Students will analyze and reflect on the different types of traumas and challenges that Vietnamese civilians and soldiers experienced during the war and ways they rebuilt and coped with trauma by connecting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms to subjects and completing an exit ticket.
Students will be able to analyze and interpret the historical and personal significance of the Vietnamese refugee experience by examining song lyrics and biographies of composers related to the refugee experience, as well as engaging in a several-week project that involves research, discussion, script-writing, video production, technology application, and a final presentation.
Students will be able to describe and reflect on the conditions of Vietnamese civilians who remained in Vietnam after the communist government took over by creating a medium of choice.
Students will be able to apply their knowledge of the Vietnamese American experience and conduct a full oral-history interview with a member of the Vietnamese American community and synthesize their findings into a presentation.
Students will be able to analyze and reflect on the psychological experiences of Vietnamese refugees during their resettlement process by interacting with various excerpts from "House of Sticks: A Memoir.” (Simon and Schuster) and creating a medium of choice.
Students will be able to evaluate the impacts of departure and resettlement experiences on Vietnamese Amerasians post-war by analyzing various sources and constructing proposed amendments.
Students will be able to identify and describe post-war communist policies regarding re-education, its connection to why Vietnamese refugees fled Vietnam, and explain how these policies affect the personal experiences of Vietnamese Americans by interacting with sources and creating a slide presentation.
Students will be able to describe the challenges and hardships experienced by the Vietnamese people from life at the “re-education” camps by participating in a World Cafe discussion and completing a fictional journal entry.
Students will be able to describe the challenges and hardships experienced by the Vietnamese people trying to escape by boat by interacting with a variety of sources in a jigsaw activity and completing a reflection.
Students will compare and contrast the various refugee camps in Asia (Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Macau, Singapore, and Japan) by gathering notes from a variety of sources and sharing their understanding in a medium of choice.
