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All chapters of Foundations and Futures include lesson plans and curricular tools that are designed for high school students and grounded in ethnic studies pedagogy. Feel free to search our repository of primary sources and material that helps bring Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and experiences into the classroom.
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Pocket diary of a Vietnamese Refugee (Pages 5-6)
These dairy pages are excerpts from Pocket Diary of a Vietnamese Boat Person Refugee, housed at the University of California, Irvine Libraries Southeast Asian Archive. The diary details an anonymous refugee’s boat journey beginning at 8:00 p.m. on June 17, 1979, from Cà Mau. This rare primary source object captures the experiences and feelings of an individual, but also sheds light on some of the first asylum countries’ roles in the refugee exodus.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Pocket Diary of a Vietnamese Refugee (Pages 7-8)
These dairy pages are excerpts from Pocket Diary of a Vietnamese Boat Person Refugee, housed at the University of California, Irvine Libraries Southeast Asian Archive. The diary details an anonymous refugee’s boat journey beginning at 8:00 p.m. on June 17, 1979, from Cà Mau. This rare primary source object captures the experiences and feelings of an individual, but also sheds light on some of the first asylum countries’ roles in the refugee exodus.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Life in the Camp by Nguyen Dai Giang
Life in the Camp (1990) by Nguyen Dai Giang. The artwork depicts the living quarters of a refugee family.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Vietnamese Population in the U.S., 2000-2019
Vietnamese population in the US, 2000–2019 by the Pew Research Center.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Vietnamese Refugee Settles in California
Many Vietnamese refugees temporarily housed at Camp Pendleton went on to resettle about sixty miles north in Orange County, California. Today, Orange County is home to the largest Little Saigon in the United States.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Little Saigon in Arlington County, Virginia
This 1979 clipping from the Washington Post documents the history of Little Saigon in the Clarendon neighborhood in Arlington County, Virginia.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Ku Klux Klan Set “Viet-Cong” Boat Ablaze
Louis Beam (right), Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, sets fire to a boat labeled “Viet-Cong” during a rally for white Texas Gulf fisherman in Santa Fe, Texas in 1981.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Van Le in Seadrift Seafood
Van Le (center) and her husband own a seafood business named Seadrift Seafood. Vietnamese refugees drawn to the fishing business resettled along the Gulf Coast of Texas and formed new communities.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Danh’s Pharmacy
Danh’s Pharmacy in Orange County’s Little Saigon (c. 1980s). Before the US and Vietnam normalized trade and diplomatic relations, Vietnamese Americans depended on businesses such as Danh’s Pharmacy to ship care packages to their families in Vietnam.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 1)
The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
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Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
