On September 4, 1907, anti-immigrant backlash erupted into riots in the city of Bellingham, Washington. The resultant violence drove more than 100 South Asian immigrants from the city and, ultimately, the United States. The Sikh Coalition has created a lesson plan and teacher talking points to help you explore this historical event with your students.

On September 4, 1907, anti-immigrant backlash erupted into riots in the city of Bellingham, Washington. The resultant violence drove more than 100 South Asian immigrants from the city and, ultimately, the United States. The Sikh Coalition has created a lesson plan and teacher talking points to help you explore this historical event with your students.

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of Sikhism and the challenges and opportunities the Sikh community has faced over time. By investigating the compelling question “How do religious communities respond to challenges and opportunities?” students evaluate how the Sikh community has responded to different social, historical, and political changes as members immigrated and integrated into the United States.

Students will be able to use their independent learning to explore how hate crimes impact communities as well as how communities can respond to hate crimes. More importantly, students will understand how xenophobia, white supremacy and Islamophobia has impacted non-Muslim and South Asian communities since 9/11.

This resource provides simple and fun ways to create Sikh awareness in elementary school classrooms through sharing about holidays. Whether you are a student, parent or teacher, this guide includes something for you!

A one-hour lesson plan for high school students on understanding the Sikh community - specifically the Sikh Gurdwara (house or worship) and the concept of Langar.

There are more than 25 million Sikhs around the world, which makes Sikhi (also known as Sikhism) the fifth-largest major world religion. Yet the Sikh tradition remains largely unknown in the US and is often absent from the K-12 education system. Where it has been present, Sikhi has often been represented inaccurately. These problems have contributed to the serious challenges that many Sikh students and Sikhs at large experience today, including bullying and harassment, negative stereotypes, discriminatory policies, vandalism and violent hate crimes. This guide aims to help facilitate learning about Sikhs and Sikhi in K-12 classrooms, provide educators with information about issues faced by Sikh children in schools, and give basic reference information about the Sikh tradition.

In this lesson, students will explore the history and experiences of Sikhs in the UnitedStates. Through media and historical archives, students will study how the communityhas been impacted by anti-Sikh hate incidents from the early 1900s to the present day.More importantly, however, students will analyze how the Sikh community responded tothese incidents.

3rd Grade Cultural Diversity Inquiry:

1. What do things people wear say about them?
2. What do things Sikhs wear say about them?
3. Why do people wear that?