How America Segregated Asian Americans: Racial Housing Covenants
How America Segregated Asian Americans: Racial Housing Covenants
In this lesson, students will learn about racial housing covenants, a tool used by the FHA and landlords all over the country to residentially segregate Asian Americans and other marginalized groups for the better part of the 20th century. By examining primary and secondary resources, including Supreme Court cases and racial covenants themselves, students will explore the role of de jure policies in perpetuating socio-economic disparities among Asian Americans.
Lesson Objectives: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
Students will be able to explore the role of racial housing covenants in segregating Asian Americans communities, as well as research and determine their modern day social and economic consequences.
Students will practice analyzing primary and secondary sources, including determining the central ideas, summarizing, and using specific textual or technical evidence to make a conclusion.
Students will evaluate multiple perspectives throughout a range of sources and will be able to formulate their own arguments relying on textual evidence.
This lesson plan kit includes:
Essential Questions:
What was the government's role in perpetuating residential segregation of Asian Americans?
How have these policies have long term/ modern day effects on the Asian American community?
How is de jure segregation in the form of covenants/laws/judicial rulings different from individual prejudice/ racism?
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The standards covered in this lesson: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.3 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.4 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.9
Lesson plan created by Valentina Moreno in partnership with OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates
