All materials are available as Google Docs for easy access, modification, and classroom use.
Target Audience: Grades 9-12
Lesson Plan
Complete lesson framework with flexible session length options, learning objectives, suggested sequence, facilitation tips, and teaching notes.
Open Resource →TEDx Talk Teaching Guide
Pre-viewing context and framing questions, strategic pause points with discussion prompts, post-viewing reflection framework, and key quotes to highlight.
Open Resource →Discussion Guide: "The Two Jungles"
Structured prompts exploring Arn's survival in Cambodia, isolation in America, and the turning point when music proved more powerful than violence.
Open Resource →Timeline Worksheet
Guided activity for students to map key moments in Arn's journey from childhood through founding CLA and The KMMB.
Open Resource →Student Activities
Reflection prompts on "Arts as Identity," cultural preservation planning exercises, discussion questions, and assessment options including essay prompts and rubrics.
Open Resource →Background Reading
2-3 page student-friendly overview covering Khmer Rouge targeting of artists, traditional Cambodian performing arts, intergenerational transmission, and KMMB/CLA's work today.
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