American History through American Lives

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.01.08

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. My School Demographics
  4. Content Objective
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Appendix in Implementing District, State and National Standards
  8. Annotated Bibliography
  9. Videos
  10. Endnotes

“Boxing” Asian American History

Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau

Published September 2020

Tools for this Unit:

Videos

“Fred Korematsu Day.” YouTube. Jan 30, 2012.  Accessed August 14, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym562FxwSzs

This 1 minute and 44 seconds video honors Fred Korematsu with narrations from Korematsu, his daughter, President Bill Clinton, and school students

Buscher, Rob. Asian Americans in Philly Face Acts of Racism Due to Pandemic Blamed on China. WHYY. April 21, 2020. Accessed July 31, 2020. https://whyy.org/articles/reality-is-hitting-me-in-the-face-asian-americans-grapple-with-racism-due-to-covid-19/.

Gonchar, Michael. 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity with Students. The New York Times. March 15, 2017. Accessed July 31, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/learning/lesson-plans/25-mini-films-for-exploring-race-bias-and-identity-with-students.html.

Kendi, Ibram X. “Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist, at UC Berkeley.” YouTube. Video File. Sep 18, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxa43H8m034 This two-hour video includes a lecture by Kendi on his book How to Be an Antiracist and a conversation with john a. powell of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, Lateefah Simon of the Akonadi Foundation, and moderated by Alice Y. Hom of Northern California Grantmakers.

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