Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Scapegoating Asian Americans During the 1980s

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how Asian Americans were scapegoated for the downturn of the U.S. economy and American auto industry during the 1980s.
Article
Other

The History Teacher: Incarceration of the Japanese Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
A historical article in which a well known historian argues that given today's current political climate, what happened to the Japanese Americans in World War 2 could happen again.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Anti Asian Racism: Connections in History

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of educational resources will help students make sense of anti-Asian racism today by connecting it with history. Americans of Asian descent have lived and contributed to the development of the United States. The first...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Solidarity Against the Pandemic of Anti Asian Hate

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will gain an understanding of how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have faced physical and verbal attacks due to unjustly being blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also learn how the AAPI community has taken...
Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Asian America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents and books that detail the racial discrimination Chinese and Japanese immigrants faced in the U.S. during America's involvement in the Second World War. One report from 1877 looks at Chinese...
Website
University of Washington

Uw Libraries: Japanese American Exhibit and Access Project

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an in-depth look at the plight of Japanese Americans during World War II who were forced into American style concentration, or internment, camps to wait out the war.
Article
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: The Tragedy of Japanese Internment

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A glimpse into an embarrassing time in American history when Japanese American citizens became enemies in their own country. How were they treated? Where were they sent? How were their lives impacted?...
Handout
History Link

Japanese Americans in Seattle

For Students 9th - 10th
Abridged history of the Japanese American population in the Seattle area.
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Villainizing Japanese Americans During the Wwii Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how Japanese Americans were impacted by anti-Chinese exclusion policies of the 1800s, and why it escalated during World War II. As a result, Americans...
eBook
Library of Congress

Loc: Born Free and Equal

For Students 9th - 10th
Compete digitized copy of Ansel Adam's book about Manzanar.
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anti Filipino Sentiment of the Early 1900s

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Filipino Americans faced racial prejudice and discrimination during the early 1900s. This anti-Asian racism is connected to U.S....
Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Executive Order: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese

For Students 9th - 10th
Summarizes the background behind this order that moved people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers in 1942. Provides a link to an image of the original document and a copy of the text.
Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anti Chinese Movement of the 1800s

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Chinese Americans were seen as threats to American society during the 1800s. This Anti-Chinese movement was one of the earlier incidents of...