Hmong Paj Ntaub: Using Textile Arts to Teach Young Children about Cultures.

McCall, Ava

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ERIC Number: EJ578547

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Hmong Paj Ntaub: Using Textile Arts to Teach Young Children about Cultures.

McCall, Ava

Social Education, v62 n5 p294-96 Sep 1998

Argues that textile arts offer opportunities for students to explore other cultures and to illustrate themes contained in the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. Describes the use of Hmong "paj ntaub" textiles to teach elementary students about the Hmong people of Laos and Hmong immigrants in the United States. (DSK)

Descriptors: Clothing, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Handicrafts, History Instruction, Hmong People, Immigrants, Multicultural Education, Social Studies

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Laos

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