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The Vietnam War

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students analyze U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In this Vietnam War lesson, students listen to their instructor present lectures regarding the Cold War as well as the conflict in Vietnam. Students study U.S. involvement in the armed...
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Shadow of the Dragon

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete literary analysis and a topic study for Shadow of a Dragon.For this literary analysis lesson, students complete a prewriting about the topics of gangs, Vietnam, and immigrants. Students complete 49 activities related to...
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Man in Conflict - Vietnam and Literature

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the lyrics of protest music. In this Vietnam War lesson, 11th graders examine conflict as they consider the controversial nature of the war as evidenced in song lyrics. Students also consider the Iraq War and its...
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Empathy and the Vietnam War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the implications of the draft during the Vietnam War. In this Vietnam lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs that explore differents opinions of the Vietnam draft. Students particpate in a role-play activity that...
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The Vietnam War: A Popular Music Approach

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the Vietnam War in music. In this Vietnam lesson plan, students listen to and analyze popular music from the Vietnam era in order to understand the use of propaganda regarding the controversial war. Young scholars...
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Vietnam Revisited

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore the impact of the Vietnam War. In this Vietnam and popular culture lesson, students research and plot major events in the conflict. Young scholars interview people regarding their memories of the war and watch the...
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Cold War Wars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this Cold War worksheet, pupils respond to short answer questions regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and the Chinese Civil War. There are 5 short answer questions regarding each of the conflicts.
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Cold War Wars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this Cold War worksheet, students respond to 21 short answer questions regarding the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and the Chinese Civil War.
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Worksheet
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Vietnam War - Word Search

For Students 7th - 10th
In this Vietnam War word search learning exercise, students locate and circle 13 significant names and terms pertaining to this time period in world history. A word bank is provided.
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Why Did America Get Involved in Vietnam?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Vietnam study guide activity, students investigate what led the United States into involvement in the Vietnam War. Students respond to 7 short answer questions based on the activity as well as textbook reading.
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Why Did America Lose the Vietnam War?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Vietnam study guide worksheet, students locate reasons that the United States lost the Vietnam War. Students respond to 3 short answer questions based on their worksheet as well as their textbook reading.
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Women on the Wall: A Vietnam Memorial

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the role of women during the Vietnam War. They conduct Internet research, and create a Chronicle of Women in Vietnam project that could take the form of a journal, PowerPoint presentation, or scrapbook that includes...
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From Korea to Vietnam: America Changes Her View on War

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify and analyze the differences between the Korean and the Vietnam Wars. In small groups they conduct research and create a scene from a movie that focuses on the Korean or Vietnam War. Students view and evaluate...
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The Vietnam War

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students acquire information about the Vietnam War Era from the internet, textbook and various sources. They transfer the information that they have acquired into a newspaper format. Students create editorials, cartoons, graphics and...
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. They read the background to the Vietnam War and the social, political, and miliary issues surrounding the War and how they affected President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society Program. ...
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In Country: An Integrated Look at the Vietnam War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore aspects of the Vietnam War and how it relates to the heritage of America. In an attempt to understand the level of involvement, students analyze statistics from the Vietnam war. Students watch a video, read a book, and...
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The Khmer Rouge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine life in Cambodia and Vietnam from 1975-1979, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. They discuss how an otherwise peaceful society could allow such events to take place and write a short paper and complete a culminating project.
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Themes of Courage

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create a PowerPoint presentation or a brochure in which they persuade an audience of their choice and why their solution is the best for the problem they tackled after studying the Vietnam War.
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A Brief History of Vietnam (1858-2004) and Its Evolving Communist System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the French colonization of Vietnam, the Vietnam War, and the current evolving Communist system. They develop political maps, outline the major events of the Vietnam War, write an essay, and compare/contrast democracy with...
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Offerings At the Wall: the Vietnam War Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research Vietnam War, complete audio interview of a Vietnam War veteran or a family member/acquaintance of someone who was a casualty of the war, and write an essay of what was learned through researching the war and conducting...
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Using Rock as Primary Source Material

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to a song which functions as an entertaining primary source. It illustrates the part angry, part irreverent anti-war sentiments of the counter-culture in the late 1960s. After hearing the song, students discuss how it...
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Maya Lin

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are able to explain the important contribution Maya Lin made to society, write about their definition of a hero, and recognize, appreciate and describe the significance of memorials.
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Worksheet
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Vietnam War

For Students 8th - 12th
For this 20th century U.S. history worksheet, students read articles about the Vietnam War. Students then respond to 24 short answer questions.
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War Support

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a video clip on Vietnam war veterans. They discuss the video on Vietnam War veterans. Students use the veterans statements about the war to relate it to the decrease in support for the war. They read section 3, and...