in creating curricula on Asian American histories and stories, they aim to teach the power of coalition building in order to create understanding across diverse communities