After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War, many Vietnamese civilians fled their country by boat to escape the new communist government. They were put onto overcrowded and leaky boats with little food or water for the harrowing journey. Pirates threatened the boats and would sometimes rob and assault the refugees. Most refugees resettled in neighboring countries like Thailand and Malaysia or in the United States, seeking refuge from the dangers and hardships they faced at sea.
This presentation shares some resources and possibilities for incorporating Caribbean Studies into your Classroom. It provides an overview of the Digital Library of the Caribbean. Then, it provides a sample exercise on the U.S. Occupation of Haiti. It also highlights some of the types of materials and collections available in dLOC. dLOC is a freely accessible online collection that has hundreds of thousands of pages of Caribbean content available for use in the classroom.
Presented as part of Resources for Integrating Latin American Studies in the Classroom
Thursday, June 25, 2015
7:00 p.m. (US Eastern Standard Time)
This webinar series co-sponsored by the Centers for Latin American Studies at Florida International University, University of Florida & Vanderbilt University.
This presentation shares some resources and possibilities for incorporating Caribbean Studies into your Classroom. It provides an overview of the Digital Library of the Caribbean. Then, it provides a sample exercise on the U.S. Occupation of Haiti. It also highlights some of the types of materials and collections available in dLOC. dLOC is a freely accessible online collection that has hundreds of thousands of pages of Caribbean content available for use in the classroom.
Presented as part of Resources for Integrating Latin American Studies in the Classroom
Thursday, June 25, 2015
7:00 p.m. (US Eastern Standard Time)
This webinar series co-sponsored by the Centers for Latin American Studies at Florida International University, University of Florida & Vanderbilt University.
Asians and Pacific Islanders of various nationalities and ancestry—
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Southeast Asian, Asian Indian,
Polynesian—have been serving in the Navy since the early 19th century.
7. Bibliography 1. Boat People. 29 Oct. 2008 <http://www.boatpeople.org/boat_people_the_journey.htm>. 2. “The Vietnamese boat people.” Reference &Research book News . McFarland&co.Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL. 29 Oct 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/ips/start.do?prodId=IPS>. 3. Vietnamese Refugees Searac. 28 Oct 2008 <http://www.searac.org/vietref.html.> 4. The suffering of the Vietnamese Boat people. Vietka. 28 Oct 2008 <http://www.vietka.com/Vietnamese_Boat_People/vietname sesuffering.htm>. 5. Puri, Belle. Why they fled: The fall of Saigon. 19 July 2004. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 Oct 2008 <http://archives.cbc.ca/version_print.asp?page=1&IDLan=1&IDClip=2705&IDDossier=524&IDCat=358&IDCatPa=262>.
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