IHI is proud to offer lesson plans that highlight gender and intersectionality through Asian American history. Each lesson plan comes with customizable Google Slides and is aligned with Common Core standards, as well as New Jersey's Social Studies & ELA curriculum standards. These lesson plans are free for download below.

IMMIGRANT WOMEN DO IT ALL: INFLUENCE OF PICTURE BRIDES

Students will be able to...

1. Understand how historical events (including government, media and society influences) impacted how Asian American families were formed and survived
2. Understand how Asian American immigrant women transformed the economic responsibilities and roles mothers, grandmothers and aunties play in society
3. Reflect on their own identity and how traditional definitions of gender roles have influenced them

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SURVIVAL & RESISTANCE: CREATIVITY OF ASIAN AMERICAN MEN

Students will be able to...

1. Understand how historical events (including government, media and society influences) impacted how Asian American masculinity has been defined in the U.S. 
2. Understand how Asian American men used art to reflect on and remember their struggles and redefine Asian American masculinity
3. Reflect on their own identity and how traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity have influenced them

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BETWEEN THE LINES: STEREOTYPES OF ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN IN POLICY

Students will be able to...

1. Explore various stereotypes of Asian women and their continued impact.
2. Apply primary source analysis skills in examining American immigration policy from 1875 to 1987.
3. Understand how immigration policy and media representation work in tandem to create and perpetuate stereotypes of Asian women.

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