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.
By working with firsthand accounts, students will develop empathy and will develop critical thinking skills to gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of the Cambodian Genocide.
Students will read and/or listen to testimonies from survivors of the Cambodian Genocide to better understand the human aspect of the events, including but not limited to the atrocities they faced and survived.
Students will be able to identify the causes of the Cambodian Genocide, as well as the immediate and long-term consequences that altered the cultural, social and economic lives of Khmer people through analyzing both secondary and primary sources.
Students will be able to explain the impact of French Colonialism on Cambodia through synthesizing information and analyzing motivations of both the French and the Cambodian governments.
Students will discover how mythology and language contributed to the development of the names Khmer and Cambodia by engaging in a character evaluation.
