American Global Power from Empire to Superpower

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 22.02.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rational
  3. Content Knowledge
  4. Unit Objectives
  5. Teaching Strategies
  6. Classroom Activities
  7. Resources
  8. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  9. Notes

Immigration narratives: Hidden Links between U.S. empire and Filipino immigration to the U.S.

Katherine Cohen Volin

Published September 2022

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1 James W. Loewen, Lies my teacher told me: everything your American history textbook got wrong (New York: New Press, 1995)

2 Stephen Kinzer, Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq (New York: Times Books, 2006)

3 “October 1st Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year: Greenberg, Joseph School: Demographics” School District of Philadelphia, Accessed July 13, 2022, https://dashboards.philasd.org/extensions/enrollment-public/index.html#/demographics.

4 Nancy Hornberger and Ellen Skilton-Sylvester, “Revisiting the continua of biliteracy: International and critical perspectives," Language and Education (2000) 14, 96-122. 

5 “Celebrating Cultures of the World Through Reading and Writing Folktales,” Curriculum Units, Teachers Institute of Philadelphia, Accessed July 14, 2022, https://theteachersinstitute.org/curriculum_unit/celebrating-cultures-of-the-world-through-reading-and-writing-folktales/.

6 Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 2010) 8.

7 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 8-9.

8In The Cambridge History of America and the World, Settler Colonialism.” doi:10.1017/9781108297479.005.

9 Jane Burbank and Frederick Cooper, Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, 2010) 8.

10 Jeffrey Ostler, “Settler Colonialism.” Chapter, In The Cambridge History of America and the World, edited by Kristin Hoganson and Jay Sexton, 80–100. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022) doi:10.1017/9781108297479.005. 80.

11 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 48-51.

12 “Timeline” Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War, Accessed July 14, 2022, https://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_timeline.html.

13 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 62.

14 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 18-22.

15 Timeline” Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War, Accessed July 14, 2022, https://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_timeline.html.

16 Kristin L. Hoganson, American Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A Brief History with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning. 2017) 17-21

17 Timeline” Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War, Accessed July 14, 2022, https://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_timeline.html.

18 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 31.

19 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 245.

20 Kristin L. Hoganson, American Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A Brief History with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning. 2017) 23

21 Kristin L. Hoganson, American Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A Brief History with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning. 2017) 24

22 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 86-87.

23 Kristin L. Hoganson, American Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A Brief History with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning. 2017) 24

24 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 3-5, 210-212.

25 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 229-230

26 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000)14-13.

27 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 65.

28 Kristin L. Hoganson, American Empire at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: A Brief History with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning. 2017) 3.

29 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 63.

30 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 63.

31 Donna R. Gabaccia, Foreign Relations American Immigration in Global Perspective. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015) 143.

32 Donna R. Gabaccia, Foreign Relations American Immigration in Global Perspective. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015) 2.

33 Donna R. Gabaccia, Foreign Relations American Immigration in Global Perspective. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015) 104-105.

34 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 13.

35 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 13.

36 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 45-46.

37 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 14.

38 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 194-236.

39 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 194-236.

40 Rick Baldoz, The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 (New York, USA: New York University Press, 2011. https://doi-org.proxy.library.upenn.edu/10.18574/nyu/9780814789889.001.0001) 194-236.

41 Luis Hassan Gallardo and Jeanne Batalova, “Filipino Immigrants in the United States” Migration Policy Institute, July 15, 2020, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/filipino-immigrants-united-states-2020.

42 Tracie Hunte and Gabrielle Berbey, The Experiment Podcast, podcast audio, February, 5, 2021, https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/02/nurses/618110/.

43 Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States. (New York: Picador. 2020.) 304.

44 Luis Hassan Gallardo and Jeanne Batalova, “Filipino Immigrants in the United States” Migration Policy Institute, July 15, 2020, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/filipino-immigrants-united-states-2020.

45 Tracie Hunte and Gabrielle Berbey, The Experiment Podcast, podcast audio, February, 5, 2021, https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/02/nurses/618110/.

46 Luis Hassan Gallardo and Jeanne Batalova, “Filipino Immigrants in the United States” Migration Policy Institute, July 15, 2020, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/filipino-immigrants-united-states-2020.

47 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 63.

48 Donna R. Gabaccia, Foreign Relations American Immigration in Global Perspective. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015) 226.

49 Donna R. Gabaccia, Foreign Relations American Immigration in Global Perspective. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 2015) 222.

50 Matthew Frye Jacobson, Barbarian Virtues: Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917 (New York: Hill and Wang. 2000) 263-65.

51 “First Days Project,” South Asian American Digital Archive. https://firstdays.saada.org/browse/gallery?departure_country=Philippines&arrival_state=All&year=All

52 Made into America: Immigrant Stories Project, Accessed July 12, 2022, https://madeintoamerica.org/

53 Tracie Hunte and Gabrielle Berbey, The Experiment Podcast, podcast audio, February, 5, 2021, https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/02/nurses/618110/.

54 Daniel A. Miller, “The Crucible of the Empire: The Spanish-American War” Great Projects Film Company, 1999.

55 “Timeline.” Crucible of Empire: The Spanish American War, Accessed July 14, 2022, https://www.pbs.org/crucible/frames/_timeline.html.

56 Rose Cappelli and Lynne Dorfman, Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6 (Sommerville: Stenhouse Publishers. 2017) 6.

57 Rose Cappelli and Lynne Dorfman, Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6 (Sommerville: Stenhouse Publishers. 2017) 7.

58 Rose Cappelli and Lynne Dorfman, Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6 (Sommerville: Stenhouse Publishers. 2017) 8.

59 Tracie Hunte and Gabrielle Berbey, (The Sisterhood) The Experiment Podcast, podcast audio, February, 5, 2021, https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/02/nurses/618110/.

60 “Honoring Our Families' Immigrant Narratives” Edutopia, Accessed https://www.edutopia.org/blog/honoring-our-families-immigrant-narratives-emily-lee-nanor-balabanian

61 “First Days Project,” South Asian American Digital Archive. https://firstdays.saada.org/browse/gallery?departure_country=Philippines&arrival_state=All&year=All

62 Made into America: Immigrant Stories Project, Accessed July 12, 2022, https://madeintoamerica.org/

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