HSS 2.2.3

Top - refugees fleeing Laos & Bottom - line of people Hmong Story Cloth

From Laos to the United States

After reading the story “Dia’s Story Cloth,” students will be able to describe how Dia’s life was affected or changed by the Secret War in Laos, locate Southeast Asia on a map, and explain why Hmong people moved to Southeast Asia and came to America.

"Children as young as 8-years-old would participate in story cloth making."

Dia’s Journey: A Story of Survival and Resistance of the Hmong People

HSS 2.2.3, RL.2.1, RL.2.3, W.2.4

Students will trace a Hmong individual’s recollection of her family's migration story to the United States from Laos and intersecting identities as a daughter, refugee, American, storyteller, and cultural historian. The complicated history of war and displacement is able to be seen and discussed with students using the powerful cultural artifacts of the Hmong story cloths.

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