All TAAS lesson plans are created by and for New Jersey educators and are aligned to Common Core standards and NJSLS for ELA and social studies.
Grades 6–8
This 2-day lesson plan on the Fourteenth Amendment engages students in primary source analysis to make connections between historical and present-day fights for citizenship and access to education.
Grade 8
This 2-day lesson plan explores the hidden South Asian origins of modern mathematics, tracing the invention of zero and the decimal system from the Indus Valley Civilization to the global stage.
Grades 7-12
In this 4-day lesson, students will delve deep into the caste system in Vedic society to learn about caste oppression of Dalits and how Dalits have theorized and acted against oppression.
Grades 7-8
Students will research and analyze three landmark Supreme Court cases, Ozawa v. United States, United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, and United States v. Wong Kim Ark, and their implications for the 14th Amendment right of birthright citizenship.
Grades 5-7
Students will learn about the history of European colonization and Manifest Destiny, then compare and contrast this to U.S. colonization of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. This lesson plan includes a slide deck, political cartoon analysis, and guided discussion questions.
Grades 6-8
Students will learn about Executive Order 9066 and the Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII. This lesson plan includes a gallery walk activity with a corresponding graphic organizer.
This companion guide to the NYC Department of Education’s Hidden Voices: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in United States History offers alignment to New Jersey State Learning Standards (NJSLS) for Social Studies for K-12. All 38 profiles of AAPI historical
If you are a World History teacher wanting to incorporate AAPI histories into your classroom, this guide is for you. Explore various topics and historical connections as entry points for curricular inclusion of AAPIs. For Grades 6–8
If you are an Ancient History teacher wanting to incorporate AAPI histories into your classroom, this guide is for you. Explore various topics and historical connections as entry points for curricular inclusion of AAPIs. For Grades 6–8
Dating back to the mid-1880s, Hooghly merchants from West Bengal (present-day India) laid the foundation for the first significant settlement of South Asians in the U.S. They lived, worked, and moved in the shadow of two empires, navigating the influences
