Gathering a Basket of Knowledge about Vietnam and Vietnamese Americans
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About the Workshop
This workshop is designed to help teachers learn more about the history, geography and culture of Vietnam, as well as content about Vietnamese American experiences, in order to best serve their students of all backgrounds. The workshop is also designed to help teachers engage multicultural and multilingual learners using culturally responsive techniques, and by examining our own cultural assumptions and stereotypes.
Cultural Insights
- A Brief History of Vietnam Fine Arts
- America Ruined My Name for Me | The New Yorker
- Mid-Autumn Magic: Vietnam’s Full Moon Festival
- Opinion | America, Say My Name – The New York Times
- Quan Ho Singing: Unique Elements
- Quốc Ngữ: The Shackle that Became the Sword
- Religious affiliation of Vietnamese-Americans
- Tea and Vietnamese Culture
- VAALA
- Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts – 3D Tour Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
- Vietnam National Museum of History Permanent Exhibitions
- Vietnamese Culture: Royal Court Music
- Vietnamese Culture / Core Concepts
- Vietnamese Folktales
- Vietnamese Heritage Museum
- Vietnamese proverbs 10 Vietnamese Proverbs To Level Up Your Language Skills
- Vietnamese Zodiac
- Voyage to Vietnam – Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose – wonderful online interactive exhibit
- Water Puppetry
The Vietnam War / Ho Chi Minh
Community Resources
- 2018 AAPI Fact Sheet: Vietnamese in Hawaii http://aapidata.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/HI-2018.pdf
- Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPIs) | SAMHSA
- First-of-its-kind study to delve into wartime trauma on Vietnamese Americans
- Oral Histories – The Vietnamese Heritage Museum
- These three databases include collections of artwork done by Vietnamese refugees while in various refugee camps. They are quite moving and evocative.
- SEAAdoc – Documenting the Southeast Asian American Experience
- Viet Stories: Vietnamese American Oral History Project
- Vietnamese America | School of Peace Studies | University of San Diego
Film / Video / Audio
- First-of-its-kind study to delve into wartime trauma on Vietnamese Americans
- Getting Here: Journeys from Vietnam
- Ken Burns Vietnam War series
- Resettling Vietnamese Refugees in the United States | National Geographic Society
- Vietnam 4K – Scenic Relaxation Film With Calming Music (4K Video Ultra HD)
- Vietnam news, Vietnam’s manufacturing industry remains attractive to foreign investors, says Savills
- Vietnam (Next China) – What’s The Secret To Vietnam’s Rise?
- Vietnamese language and alphabet
Books About Vietnamese History
- Aguilar-San Juan, Kim. 2009. Little Saigons: Staying Vietnamese in America. University of Minnesota Prerss.
- Goscha, Christopher. Vietnam: A New History.
- The Quiet American: Greene, Graham
- Vo, Nghia M. 2009. The Viet Kieu in America: Personal Accounts of Postwar Immigrants from Vietnam. McFarland Publishing.
Books About Vietnamese Literature and Arts
- Monkey Bridge a book by Lan Cao
- Stealing Buddha’s Dinner a book by Bich Minh Nguyen
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds a book by Ocean Vuong
- Nguyen, Eric.Things We Lost to the Water: A novel
- Pelaud, Isabelle Thuy. 2010. This Is All I Choose to Tell: History and Hybridity in Vietnamese American Literature. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
- The Committed a book by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- The Other Side of Heaven: Post-War Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers: Karlin, Wayne
- The Sympathizer: Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Vuong, Ocean. 2019. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. New York: Penguin Press.
- Water/Tongue a book by Mai C. Doan
- The Fortunes of Jaded Women: A Novel – Kindle edition by Huynh, Carolyn. Literature & Fiction
- We Should Never Meet: Stories
- The Book of Salt: A Novel – by Truong, Monique
- The Chosen and the Beautiful – Nghi Vo
Books About Vietnamese American Experiences
- Andrade, Roy D. 2008. A Study of Personal and Cultural Values: American, Japanese, and Vietnamese (Culture, Mind and Society) . Palgrave Macmillan.
- Chan, Sucheng (Ed.). 2006. The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight and New Beginnings. Temple University Press.Lieu, Nhi T. 2011. The American Dream in Vietnamese. University of Minnesota Press.
- Becoming Refugee American: The Politics of Rescue in Little Saigon (Asian American Experience): Nguyen, Phuong Tran: 9780252082887
- Zhou, Min, and Carl L. Bankston. 2016. The Rise of the New Second Generation. Malden, MA: Polity.
