If you are an educator teaching about Asian American history, these featured resources are designed for you. The websites linked below offer informative primary sources, organized curriculums, and other classroom materials aimed at bringing Korean history, art, and culture into the classroom. In addition to the resources featured here, our Resources for Teachers page includes more generalized resources on East Asia as well as resource pages designated to specific countries (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan). You can also find many other online materials listed on the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia website. Be sure to also visit NCTA's Partner Sites who provide excellent content on East Asia for K-12 educators.
Lesson Plans / Cirriculum | The Asian American Education Project
The Asian American Education Project offers a collection of K-12 curriculum and lesson plans focused on the rich history of Asian Americans in the United States. By exploring the struggles and triumphs of Asian Americans from the first settlements to the present day, these resources highlight their contributions to major historical achievements, aiming to amplify their importance in American history and inspire a deeper understanding among students.
Arkansas State Standards: H.2.6.16, PR.3.G.3, H.6.WH.13
Asian Immigration | Immigration History
The "Asian Immigration" lesson plan from Immigration History, designed for students in grades 6-12, provides an in-depth look at how severe immigration restrictions from 1790 to 1952 have shaped U.S. society's attitudes toward Asian immigrants. This lesson explores both the harmful stereotypes that dehumanized Asian Americans and the modern ideal of the highly educated and wealthy "model minority.
Arkansas State Standards: H.4.8.11, H.5.USH.23, H.5.USH.28
The Japanese American Internment | Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
These lesson plans from the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies provide an insight into the experiences of youth within World War II Japanese American internment camps through primary and secondary sources. Lessons are available for students in grades K-12.
Arkansas State Standards: H.5.USH.8, H.5.USH.11, H.5.ARH.7
Lau v. Nichols (1974) | iCivics
This lesson plan from iCivics offers an engaging mini-lesson on the Supreme Court decision that mandated public schools provide language supports to English and multilingual learners. Initiated because students of Chinese ancestry who did not speak English were receiving inadequate instruction, this case underscores the importance of educational equity. Designed for students in grades 6-12, the lesson also connects Lau’s arguments to Brown v. Board of Education (1954) case and explores how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects students from discrimination.
Arkansas State Standards: H.5.USH.14, H.5.USH.23,