HSS 11.11.7

Dan Durke’s Gardena High School ID card from 1984-1985. Dan hadn’t changed his name yet and is identified by his original name: Maysak Doeuk. Dan graduated in 1987.

The Cambodian Refugee Experience

Students will explore the waves of Cambodian immigrants to the United States, understand the causes behind each wave, consider the challenges faced by the 1.5 generation, and examine how intergenerational trauma can affect young Cambodian Americans while relating these experiences to their own lives.

Two relatives of Cambodian Genocide survivors

Generational Trauma and Cambodian Americans

RL.11-12.4, W.11-12.2, HSS 11.11.7

Students will be able to define generational trauma and link past Cambodian American experiences to generational trauma.

Janet Vanniroth with her close friend, Sarah Wu, in the school football field, Artesia, CA 1987. They have been friends since junior high school.

Picturing the Khmer Refugee Family

HSS 11.11.7, W.11-12.9, RL.11-12.1

Students will consider and analyze the aftermath of the Cambodian displacement and immigration experience. Students will analyze photographs as well as poetry on the experiences of Cambodian refugees with focus on initial challenges as well as long term effects.

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