UNTOLD CIVIL RIGHTS STORIES – Lesson Plans
Lesson plans on Asian American civil rights issues for grades K-12
Cultural/Social
Is China Succeeding at Eradicating Poverty
Rapid economic growth in China helped lifting 748.5 million people out of extreme poverty, dropping the country’s poverty rate from 66.3 percent to just 0.3 percent.
China Says It Has Ended Poverty. Is That True?
Shifting poor people into cities can also be a way of reducing rural poverty, but it can come at the cost of increased urban poverty
Migrant workers and their children
One of the greatest human migrations of all times – hundreds of millions of young men and women from the countryside poured into the factories and construction sites of China’s coastal boom towns.
China fulfills a dream to end poverty, but not all poor people are feeling better off
The CCP has spent $20.6 billion in 2020 alone on poverty alleviation, topping an increase of $3 billion in anti-poverty spending each year.
Migrant Workers Behind China’s Economic Miracle Are Miserable
China’s cities are becoming more and more hostile to the people on whose backs they were built, and the migrants are not feeling the gains of the government’s promise.
Income Inequality In the U.S. Is Rising Most Rapidly Among Asians
From 1970 to 2016, the gap in the standard of living between Asians near the top and the bottom of the income ladder nearly doubled.
Teacher’s Toolkit | Call It What It Is – Racism Against Asian Americans
Lesson Summary: Students will learn about the much unknown history of racism against Asian Americans, what Asian Americans have had to endure and how the current perceptions of Asian Americans have manifested. Through reflection, critical thinking and much needed discussion, … Continued
LAAUNCH STAAUS Index Report 2021
Nearly 80% of Asian Americans say that they do not feel respected and are discriminated against in the U.S.
Webinar on Legal Resources & Policy Advocacy: How to Combat Racial Profiling Under the “China Initiative”
“We need to make sure that our community is educated so that they know what their rights are” – John C. Yang