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The Cambodian Doctor

An account of the life, oppression, and escape of Haing Ngor, who starred in the Academy Award-winning film "The Killing Fields." See Chapter One of "Global Human Rights," by Peter Van Arsdale, 2017. (ISBN: ISBN: 1-4786-3294-1)

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Cambodian Genocide

The S-21 (Tuol Sleng) 'Security Prison' was a torture and execution center used by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide of 1976-1979. This mother and baby were among the victims.

The S-21 (Tuol Sleng) "Security Prison" was a torture and execution center used by the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian genocide of 1976-1979. This mother and baby were among the victims.

Remembrance

China 1959 - Great Leap Forward In Iron - First Day

Resistance

A group of male and female coal miners recite 06 September 1968 in Li Se Yuan mine some paragraphs of Mao Zedong 'Little Red Book' as they celebrate Mao's 'Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution'

A group of male and female coal miners recite 06 September 1968 in Li Se Yuan mine some paragraphs of Mao Zedong "Little Red Book" as they celebrate Mao's "Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution"

Survival

In the beginning, commune members were able to eat for free at the commune canteens. This changed when food production slowed to a halt

In the beginning, commune members were able to eat for free at the commune canteens. This changed when food production slowed to a halt.

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Type(s) of Resources:

Articles

Non-fiction

Primary Source(s):

First Person Accounts

Interviews

Grade Level(s):

9-12

Audience(s):

Community Member

Teacher

Discipline(s):

Social Studies

Colorado context:

Peter Van Arsdale is is recently retired as director of African Initiatives at the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, where he also served as Adjunct Professor. He previously served as a Senior Researcher for eCrossCulture Corporation, based in Colorado. An applied cultural anthropologist, he has worked in E. Africa, S.E. Asia, the Balkans, Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America, emphasizing community water resources, human rights, refugee resettlement, and humanitarian intervention.

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