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Spector, Ronald – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2009
This essay is based on the author's talk at the FPRI Wachman Center's History Institute for Teachers on "What Students Need to Know about America's Wars, Part 2: 1920-Present," held May 2-3, 2009. Observing that the Vietnam War was the longest and most contested conflict in American history and that it called into question many…
Descriptors: United States History, Asian History, War, International Relations
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Arkenberg, Rebecca – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2007
In this article, the author provides a brief history of Hmong and traces the origin of Hmong story cloths. The Hmong, a nomadic and agrarian people, may date back 5000 years. Today they live in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos, where during the Vietnam War and its aftermath, many Hmong were killed or persecuted for siding with the American…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, War, Hmong People, Asian History
Maher, Jan; Selwyn, Doug – 1991
This workbook for use with third, fourth, or fifth grade elementary school students focuses on the people and cultures of four mainland countries of Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. The book offers an introduction for teachers and 14 lessons. Lesson 1 helps students recall what they may already know about Southeast Asia and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Asian History, Cambodians, Cultural Background