W.9-10.4

1924 Indian Citizenship Act

HSS 11.5, HSS 11.5.1, HSS 12.2, HSS 12.2.6, W.9-10.2, W.9-10.4, RI.9-10.4, 7.VA:CR2.3, 7.VA:RE7.2

This unit introduces the historical, cultural, and political impacts of the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act by examining how U.S. citizenship was extended to Native peoples and the ongoing struggle for sovereignty and civil rights that has followed. Through interactive activities, visual slides, primary source analysis, and student-led research, learners will build an understanding of Native identity, government policy, and resistance through an Indigenous perspective. The unit is structured into four flexible parts that can be taught across multiple days or as a condensed unit, depending on time and class pacing.

Intergenerational Trauma and Healing

RI.8.1, SL.7.1, RI.9-10.1, W.9-10.4, SL.9-10.1, W.6.8

Students will be able to analyze and articulate how Hmong American history has influenced and contributed to intergenerational trauma within the Hmong community, and they will critically examine the long-term impacts on successive generations. Students will also be able to identify how the Hmong community has engaged in healing practices as a response to coping with the trauma and make connections with present-day society and their own lives in a Socratic Seminar discussion.

Hmong people climbing on to a truck in Ban Xon. Site: LS-272, Coordinates: TF 5994

War and Home - Part II

HSS 10.9.2, RI.9-10.7, W.9-10.4

This lesson is the continuation to Part I lesson that focuses on war and home. Part II focuses on how wars affect people’s relationships with homelands. Students will use the US’s Secret War in Laos as a case study to show how war disrupted Hmong people’s lives and homes and explore how displaced individuals and groups create home and belonging in the United States.

A displaced Hmong family in Luang Prabang. Site: L-54, Coordinates: TH 0302

War and Home - Part I

HSS 10.9.2, RI.9-10.2, W.9-10.4

War displaces people from their homes and transforms communities all over the world. This lesson is the introduction of two lessons that focus on war and home. Students will learn about the historical context of Hmong involvement and experience during the US’s Secret War in Laos to explore how war affects people’s concept of home.

UN Genocide Convention: UN Task Force Simulation

HSS 10.9.8, RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.4

By analyzing the language of the United Nations Genocide Convention and the international definition of genocide, students will assess the significance and impacts of the genocide label, and evaluate how well the UN's definition captures the complexities of the Cambodian Genocide.

High Level Segment of the 49rd regular session of the Human Rights Council

The Aftermath of the Cambodian Genocide from a Human Rights Perspective

HSS 10.9, RI.9-10.7, W.9-10.4

Students will analyze sources to understand the political, social, and economical consequences of the Genocide and how they constitute a human right violation from the UNHRC perspective.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979.

Change and Continuity Over Time: The Cambodian Genocide

HSS 10.10.1, RI.9-10.7, W.9-10.4

Students will be able to identify how the Khmer Rouge regime shaped the social, cultural and economic lives of Cambodians by creating a timeline using the oral history survivor stories from Cambodians who shared their experiences enduring state-sanctioned violence from 1975 to 1979.

Cambodian children at the Ban Mai Rut refugee camp near Klong Yai, Thailand. There are about 5,200 refugees in this camp which has a permanent wooden structure and several new ones made of Bamboo poles thatched roofs and walls.

Cambodian-Vietnamese War

HSS 10.9.2, RI.9-10.7, W.9-10.4

Students will have a deeper understanding of the historical events of the Cambodian–Vietnamese War and determine the impact of the war on the citizens of Cambodia.

Safeguarding Cambodia's Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritages

RI.9-10.4, W.9-10.4

Students will understand the importance of preserving global heritage sites to preserve cultural identity in Cambodia.

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