Teaching Guide Asian American History Timeline
- Grade Level 9th-12th Grade
- Time Period Prior to 1800s, Early 1900s
Introduction
This tool invites us to see both the specificity of group-differentiated oppressions and their relationships to one another within racial capitalism. The importance of studying Asian American history in this way lies in the urgent need to work toward democracy amid rising forms of authoritarianism and nationalism. These dangers are the products of American empire, which has accumulated power and wealth for the few by producing and leveraging divisions among the many. True democracy will depend on our ability to imagine new ways of being that reject racial subjugation and supremacy in favor of “a new society based more on human values,” as the great Grace Lee Boggs put it so well.
Timeline of Asian American history with Civil Rights and Solidarity in Mind https://aast200.sitehost.iu.edu/national-background.html
A Different Asian American Timeline https://aatimeline.com/intro
Essential Questions
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?