Since 1975, the United States has been enriched by a new and unique group of people. They speak their own language and possess their own traditions and culture, and they have a desire to contribute their share to the multicultural society that is the United States of America. They came to this country from the plateaus of northern Laos. | Handbook for Teaching Hmong-Speaking Students developed by Bruce Thowpaou Bliatout, . Bruce T. Downing, . Judy Lewis Dao Yang, . Southeast Asia Community Resource Center Folsom Cordova Unified School District 1988 Publishing Information This handbook was funded in part with funds from the Transition Program for Refugee Children, education funds authorized under the Refugee Act of 1980. The opinions expressed herein do not, however, necessarily reflect the position or policy of the . government, and no official endorsement should be inferred. The document was developed at the request of the California State Department of Education Bilingual Education Office, as part of a series of handbooks for teaching language minority students. The handbook was prepared for publication with desktop publishing equipment provided under an educational grant from Apple Computer, Inc. to Folsom Cordova Unified School District. The manuscript was prepared on a Macintosh Plus, using Microsoft Word and Aldus Pagemaker, and run on a Laserwriter Plus. The cover screen is from a photograph of a paj ntaub designed and sewn in Ban Vinai refugee camp, Thailand, circa 1983; from the collection of Lue Vang. The handbook was printed by Spilman Printing Company, 1801-9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. © Copyright, 1988. Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Southeast Asia Community Resource Center. Copies of this handbook are available for $ each, plus sales tax for California residents, and $.75 per copy shipping ($ total for California residents, $ for out of state residents) from Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Southeast Asia Community Resource Center, 125 East Bidwell Street, Folsom, CA 95630, telephone (916) 635-6815. Foreword Folsom Cordova Unified School District, which serves three distinct communities at the outskirts of suburban Sacramento, has faced rapid unexpected changes in the ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic makeup of its student population
