Centering Southeast Asia: Teaching Modern Vietnam

This virtual workshop introduces teachers to the history, culture, and politics of Vietnam, offering essential context, classroom-ready teaching materials, and thought provoking lesson plans that engage popular topics like colonialism and the Vietnam War from perspectives within Southeast Asia. Drawing on experts in Southeast Asian and American history, the workshop will connect teachers to important collections of primary sources and is intended for Grade 6 - 12 teachers in geography, world history, world literature, and civics courses. Benefits include six hours of continuing education credit, access to online archives and primary source documents for teaching Vietnamese history, culture, and politics, two complementary books from ARNCTA’s library, and priority registration for future NCTA programs.

Image: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Tron Le

• • Starts:
  • June 16, 2023
• • Ends:
  • June 16, 2023
• • Time Detail:
  • 6-hour full-day workshop, including 3 hours of synchronous instruction via Zoom (8:30 - 11:30am on June 16) and 3 hours of asynchronous exploration and lesson planning activities via Google Classroom, due June 30th.
• • Learning Format:
  • Online
• • Type of Course:
  • Workshops
• • Audience:
  • Grade 6-12 social studies teachers in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas [formal PD credit for Arkansas Teachers Only]
• • Offered to:
  • Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas