Educational Resources

Culture, Education & Language

Hmong Culture and History

• http://www.uwstout.edu/hmong/
  The Center for Preservation of Hmong Language and Culture has been established at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.. The center offers classes and instructional materials that enhance, sustain, and disseminate knowledge of the Hmong people. Contact the Center through this web page.

For Educators:

• http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wnep/hmong/bckgrnd.html
  This page contains links to a number of web pages containing educational articles related to hmong history and culture.
• http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003mouat.pdf
  The Hmong Culture: Kinship, Marriage & Family Systems. This thesis by Teng Moua was written for her masters degree in Marriage and Family Counseling at UW-Stout.
• http://www.laofamily.org/culture/culture_info2.htm
  This page by the Lao Family Community of Minnesota provides an overview of Hmong culture including houses, celebration, language, religion, and medicine.
• http://www.galenfrysinger.com/hmong.htm
  Beautiful photographs of traditional Hmong costumes taken among the Sheyboygan Wisconsin Hmong community.
• http://www.galenfrysinger.com/hmong_costumes.htm
  Colorful photographs highlight the Hmong culture in Sheyboygan Wisconsin. Information is featured on costumes, language, family, spirituality, history, and Hmong in the United States.
• http://www.csupomona.edu/~tassi/hmong.htm
  This site discusses an integrated unit on the Hmong story cloth and shares the research of students at the Winona Middle School on Hmong culture.
• http://www.laofamily.org/culture/culture_info1.htm
  The Lao Family Community of Minnesota presents this historic Hmong timeline from pre-history to the year 2002.
• The Hmong Language (2 pages, 15 KB)
  By Xee Vang, UW-Extension Nutrition Educator, Winnebago & Outagamie Counties
• http://www.uwlax.edu/cdcr/projectteachforward.htm
  Project Teach and Project Forward are described at this site. These programs are designed to assist Hmong American bilingual paraprofessionals in overcoming barriers to educational advancement so that they may become certified teachers within the state of Wisconsin.  This project promotes equitable access to this underserved and underrepresented group of citizens. The program’s objective is to provide educational and professional opportunities for paraprofessionals, high school graduates, and non-traditional students of Hmong descent. In addition, existing bilingual Hmong American teachers will have the opportunity to advance their existing credentials through additional training at the graduate level. 
• http://www.uwsa.edu/
  Higher Education: Information on UW System Institutions.
• http://www.usalearns.org
  U.S.A. Learns is a free on-line tool provided by the US Department of Education to help immigrants learn English. (Material provided in both English and Spanish versions). To view a fact sheet on U.S.A. Learns, visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/factsh/usa-learns-fs_0811.pdf.
• http://hmongstudies.learnabouthmong.org/hmonglanguage.html
  Hmong studies internet resource center.

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