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Refugees and Resettlement:
A Comparison of Southeast Asian and Central American Refugees
In this lesson students will further their understanding of historiography by writing a detailed expository paper on refugees and resettlement post Vietnam War. The focus of this historiography will be on the people of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Students will utilize the sources provided but should also be encouraged to research their own sources as well. This lesson will challenge students to critically think, research, and write a historiographic expository essay about refugees and resettlement. This essay should convey their knowledge of the subject and should clearly communicate that understanding through their research and written composition.
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LESSON AND INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL
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LESSON PLAN - Refugees and Resettlement: A Comparison of Southeast Asian and Central American Refugees
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Expository Essay Rubric
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Expository Outline Overview
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Historical Questions.
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Research Aid
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Southeast Asian Background
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What is Historiography
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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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The Displaced Persons Act of 1948, Truman Library Institute
Refugee Relief Act, 1953, Immigration History
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, Legal Information Institute
Refugee Crisis (Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, 1975, History, Art & Archives, US House of Representatives
Refugee Act of 1980, National Archives Foundation
Amerasian Immigration & Homecoming Acts of 1982 & 1987, Warbabies.org
In Their Own Words: Celebrating, but not feeling celebrated, during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by Sarah Schafer, May 2021
Untold Narratives: Refugee Experiences from Laos to Richmond, California
California's nearly forgotten history of resettling Vietnamese refugees in 1975, by Saul Gonzalez, KCRW, April 2015
How Southeast Asian American refugees helped shape America's resettlement system, by Agnes Constante, NBC News, April 2020
Immigration, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, 2021
Laotion Americans, by Carl Bankston, III, Counties and the Cultures Forum
The Split Horn: The Journey, ITVS
It's an immigration crisis few know of. And Fresno County might be at the center of it, by Yesenia Amaro, The Fresno Bee, September 2018
How SoCal Refugees Led The Movement to Teach More Kids About Laotian History, by Josie Huang, LAist, September 2019
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