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    Using The Latehomecomer to Study Hmong Human Rights

    “(My father) says, 'It is very important that you tell this part of out story: the Hmong came to America without a homeland. Even in the very beginning, we knew that we were looking for a home. Other people, in moments of sadness and despair, can look to a place in the world: where they might belong. We are not like that. I knew that our chance was here. Our chance to share in a new place and a new home. This is so important to our story. You must think about it, and tell it the way it is.'

    I must tell it the way it is."

    Kao Kalia Yang
    • NETS-S Standards (ISTE)

      Minnesota State Language Arts Standards

    • Read some of the RSS feeds on the right-hand side to learn more about the Hmong people and human rights. Reading these articles will make it easier to contribute to the student-created glossary in the next Moodle module.

      Student-Created Glossary
    • Directions for the Student-Created Glossary of Hmong concepts and terms
    • Download a copy of this course. File 2MB Moodle backup

  • Topic 1


    • Student-Created Journal

      Respond to the document "If the World were 100 People."

      Does the information on the document change your perspective of how you view the world? Why or why not? Journal your thoughts. Give examples. You must also respond to at least two journal entries submitted by other students taking the course.

  • Topic 2



    The Latehomecomer
    by
    Kao Kalia Yang

    "The Latehomecomer is a wonderful journey into the very personal experiences of its author, and it is also a story about so many of us. Reading this book is about experiencing the Hmong/American transformation."
    -    Minnesota State Senator Mee Moua

    "Yang tells her family's story with grace; she narrates their struggles, beautifully weaving in Hmong folklore and culture. By the end of this moving and unforgettable book...readers will delight at how intimately they have become part of this formerly strange culture."
    -Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)
    • Listen: Kao Kalia Yang on Minnesota Public Radio Page
    • Discuss: Your IDENTITY Forum
    • Watch: Short Youtube video on Hmong History Assignment
    • Discuss: Your most PRIZED POSSESSIONS Forum
    • Watch: An Interview with Kao Kalia Yang Assignment
    • Write and Reflect: Expectations for the Reading Respnse Journal File
    • Upload: your RRJ here Assignment
    • Discuss: Your concept of HOME Forum
    • The Latehomecomer Assessment Assignment

  • Topic 3


    Human Rights
    human rights bird

    • Student-Created Prezi

      What are our human rights? What does it mean to have human rights? This short video from the website Youth for Human Rights will give you some insight into these questions.

      There are thirty universal human rights. Watch some of the videos attached to those rights so you become familiar with them. After you have watched the videos, create a public service announcement Prezi that focuses on one specific human right that you find to be especially relevant today. Pretend you are an advertiser promoting this specific human right. How would you make it "catchy" and "sell" it to the general public? Be creative!

      Submit via Moodle.

    • Directions for the Student-Created Prezi Page
    • Prezi Forum

  • Topic 4


    Student-Created Wordle
    • Directions for Creating a Human Rights Wordle Page
    • Wordle Forum

  • Topic 5


    Hmong Culture and Human Rights Resources
    • Moodle Resources for Human Rights Page
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