Native American Studies, Cambodian American Studies, Hmong History and Cultural Studies, and Vietnamese American Experiences Model Curricula for K-12 Schools
Students will be able to describe the narratives and perspectives constructed from monuments in the Vietnamese community and create a collection of monuments that build up their personal identities.
Students will be able to explain the impacts of intergenerational communication by observing oral history testimonies and engaging in a silent discussion.
Students will summarize the education conditions for first, 1.5, and second generation Vietnamese Americans and then determine recommendations to create conditions for a more inclusive school setting today.
Students will be able to analyze how anti-war resistance in Vietnamese America redefines the politics of Vietnamese America by evaluating stories of 1970s and 1980s anti-war resistance and primary source documents to complete a reflection.
Students will trace the relationships and make connections between refugee trauma, criminalization, community organizing, and collective healing by critically evaluating narratives of assimilation or the model minority and engaging with primary source materials to create an infographic.
Students will be able to explain how Vietnamese refugees experienced intersecting systems of oppression upon their arrival to the US by interacting with primary sources to create a fictional newspaper article.
Students will be able to identify and describe the effects of the Vietnam War on the mental health of first generation Vietnamese Americans by engaging in a gallery walk activity to analyze various excerpts of “House of Sticks: A Memoir.”
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 trace the genealogy of the stereotypes to gang influence and other socio-cultural environmental factors that Vietnamese American youth in the postwar generation faced (in the late 1990s through early 2000s) by analyzing various multimedia sources and drawing connections with their own identity and experiences in a personal free verse reflection.
Students will explore various LGBTQ+ Vietnamese American experiences, intersectionalities of their identities, and legislation against LGBTQ+ communities in the US by analyzing oral history interviews and creating a video reflection.
Students will identify key factors that fostered Vietnamese refugees’ participation in the nail industry by analyzing segments of media clips and creating a zine.
Students will analyze and reflect on the complex history, culture, successes and challenges that surround Vietnamese small businesses in Little Saigon through analyzing oral histories and Vietnamese discourse and creating a medium of choice.
Students will be able to analyze and reflect on the complex history, culture, successes, and challenges that surround Vietnamese small businesses in Little Saigon by analyzing oral histories and Vietnamese discourse and creating a medium of choice.
Students will be able to describe the role of Vietnamese language newspapers, particularly Người Việt Daily News, in the formation of Little Saigon and the Vietnamese American identity by creating a fictional letter.
Students will analyze different Vietnamese youth organizations centered around cultural preservation and create a fictional Vietnamese American event to illustrate their takeaways.
Students will be able to describe the narratives and perspectives constructed from monuments in the Vietnamese community and create a collection of monuments that build up their personal identities.
Students will be able to explain the major differences between the two Vietnam flags by completing a thinking map and reflect on their own identity by creating their own flag.
Students will be able to define and reflect on what identity means to them by drawing from various Vietnamese refugee experiences and creating their own poem. (The lesson objective can be broadened to students from other cultures as well).
Students will be able to generate civic engagement within Vietnamese American communities by identifying a specific issue, planning a project to address it, and presenting their proposals to the class.
Students will be able to analyze differences between the major religions in Vietnam, including Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Caodaism, Hòa Hảo Buddhism, and Chăm Islam, by conducting research and creating a poster.
