RI.5.7

Hmong New Year Celebration in Merced, CA in 2008.

HMoob New Year Celebration

HSS 4.4, RI.5.7, W.4.6, WL.CN2.N: Diverse Perspectives and Distinctive Viewpoints

Students will gather that HMoob New Year is interconnected to spirituality and the significance of community and family and fosters an appreciation for the richness and uniqueness of culture and traditions sustained throughout the many displacements and oppressions HMoob people experienced. By learning about the purpose and aspects of the HMoob New Year Celebration (as a public event in the United States), students will compare and contrast their own new year celebrations.

This is early in the years before the story cloths became more streamlined and look alike. In the early years the story cloths reflected more first hand accounts and looked more custom and unique before they began to have the cookie cutter look.

The Story Behind Paj Ntaub (Story Cloth)

HSS 4.4, RI.5.7, W.4.2, SL.5.4

Students will learn about the history of the story cloth and its importance in communicating Hmong history, refugee and migration experience, and preservation of culture. Students will analyze a paj ntaub, and interpret the message, story or feeling that the artist is trying to convey.

Cambodian man and woman at the Cambodian New Year Parade in Long Beach

Glimpse of Cambodian Culture through a Photo (Snapshot)

RI.5.7, W.5.3

No specific prior learned background information is needed, but rather former knowledge of one's own and other cultures, based on previously viewed photos. Culture can be defined as shared behaviors, values, customs and beliefs in a society. Culture will shape how a group interacts with the world around them. However, the teacher should have a clear understanding of the Cambodian cultures presented through the previewed photographs to clarify and help guide students through analysis of the photographs. They can reference this resource if they need additional information https://www.britannica.com/place/Cambodia/Cultural-life.

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