There’s so much more to the history and culture than what the news shows us.

I want my children to understand Asian history in our chronological studies of world history. I don’t want their education based on American stereotypes.

Our {evangelical and expensive} history curriculum was a little disappointing after WWII, so I had to research and find my own material to teach my kids about history that happened in my parents’ lifetime.

I want to learn real history along with my kids, not just an American or white perspective.

Vietnam Unit Study

Topics:

• Indochine colonialism
• Vietnam War
• Vietnamese Independence

Activities:

Eat in a Vietnamese restaurant
Learn to read and write in Vietnamese
Watch Vietnamese cartoons
Watch films and discuss
Visit a museum to view Vietnamese art
Visit a Vietnam Memorial
Read about Vietnam
Learn Asian geography

Printables and Lessons:

Vietnam Conflict from The Homeschool Mom
Vietnam War from The Homeschool Helper
Vietnam Lapbook from Homeschool Share
In The Hands of a Child Vietnam Curriculum
Vietnam and the Water Buffalo by Write Bonnie Rose
Vietnam Geography and Culture Notebooking from Notebooking Pages
Vietnam Flag from Activity Village
Vietnam from National Geographic
Asia from Guest Hollow

Book list:

Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam
Inside Out and Back Again
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy
Going Home, Coming Home/Ve Nha, Tham Que Huong
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam
Weeping Under This Same Moon
Goodbye, Vietnam
The Lotus Seed

Films (use discretion):

Indochine with Catherine Deneuve
The Scent of Green Papaya
The Purple Horizon
Tam Cam
Green Dragon
Rescue Dawn
Uncommon Valor
We Were Soldiers
Full Metal Jacket
Forrest Gump
Hamburger Hill
Soldiers of Change
Platoon
Apocalypse Now
Born on the Fourth of July
Good Morning, Vietnam
The Deer Hunter
Flight of the Intruder
Casualties Of War
Tigerland
The Killing Fields

What stereotypes did you learn about Vietnam?