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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Affidavit and Flyers: Chinese Boycott Case

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that includes a history of Chinese labor in America and pertinent historical documents and analysis sheets about the Chinese Boycott Case.
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Primary
Mount Holyoke College

Mt. Hoyoke College: Chinese Exclusion Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides full length, section-by-section text of the Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the 47th U.S. Congress in 1882.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: The Chinese Experience: Chinese Exclusion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is from a larger unit examining the Chinese immigrant experience in America in the 19th century. Students will examine actions that were taken to discriminate against the Chinese and exclude them from American society.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Chinese Experience in 19th Century: Exclusion: Chinese Perspectives

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity uses primary sources to take a look at the Chinese perspective on the issue of the Exclusion Act and the effects of prejudice and discrimination on the Chinese population in the United States in the late 19th...
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

For Students 9th - 10th
A copy of the original Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is available on this site. You can also link to larger images, a typed transcript, and a downloadable .PDF file. There is also a concise and informative history and background on the...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs: Documents on Anti Chinese Immigration Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Archives of the West Series this site shows the texts of the Chinese Exclusion Treaty of 1880 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
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Primary
Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Chinese Exclusion Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source images that highlight Chinese immigrants to California, the perceptions held about them and the sentiment leading to the Chinese Exclusion Act.
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: Chinese Exclusion Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
Definition and description of the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
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Website
Harvard University

Open Collections Program: Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, and what led up to the enactment of that law.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Chinese Exclusion Act

For Students 9th - 10th
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant law to restrict immigration to the United States and banned the immigration of unskilled laborers from China for 10 years from 1882 to 1892, but was then extended by the 1892 Geary Act...