Students will compare and contrast the identities of Vietnamese women from the past to present by analyzing sources and creating visual representations. In doing so, they will find how some gender roles have evolved, while other factors have remained consistent.
Students will analyze the role of religion in shaping Vietnamese American communities, specifically focusing on its impact on community activism, cultural preservation, and intergenerational relationships, by interacting with various text and video sources and creating a poster.
Students will be able to define anti-communism and diaspora nationalism and describe its influence on the Vietnamese American community as a political ideology as well as a cultural phenomenon, by creating a poster presentation.
Students will explore how different waves of immigration experiences (including factors of language and education) may impact the dynamic of Vietnamese families by analyzing various sources and creating a fictional dialogue.
Students will be able to describe the evolution of Vietnamese music by examining two of the biggest music entertainment companies (Paris By Night and Asia Entertainment) and engaging in an oral discussion activity.
Students will be able to identify patterns of community building and settlement of Vietnamese refugees in America by participating in a jigsaw activity and completing an exit ticket.
Students will be able to analyze and interpret the historical and personal significance of the Vietnamese refugee experience by examining song lyrics and biographies of composers related to the refugee experience, as well as engaging in a several-week project that involves research, discussion, script-writing, video production, technology application, and a final presentation.
Students will be able to describe and reflect on the conditions of Vietnamese civilians who remained in Vietnam after the communist government took over by creating a medium of choice.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the Vietnamese American experience and conduct a full oral-history interview with a member of the Vietnamese American community and synthesize their findings into a presentation.
Students will be able to connect anti-Vietnamese attitudes surrounding the passage of the Refugee Act of 1980 and the Orderly Departure Program with anti-immigrant and anti-refugee attitudes that continue to persist in American society today by creating a poster.
