Lesson Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Chinese Question From a Chinese Standpoint, 1873

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on how the Chinese in California confronted anti-Chinese sentiment and discrimination in the late 1800s. Comprehensive instructional activity with primary source materials.
Handout
California Digital Library

Loc: The Chinese in California 1850 1925

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent overview of the Chinese experience in California complete with historical photos and primary documents. Site provides information on San Francisco's Chinatown, the anti-Chinese Movement, and Chinese laborers.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Know Nothing

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides detailed information on the Know Nothing movement, a Native American political movement of the 1850s.