[WSCSS] Lessons and resources on Asian American History

[Paul Englesberg]

Dear educators:

 

Did you know - that this year is the 100th anniversary of both the
expulsion of East Indian workers by rioters in Bellingham and Everett,
Washington and the Anti-Oriental riot in Vancouver B.C.?  

- that in Tacoma efforts are underway to build a "Chinese Reconciliation
Park" to remember the expulsion of 700 Chinese residents in 1885 and to
educate the public about tolerance and justice?  

- that on Bainbridge Island a memorial is currently being planned for
the first Japanese persons who were relocated and incarcerated during
World War II?

These are some of the events that are highlighted in new curriculum
materials developed by AACARP on the history of Asian Americans,
focusing especially on the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Northwest. This
fall three new units will be available including:

 

1. Immigration and Prejudice: Japanese on the Pacific Coast

            Lesson One:  Many Sides of Prejudice

Lesson Two:  Japanese Immigrant Experiences of Prejudice

2. "The Chinese Must Go!" - The Anti-Chinese movement in Washington
Territory 

            1885-1886.

3.  East Indian immigrants and the 1907 Riots in Washington State.

 

These units are designed for high school history course but can be
adapted for middle school.  They can be used as modules for small or
whole-group learning modules and have also been developed in accordance
with Washington State's Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) and EALR
requirements.

 

In September the AACARP website  http://wce.wwu.edu/Resources/AACR/ 

will be available providing teachers and students access to these
lessons and the following resources about Asian Americans in Northwest
and U.S. history:

*	Photograph Galleries containing over 150 archival images
*	Document Archives containing nearly 100 historic articles and
documents
*	Multimedia Resource guide including titles available for loan to
teachers. 
*	Curriculum Materials guide
*	Chronology of important events
*	Biographical information on notable Asian Americans with
Northwest connections.

 

The AACARP lessons and resources have been developed with the support of
the Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program, The Norcliffe
Foundation, and Woodring College of Education. Please contact me at
Paul.Englesberg at wwu.edu if you have any questions or if you would prefer
a CD of the lessons. 

 

Paul Englesberg, Director

Asian American Curriculum and Research Project
Western Washington University, MS 9090
Bellingham, WA 98225-9090
Phone (360) 650-2091

 

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