SL.7.2

This watercolor illustrates how refugees are a stateless people caught “neither here nor there.” Nguyễn, like many others, waited for the day when she would settle in a new country. Through light and shadow, the subdued color choices, and the imposing clock hovering over the two figures in tight quarters, the painting calls attention to a difficult life in waiting.

Intergenerational Trauma and Healing

RI.8.1, SL.7.1, SL.7.2

Students will be able to analyze the ways in which the Vietnam War has influenced and contributed to intergenerational trauma within the Vietnamese community and how the community engages in healing practices as a response to the trauma by engaging in a Socratic Seminar discussion.

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