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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Download Identity Unit Plans for Grades 2-3
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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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