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Thematic Units
The thematic units were created by
Stanford University’s Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
with the lesson plans developed by The Asian American Education Project.
Citizenship
What does it mean to be a U.S. citizen?
What barriers to U.S. citizenship have existed for Asian Americans?
Who are the DREAMers and what barriers to citizenship exist for them?
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Civil Rights
What are civil rights?
Throughout U.S. history, what are some civil rights’ challenges Asian Americans have faced?
What are ways in which Asian Americans have fought for their civil rights?
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Identity
What is an American?
How have Asian Americans been stereotyped?
How have Asian Americans forged their own identities?
6.4.1-Identity-Unit-Plan-K-1-Who-Am-I:
What does it mean to identify as an individual and as a member of a family?
6.4.1.1- Identity-Unit-Plan-Grades-2-3-Who-Is-My-Community:
What does it mean to identify as a member of a social and/or cultural community?
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Immigration
Why do people wish to immigrate to the United States?
What challenges have immigrants faced in the past? What challenges do they continue to face today?
What are some past and present immigration policies? What was the motivation behind the creation of these policies? What was their impact?
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Racism
Over the course of U.S. history, in what ways have Asian Americans been targets of hate crimes and discrimination?
How do discrimination and microaggressions affect minority groups in society?
What can be done to prevent further discrimination and hate crimes in our society?
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