Lesson Plan 5

by | Jul 21, 2021

Lesson Plan 5: You Decide: Filipino Veterans’ Long Fight for Justice In this lesson, students debate what to do at each of five key turning points in the long fight for veterans’ benefits and recognition. They learn about the different strategies activists employed,...

Lesson Plan 4

by | Jul 21, 2021

Lesson Plan 4: Putting the Rescission Act on Trial In this lesson, students prepare to put the 1946 Rescission Act on trial for unfairly stripping Filipino veterans of the benefits they had earned as members of the U.S. armed forces in World War II. To prepare their...

Lesson Plan 3

by | Jul 20, 2021

Lesson Plan 3: Filling in the Picture: World War II in the Philippines Students trace the course of the war in the Philippines by looking closely at illustrations, primary sources, an online exhibit and eyewitness accounts. Students are asked to “fill in the picture”...

Explainer 6

by | Jul 15, 2021

Explainer 6: Asian Immigration to the United States since 1965 and Asian America Today Two charts showing the source of Asian immigration to the United States since 1965 and the diversity of Asian America today. Printer-friendly PDF Teacher Background Generally...

Explainer 5

by | Jul 15, 2021

Explainer 5: The Rescission Act Analyze the act that stripped Filipino veterans of their rights and benefits. Printer-friendly PDF Teacher Background At the end of World War II, after years of high government spending to support the war effort, Congress was looking...