| A Century of Challenge and Change: The Filipino American Story Curriculum |
| Curriculum guide exploring topics in Philippine history including colonization, immigration to the United States, and influence on modern America. Includes lesson plans, downloadable guide, resources, and link to interactive website for students. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program |
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| Grade(s): 4–8 |
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| A More Perfect Union Collection Search |
| Search engine with more than 800 artifacts from the online exhibit A More Perfect Union, including: archival photography, publications, original manuscripts, works of art, and handmade objects on the Japanese American experience during World War II. A More Perfect Union focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans in internment camps. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| A More Perfect Union: Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution – Overview |
| Printable version of A More Perfect Union, an online exhibition focused on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during World War II. Provides a brief introduction as well as links to all of the separate sections of the exhibition. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Asian Pacific American Program Collections |
| Webpage featuring the Smithsonian’s newest acquisitions such as posters, quilts, and costumes related to the story of Asian Pacific Americans. Viewers are invited to donate objects and submit comments. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Becoming Aware of the Japanese American Internment Camp Experience |
| Lesson to help students become aware of, and sensitive to, the Japanese American internment camp experience. By creating a list of things that are important and familiar to them and then choosing what they would take and leave behind, students will develop a sense of empathy by simulating situations that Japanese American children faced. This lesson is included in the online exhibition entitled A More Perfect Union, which focuses on the experiences of Japanese Americans who were placed in internment camps during World War II. Targets grades 2-6. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| BookDragon |
| Blog featuring reviews of books that reflect the Asian Pacific American experience. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Filipino-American Book Resources |
| List of books about different topics regarding Filipino Americans selected by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program. |
| Provider: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program |
| State Standards: View state standards for this resource |
| Grade(s): All grades |
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| Japanese American Exclusion Orders During World War II |
| Lesson designed to help students identify with the experiences of Japanese American internment camp residents during World War II. Students will be divided into four-member "family" groups that are to be relocated to an internment camp. They will then read two sections of the online exhibition, A More Perfect Union, and based on what they have read, make decisions about what they will take with them. After discussing their decisions, students will visit the "Reflections" section of A More Perfect Union and write a response to at least one of the topics. Targets grades 7-12. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Topic 2 - Removal |
| Section of the A More Perfect Union online exhibit focused on how the attack on Pearl Harbor led to Executive Order 9066, which was the first step in a program that uprooted Japanese Americans from their West Coast communities and placed them under armed guard for up to four years. This section uses artifacts from the Museum's collections, primary source documents, photographs and oral histories to discuss the early stages of this traumatic period, from the initial reactions and policies brought about by the attack on Pearl Harbor to the temporary assembly centers that were the first stop for Japanese American internees. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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| Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution: Topic 3 - Internment |
| Section of the A More Perfect Union online exhibit focused on everyday life in Japanese American internment camps during World War II. Living in geographically isolated camps under harsh conditions and laboring for unfair wages, internees recreated a community structure that enabled them to live as normal a life as possible as well as thrive culturally. Artifacts from the Museum's collections, fine art, primary source documents, photographs and oral histories provide a sense of the daily life of internees as well as an appreciation for the unique art and culture that emerged from the rigors of life in the camps. |
| Provider: National Museum of American History |
| Grade(s): General audience |
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