Resource Type:
Presentation Slides (e.g PowerPoint)
Intended Audience:
K-12
Post-Secondary
World Regions:
Asia
North America
Subject/Content Area:
Social Studies
English
ESL
Resource Upload/Link:
Nearly 2 million Vietnamese immigrants escaped to the United States in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, many of them prospering in America's $8 billion nail economy. This PPT provides K-12 educators with a historical background of Vietnam, the Vietnam War, and the diaspora to the United States and western Pennsylvania that followed in the 1970s and 80s in the hopes of creating new lives and opportunities for their families. Resources for the use of digital mapping to teach this history are also included in the PPT.
Ideally, the PPT should be accompanied by Adele Pham's documentary about the Vietnamese diaspora and multi-billion dollar nail industry, "Nailed It."