- The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
Vietnamese American Themed Children’s Books
- A Pho Love Story by Le, Loan
- A Different Pond (Fiction Picture Books): Phi, Bao, Bui, Thi
- The Sun In Her Soul: Michelle Tran’s Magical Vietnamese Fan: A Constellation of Asian-American Pride and Culture Paperback
- Vietnamese Children’s Favorite Stories (Favorite Children’s Stories)
- Inside Out and Back Again
- Where Thuong Keeps Love Hardcover – Picture Book
- Trung Thu thời đại dịch: A Moon Festival During the Pandemic
- Going Home, Coming Home (English and Vietnamese Edition)
- Tet Together: Trinh, Alice
- The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel)
Websites
- National Geographic Kids: Vietnam
- Nations Online: Viet Nam – Vietnam – Country Profile
Language (Multilingual) Resources / Teacher Resources
- Association of Asian Studies Teaching and Learning About Southeast Asia – Association for Asian Studies
- Being a refugee is not a choice: Carina Hoang at TEDxPerth
- Cultural Awareness Project: Vietnamese – Cultural Awareness Project
- Culturally Responsive Education Resources for Federal, State and Local Stakeholders
- Culturally Responsive Education: Developing Lesson Plans for Vietnamese Students in the American Diaspora
- Educating Vietnamese American Students
- Ethnic Identity among Second-Generation Vietnamese American Adolescents | Tham T Tran
- The Experience of Vietnamese Refugee Children in the United States
- Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement
- Living in Two Cultures -American Experience PBS
- Navigating Asian and American Identities | Edutopia
- These Vietnamese Refugee Writers Control Their Own Narratives
- Two Ways Schools Can Improve Experiences for Asian American Students | TNTP
- Understanding Asian Students Learning Styles, Cultural Influence and Learning Strategies
- Vietnamese Americans: History, Education, and Societal Context
- Vietnamese Books Written by Children for Children Vietnamese Order Books 2020 – National Resource Center For Asian Languages | CSUF
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Resources (Arts Integration)
- Diacritics: The Publication of the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network diacritics – DVAN
- DVAN: Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
- Ocean Vuong – poet and author
Other Suggested Readings (News Article / Academic Journal Articles)
- Asian American Erasure in Western Buddhism – Tricycle
- Pure Land in the Making: Vietnamese Buddhism in the US Gulf South (book review)
- The Salience of Symbols for Vietnamese Americans : Asian-Nation
- Some TRUTHS About Being ASIAN in HAWAII
- Vietnamese Americans – Wikipedia
- Vietnamese-American service members’ parallel paths to the American dream | Article | The United States Army
- Vietnamese American Catholicism | Carl L Bankston – Academia.edu
- Vietnamese Food Any Day: Simple Recipes for True, Fresh Flavors [A Cookbook] Hardcover
- ‘We were them:’ Vietnamese Americans reach out to assist Afghan refugees | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Young Asian American Buddhists are reclaiming narrative after decades of white dominance
Vietnamese & Southeast Asian American Nonprofit Organizations
- The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) SEARAC
- VAYLA New Orleans VAYLA New Orleans
- Vietnamese American NGO Network About Us
- Vietnamese American Roundtable VIETNAMESE AMERICAN ROUNDTABLE
Maggie Bodemer, Ph.D.
I am a Lecturer in History and Asian Studies at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where I teach courses on Asian History, U.S. History and Public History. I love teaching, learning and finding new ways to engage with my students. I am also passionate about cross cultural exchange, cultural competency and working with diverse populations.
I earned a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and a B.A. in International Studies and Southeast Asia from the University of Washington. I began studying Vietnamese after volunteering as an ESL tutor in college, as most of my students were recent immigrants from VietNam. Moving to Honolulu for graduate school allowed me to not only immerse myself in the multicultural community there but also to travel to Asia every summer.
In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with my family which includes two cats. My 12 year old son is in middle school and I am active in our school’s PTA. My hobbies include reading, puzzles and gardening. Originally from Salt Lake City, I have lived in Phoenix, Seattle, Honolulu, Hanoi and now live in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Tham Tran, Ph.D.
I am currently co-teaching “Listening to Buddhists in Our Backyard” at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. Additionally, I serve as the director of Buddhist Youth Education at a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Lowell, MA, where I established a Buddhist youth program that teaches practical Buddhism and the Vietnamese language to Vietnamese American and other youths from diverse backgrounds.
I hold a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and was born and raised in Vietnam, which has instilled in me a passion for sharing my knowledge of Vietnamese culture and traditions. For two years working as a teaching and research assistant at UML, I had the privilege of being part of Southeast Asian American Family and Community Engagement. I am delighted to offer support and promote culturally sustaining-responsive teaching practices.
In my free time, I enjoy practicing sitting and walking meditation, reading, and hiking.