Curriculum Guides
Looking to incorporate Asian American and Pacific Islander content into your classroom, but don’t know where to start? Here are some guides and frameworks with curricular entry points that we recommend.
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Additional Resources
Credit: Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago
Grade Level: K–5
This teaching tool provides sample resources and books for incorporating Asian American experiences and histories into K-5 lesson planning across existing Social Studies themes.
Credit: Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago
Grade Level: 6–12
This teaching tool provides sample resources and texts for incorporating Asian American histories into 6-12 lesson planning for Social Studies courses across various U.S. history topics.
Credit: Leora Kava and Levalasi Loi-On
Grade Level: K–12
This framework is an introduction for educators to use when considering how to incorporate Pacific Islander histories and narratives into K-12 ethnic studies curriculum. Organized into three main units, this framework provides some key questions, selected concepts, and introductory resources on Pacific Islander definitions of history, identity, self-determination, sovereignty, disaggregation, and solidarity.
Credit: Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago
Grade Level: K–12
This tool provides a variety of resources for teaching Asian American histories, including collections of texts, media, and primary sources, as well as ready-to-go lesson plans. Educators can peruse by topic, grade level, theme, and more. Please note that these resources are aligned to Illinois Learning Standards.
Credit: The Asian American Education Project
Grade Level: K–12
This guide aligns the wide array of lesson plans from the Asian American Education Project with New Jersey State Learning Standards (NJSLS) for Social Studies for K-12. Educators can peruse by grade level, topic, or NJSLS standard for related lesson plans.
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