RL.9-10.6

Performers help each other get dressed for their performances at Cambodian New Year in Long Beach. The woman is being helped with her kbun. An 8’ length of silk is wrapped around her waist toward the front. The length of cloth will be twisted and pulled to her back between her legs. It is held in place with a belt.

Cambodian American Memory Work

By engaging with various cultural products such as literature, artwork, performance, fashion, and media. Students will use cultural products to create memories and to heal the injustices of the past.

"This sculpture is in the central courtyard at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is part of a memorial entitled ""For Those Who Are No Longer Here"" by French-Cambodian artist Séra Ing The sculpture is one of the reparations projects outlined in the 2014 judgment handed down by the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Case 002/01 against former Brother Number Two Nuon Chea and former head of state Khieu Samphan. The work, a mottled bronze figure frozen mid-air as it tumbles backwards with its hands pressed into a sampeah, ev

The Lasting Impact of the Genocide

HSS 10.10, RL.9-10.6, W.9-10.3

Students will gain an understanding of the impact of the Cambodian Genocide on its survivors and will examine possible approaches toward justice and peace.

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