Students will be able to identify and describe the changes in Vietnamese family dynamics along the acculturation process by engaging in a jigsaw activity and creating an identity collage.
Students will learn why people seek refuge, understand what refugee camps are like and where they were for Cambodian refugees after 1975, grasp how resettlement impacts refugees and their places of refuge, and differentiate between asylum seekers and refugees.
After students learn about the Cambodian Genocide and how it was carried out, students will now learn about the strength and perseverance of the Cambodian people’s fight against continued displacement. Students will explore Cambodian displacement in Boeung Kak Lake, its connection to human rights violations, and the agency and resistance of the Cambodian people to fight displacement.
Through learning about attempts at bringing justice to those responsible for the Cambodian Genocide, students will learn about judicial systems and their ability to help prevent further crimes against humanity and hold people accountable for committing crimes against humanity. Students will determine the effectiveness of the ECCC in bringing about justice.
Identify and/or describe the changes in Vietnamese family dynamic as the new immigrant/refugee families adjust to the new life, how the Vietnamese families and community respond to the changes, and develop a general understanding of expected changes among immigrant/refugee groups as they acculturate into the new life. The lesson also addresses the ways in which culture and language is sustained within the family unit as they navigate through acculturation into American society.
