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January 21-24 2014

What:
  • Class Introduction
  • Materials
  • Distribute Parental Permission Slips For Clips
How:



Why: Could the Vietnam conflict Been avoided?

The First Indo-Chinese War

Vietnam Memorial Wall

History Channel Clips
Main PowerPoint for the Class



Vietnam Wars January 27/28 & 29/30

What: The End of the First Indo-Chinese War (Dien Bien Phu to Geneva)
How:
Why/EQ: What options were there in Geneva, and why did the US make the decisions that it did?


MAO 1965: Can He Assist Vietnam As the USA lands Marines?
Vietnam War

Prezi's Courtesy of Adam Booth and Max Birch

January 29/30

What: la Drang
How:


Feb. 3/4
What:la drang Valley Battle ONEHow:

Feb. 5th /6, 7/10, 11/12, 14/18

What: la Drang Wrap-up and into 1966-1967
How:

  • Depending on the class, if all Parental Permission slips are in, we will use a two-step approach to exit La Drang. Step One will be viewing and critiquing the Hollywood version of this battle: We Were Soldiers, and step two is below. If the slips are not all in we will reverse the order

  • Class slides
  • CBS News
    • Special News Broadcast from 1965
Afterwards we will introduce the following Battle:
WHY/EQ: What made Vietnam such a "new" type of war for the USA?

Vietnam's Unseen War


Feb. 19-27What Vietnam in HD 2 & 3, Battle of Dak To, Good Morning Vietnam and 2 tests
Feb 28:WhatLupe Fiasco
Muhammad Ali: The Trials...
The Trials: Trailer
The Trials of Muhammad Ali: Panel Discussion
The People Speak: Vanessa Redgrave "To Whom It May Concern (Tell Me Lies About Vietnam)" (1964)Masters of War (Dylan) :


March 4,6What: Examine the importance of the VC
  • Slides, Clips, CBS Newscast
  • Critique the 'real' story to the movie "Good Morning Vietnam"
March 10/11
What: Tet Offensive
How:
Powerpoint
Vietnam in HD3

Why: Psychological Loss

March 12/13
What: Quiz & My Lai

Mid-March-Mid April


Hippie Movement

Altamont Springs Free Concert Death of Meredith Hunter
NY Times article from May 4, 1970 Kent State University
The Day the War Came Home Kent State University 5-4-70 Documentary (approximately 42:00)Jackson State Killings 5-15-70 Documentary (approximately 23:00)Dead Serious and Political: Post KSU shootings the protests of 1970U of Cincinnati 1970 (includes Kent and Jackson State shootings)
Vietnam in HD5
Review Chien Thang Bien Hoa

Hollywood Look


Vietnam on the Front-lines 1970-75