Vietnam Projects

Partners only; choose from the list, please

FOR MONDAY
Each partner will find 5 resources for their topic. They must be relevant and
carefully chosen. I will check them.

Also, you need to have a point of view or thesis. For example, -Protest songs helped end the war; or, - Soldiers letters are the same no matter what side you are on; or,
War posters always convince the public that their side of the war is right; etc.
Bring in two THESIS statements for Monday.

We will discuss this on Monday.

Vietnam Projects: Choose one; w/ one partner

Listen to 10 protest or pro-war songs about Vietnam; choose 4 favorites to play for the class; include lyrics and your analysis of the lyrics; write and sing your own song to protest of support a recent war

Create a Vietnam Memorial with a point of view

Make your own documentary film about Vietnam using website footage

Read the letters of 10 American soldiers;; - as investigative historical journalists your task is to craft a group PowerPoint presentation, based on historical evidence in set out to reconstruct the history of an event (My Lai, Tet Offensive, etc.) through the letters aof the Vietnam soldier. Choose letters that reflect the politics and history

Watch Platoon, Deer Hunter, My Lai Massacre, or Full Metal Jacket. Tell the story of the movie from the point of view of one of the characters. Write an analysis of the film. Integrate the history of Vietnam and how it is represented in the film.

Review and analyze 12 posters about Vietnam; 8 American; 4 N. Vietnamese; make a powerpoint presentation. Make your own American poster pro and con Vietnam.

Write and perform a play based upon a true incident in the Vietnam War. My Lai
Massacre, Kent State Student Killings,

CW: Vietnam and the Domino theory

Read p. 589
Explain the domino theory….
Explain the origins of the war....include 5 details
What were the problems of the war and in America?
What presidents were responsible for the war?
Complete reading check

Finish questions about Nuclear Threat; complete comic book

....final questions from packet
5. Describe the poll taken in 1961 about what people would do in the case of an attack. Why did they respond like this? How would you respond during an attack?
6. Describe the governments efforts to save Americans in the event of an attack.
7. In ‘New Urgency’ what is the description of an attack? What does the government suggest you do…
8. Analyze 9.24 Cartoon…why is it humorous? Or is it?

HW: MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK COVER WITH YOUR SUPER HERO. Make it suitable for publication. Make an inside page that tells the back story complete with 4 panels and 3 small pictures about the back story.

Go to Marvel.com for help with your comic book hero pages

HW: MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK COVER WITH YOUR SUPER HERO. Make it suitable for publication. Make an inside page that tells the back story complete with 4 panels and 3 small pictures about the back story.

Cuban Missile Crisis and why you can't buy Cuban Cigars

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
HW Read p. 587-88
What led to the crisis?
What happened during the crisis?
What was the worst that could have happened? Why?
Complete the reading check

Would you dig a tunnel or go over the walls, barbed wire, dogs, and 12 foot Berline WALL??? Your choice....

Read about the Berlin Wall on 587 From what you read and the film we saw, describe the
history and reasons for the Berlin Wall. What was symbolic about the wall???

What was NATO:?
Complete Geography Skills on 588

Big Ideas of the Cold War

Big Ideas of the Cold War. US vs. THEM Due Tuesday.
HW: The COLD WAR p. 584; Copy the Main idea;
Truman Doctrine: summarize in 8 words
containment: summarize in 8 words
Marshall Plan: summarize in 8 words

Complete geography skills on 586.

HW: Read p. 586-7
Describe the Arms Race; Find a political cartoon about the arms race online---print to share in class

Make a timeline of the developments of the Cold war…starting with the Bombing of Hiroshima/Nagasaki…..through the Berlin Wall
----include all terms from 584-7