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Fort River Elementary School Khmer Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) Program Records
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Fort River Elementary School Khmer Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) Program Records
Abstract
The Fort River Elementary School Khmer TBE Program Records document the program and include many teaching materials used with Cambodian students in the 1980s and later as well as information about Cambodia and stories from Cambodian refugees who settled in Amherst.Historical Note
The items in this collection relate to the Khmer TBE (Transitional Bilingual Education) program at the Fort River Elementary School in Amherst, Mass. Created in the early 1980s, the program assisted new Amherst residents from Cambodia as well as taught Amherst students about the culture of their classmates.Scope and Contents
This collection includes teaching materials used in the Khmer TBE program, images and information about Cambodia, student work, recordings of school events, photographs, Cambodian cloth, and slides. Teaching materials include Cambodian folktales; workbooks created at Khao I Dang Refugee Camp in Thailand; materials used to teach newcomers about U.S. culture; materials used to teach Khmer, English, math, science, the alphabet, history, and culture; teacher resources; and 2 Khmer dictionaries.Collection Inventory
| Box | Title/Description | Date (if dated) |
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| 1 | Cassette tape – Cambodia (National Geographic) |
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| 1 | Cassette tape – Cambodian Mental Health |
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| 1 | VHS tape – Cambodian Dance and Music Performance, Fort River School |
1993 April 15 |
| 1 | VHS tape – “Life in a Cambodian Village”, “A Day on a Rice Farm”, “Battambong Market” |
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| 1 | VHS tape – (Title in Khmer) |
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| 1 | VHS tape – “Judge Rabbit and the Tree Spirit”, “Biography Show” |
1996 April |
| 1 | VHS tape – “Part of My Soul: The Odyssey of a Child of Genocide” (NECN) |
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| 1 | VHS Tape – “Vietnam and Cambodia: Children of Rice & Guns” |
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| 1 | VHS tape – “Monkey Dance” |
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| 1 | VHS tape – Cambodian New Year, Fort River |
2005 |
| 1 | VHS tape – “The Khmer Historical Mural of Khao-I-Dang” |
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| 1 | DVDs and CD (in folder) |
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| 1 | Film strip – Cambodia (National Geographic) |
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| 1 | Bibliography of Cambodian materials |
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| 1 | Cambodia: The Land and its People |
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| 1 | Cambodian cloth - 2 pieces of Cambodian cloth, one fuchsia and one blue |
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| 1 | Cambodian New Year Celebration Programs |
2007, 2010 |
| 1 | Cambodian New Year materials |
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| 1 | Cambodian Oral History Project |
1994 |
| 1 | Cambodia Review |
1994 February-March |
| 1 | Children’s Art – Fish & Goddess |
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| 1 | Focus Week Activities |
2007 |
| 1 | Focus Week images & facts |
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| 1 | Grade 2 Class Materials |
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| 1 | Grade 6 Class Materials |
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| 1 | Images of Cambodia |
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| 1 | Images used for displays and teaching |
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| 1 | Images used to teach clothing and dance |
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| 1 | Kaye, Dena – “In Awe of Angkor” article from Town & Country magazine |
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| 1 | Khao-I-Dang Refugee Camp Model Description |
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| 1 | Maps |
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| 1 | Materials used to teach Amherst teachers about Cambodian culture |
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| 1 | News articles |
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| 1 | Other Voices– ARMS newsletter |
1988 |
| 1 | Phok, Chhean – “My Quilt Story” |
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| 1 | Photographs |
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| 1 | Postcards from Cambodian refugee families from Thailand camps |
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| 1 | Pransky, Ken – 10 Bhat Note: Ken Pransky was an ESL teacher at Fort River who taught many Cambodian children. |
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| 1 | Pransky, Ken – “How Judge Rabbit Escaped from Farmer” (folktale rewritten by Pransky) Note: Ken Pransky was an ESL teacher at Fort River who taught many Cambodian children. |
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| 1 | Sam, Yang – Cambodian unit Note: Yang Sam was the ARHS TBE teacher. |
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| 1 | Sam, Yang – teaching illustrations Note: Yang Sam was the ARHS TBE teacher. |
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| 1 | Slides of Cambodian sights by Thiem Ung, Khmer TBE teacher at Fort River School |
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| 1 | Stories written by Cambodian Fort River students |
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| 1 | Swift, Peter – Notes on Cambodian used to create a teaching kit about Southeast Asia |
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| 1 | Teaching materials - industries and crafts |
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| 1 | Teaching materials – Pictures and history of Cambodia |
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| 1 | Ung, Thiem – Folk tale written by Thiem Ung Note: Thiem Ung was a Khmer TBE teacher at Fort River School |
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| 2 | Teaching Materials Note: Includes the book "Silent Temples, Songful Hearts" written by Sam-Ang Sam, the first Khmer TBE teacher at ARHS. The book was used as a reference to teach about Cambodian culture and arts. |
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| 3 | Teaching Materials |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Art – Khmer Countryside Lifestyle |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Folk Takes & Instructional Guides |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Handmade books: How I came to the United States by Sarean Bou; Being a Buddhist by Chhean Phok; Our Cambodian New Year by Fort River students |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Illustrations – a Dance, Hanuman, and Mermaid |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Images Used for Displays and Teaching |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Khmer Shadow Puppet |
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| 4 (Oversize) | News articles |
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| 4 (Oversize) | Photograph |
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| Map case | Art – Khmer Scenery Painting |