HSS 2.5

Image of the unveiling of the statue of General Vang Pao statue at Chico City Hall. Photo taken by Ger Thao on September 12, 2015.

Biography of General Vang Pao

In this lesson, students will take what they have learned about biographies and about the life of General Vang Pao to write a biography of their own on a historical figure/influential person of their choice.

Image of Head nurse Choua Thao and Song Chow from Hmong Nurses in War - Photo Book edited by Roger Warner 2010, Air America Association, Inc.

Hmong Women Public Figures - Choua Thao

HSS 2.5, RI.2.6, W.2.8, SL.2.5

Students will learn and discover characteristic traits that a hero can have. Students will examine Choua Thao, a Hmong nurse during the Vietnam War, as an example of a Hmong hero to explore other possible traits of a woman hero.

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