Hawaii’s Legacy of Colonialism
Use this timeline and article excerpt to help students understand Native Hawaiians' protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.
Enrique's Journey
A Honduran boy goes on an unforgettable quest looking for his mother, eleven years after she is forced to leave her starving family to find work in the United States.
Outcasts United
Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach, and a small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.
Migration Isn't Going to Stop: Salvadorans Join New Caravans Excerpt
In this excerpt from an Al Jazeera article, individuals from El Salvador describe the conditions that pushed them to migrate to the United States.
People’s and Government’s Choices to Help Refugees
Excerpts from DW and NPR shed light on how individuals and governments are thinking about their responsibility to help Ukrainian refugees and non-European refugees.
Civic Agency and the Pursuit of Democracy
This elective, designed for New York’s Seal of Civic Readiness, intertwines the history of US Reconstruction, current events, and civic participation.
Empire of Dreams (1880-1942)
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Part two of Latino Americans documents how the American population begins to be reshaped by the influx of Cubans, Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans from 1880 into the 1940s.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
Watch the 3-part series that explores the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
Excerpts from “Board of Education: Chinese Mother Letter”, Daily Alta California, 1885 (en español)
Mary Tape, a Chinese American who fought in court for her children to go to school with white children, wrote this letter to the San Francisco Board of Education in 1885.
Excerpts from “Andrew G. Imutan 1965-1974,” Essays by UFW Volunteers Collection
Andrew Imutan recounts the proceedings of a 1965 Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee meeting that led to the Delano grape workers strike.