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Asian American DOWNLOAD ALL: DOC | PDF | ODT
COMING TO AMERICA DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A story about how immigrants go through coyotes and snakeheads - people who smuggle you in from Mexico and China - to get to the US.
CHINESE WORKERS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Chinese workers on the transcontinental railroad went on strike to protest dangerous work at low pay. Lots of photos, including the famous one of placing the last spike. Notice what's missing?
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
The first immigration law to specifically exclude one ethnic group. From Sara Shourd.
PAPER SONS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Paper Sons were a way for Chinese immigrants to come to the US after the 1906 SF Earthquake. A good lesson on American-style hustling.
OXNARD STRIKE DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
The Oxnard Strike of 1903 was started by the first interracial farm workers' union in the US, composed of Mexican and Japanese farmworkers.
INTERNMENT CAMPS DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
The US government sent over 100,000 Japanese-Americans to internment camps in 1942. With a teacher's guide and half page on the back about draft resisters in the camps.
HAWAII DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
A short history of Hawaii; how did this island nation deep in the Pacific become a US territory (not state)? With maps.
LIFE HERE IS DIFFERENT DOWNLOAD: DOC | PDF | ODT
Life here is different for one Laotian Hmong refugee; compare her life in the US and in rural Laos. From The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.
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