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- Developing ESL Skills Through Reading
Vietnamese Literature - New- Added Dec. 2003
Grade level 9-12
The lessons presented in this project are designed to provide
intermediate and advanced English as a Second Language students
with the framework for developing listening, reading and language
skills by studying, analyzing and responding to multicultural
literature. These lessons are also suitable for students in middle
schools who need to develop the same skills in their English language
ads classes.
- Thoughts of Hanoi-Added
May 2002.
Grade level 9-12
This captivating lesson poses the question: How do our childhood
memories often contrast with our present situation? This is done
by exploring the poem, "Thoughts of Hanoi" by Nguyen
Thi Vinh. In the poem students can sense the bittersweet knowledge
that those whom Nguyen considered childhood friends are now her
enemies.
- Rain Music - Added
May 2002.
Grade level 9-12
This is a lesson based on the story "Rain Music," describing
the complexity of emotions that constitute love. It also emphasized
the role that one's cultural background plays when choices are
made concerning love. Students are asked to consider the question:
How does out cultural background affect our decisions about love?
- I Want to Live Without Trouble
- Added May 2002.
Grade Level 9-12
This excellent lesson is based on a North Chinese/Vietnamese Elder
as told to James M. Freeman. In the lesson students analyze a
refugee's process of successfully adjusting to life in a new country.
- Truce in Heaven, Peace on
Earth - Added May 2002.
Grade Level 9-12
This creative lesson considers the situation of Vietnamese "boat
people" and the idea of having to flee one's country at a
moment's notice. By reading and excerpt from Blue Dragon, White
Tiger: A Tet Story, students are asked to address the question:
How must it feel to be a person without a country?
- Vietnam:
Voices and Perspectives on the War with Vietnam
Grade Level 9-12
This is a wonderful two-lesson unit, in which students will prepare
for the Regents exam, learn about literature circles, as well
as learn about the American war with Vietnam. In the first lesson,
students will be introduced to the literature of and about Vietnam
through two literary excerpts and then practice for Task Three
of English Regents. In the second lesson students will be assigned
a specific piece of literature from or about Vietnam, discuss
the purpose of point of view, voice, and perspective in literature,
as well as practice with Literature Circles.
- French Imperialism in
Southeast Asia - Document Based Question (DBQ)
Grade Level 9-12
This is a wonderful lesson that focuses upon the concepts of imperialism
and colonialism by using the example of the French presence in
Southeast Asia. The lesson involves students in role-play and
places them on different sides of a political debate. They learn
to take notes during a simulated meeting and write a follow-up
essay, advising political leaders on certain decisions.
- Vietnamese Geography
Grade
level 9-12
This is an excellent lesson that will allow students to imagine
geographic features of different regions in Vietnam by analyzing
literary texts. They will evaluate the degree to which literature
can be used to understand the importance of geography, and will
be able to explain the different ways people can use their geographical
surroundings. Photographs enrich the lesson, and provide a thematic
link the following lesson "Southeast Asia Factors of Production."
- Southeast Asia
Factors of Production
Grade
level 9-12
This lesson aims to teach how has Southeast Asia utilized and
adapted its factors of production. Students learn to differentiate
between natural, capital, and human resources, identify resources
in Southeast Asia, as well as evaluate the importance of different
types of resources. Excellent photographs demonstrate various
means and levels of production in Southeast Asia.
- Ho Chi Minh - Document Based
Question (DBQ)
Grade
level 9-12
This is an excellent lesson on Vietnamese history, focusing on
the influence of nationalism and communism on the policies of
Ho Chi Minh. The lesson is designed to test the student's ability
to work with historical documents. Students are expected to know
some history of Vietnam, communism and nationalism in order to
answer the DBQs. Nine edited excerpts from documents are provided,
followed by analytical questions, and essay themes
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The Impact of the Russo-Japanese
War in Asia - Document Based Question (DBQ)
Grade
level 9-12
This is another DBQ based Global History lesson, aiming to discuss
the impact of the Russo-Japanese War on nationalism throughout
Asia. The lesson is designed to test the student's ability to
work with historical documents. Students are expected to have
background knowledge of history and geography of East Asia,
Southeast Asia, and Russia. Eight edited excerpts from documents
are provided, followed by analytical questions, and an essay
theme.
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How was Pol Pot like Adolf Hitler?
Grade
level 9-12
In this Global History lesson students will learn about the
Khmer Rouge and the "Killing Fields" in Cambodia.
By analyzing the time and actions of Pol Pot to those of Adolf
Hitler, students will compare such action of aggression as war
and genocide. The lesson is supplemented by a handout, a reading,
and homework questions that are based on a historical novel.
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Vietnam War Film in
the Classroom
Grade
level 9-12
This collection of lessons based on the Vietnam war films can
be used as a unit or as separate lessons. The lessons consist
of a general framework for using film in the classroom, lesson
suggestions, as well as movie-specific follow up analytical
questions, that students will answer after viewing the suggested
9 movies.
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