The Vietnam War

Agenda 5/29:

1. Students continued learning about the Vietnam war. They read an excerpt from a graphic novel based on Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States. 
2. Students analyzed a series of documents from 1964, discussing the extent of US involvement in the early 1960s.
3. Students watched a clip from the film The Fog of War about the US involvement from the perspective of then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.

 Fog of War:

Vietnam War Timeline

Agenda 5/25:

1. Students reviewed the Vietnam Tea Party activity.
2. Students were assigned one event from the history of the Vietnam War. They made posters in pairs and created a timeline in their logbooks.

Vietnam Timeline

Vietnam

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Agenda 5/22:

1. Work time to organize logbooks and materials.
2. Turn in Political Cartoons and finish Vietnam Background reading questions.
3. Viewed several photos from the Vietnam War. 
4. Brief background lecture on the causes and context of the Vietnam War.
5. Students began a Tea Party about people involved with the Vietnam War.

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Vietnam: Famous Photos

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