Anti-Asian/Asian American Racism: A Resource Guide: Teaching Resources/Lesson Plans

The 3 parts toolkit is a project hosted by Asian American Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment, which is a California statewide formation whose purpose is to advance state politics, campaigns and other issues that support low-income AAPIs by building statewide AAPI civic engagement infrastructure and serving as a resource for emerging AAPI organizations. The founding organizations are APEN, CPA, KRC, and FAJ.
Part I: Racial Justice Trainings pp. 1-204
Part II: Our Organizations in Racial Justice Movement Moments pp. 215--280
Part III: Resources pp. 285 - 320

Learn about coded language from the National Education Association's EdJustice.

"Learning Objective
Students use the resources and activities in this lesson to expand their understanding of how the Coronavirus pandemic is increasing racism against people who are of Chinese or Asian descent, and what you can do about it." -- from Anti-Defamation League (ADL.org)

"This set of lesson plans helps students to build empathy and understanding for the experiences of immigrants, appreciate the integral role that immigrants have always played in U.S. life, heighten their awareness about the negative effects of anti-immigrant bias and challenge discrimination on personal and institutional levels." -- from Anti-Defamation League (ADL.org)

Teaching materials from the Zinn Education Project.

"In this lesson students explore the complexities of race, violence, and vigilante justice in early American Los Angeles. In 1871, the population of Los Angeles was 6,000 people. This diverse population participated in the lynching of nearly 20 Chinese in Los Angeles. Why did the Chinese Massacre of 1871 happen? And what does that tell us about early American Los Angeles? That is the question students must answer through watching a segment of of Lost L.A., then reading and analyzing documents to develop their own answer. This lesson works best when students have background knowledge about 2 key historical trends: lynching and anti-Chinese sentiment in the West."

From Zinn Education Project,