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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Experiencing War: Prisoners of War

For Students 9th - 10th
Online presentation of personal narratives includes remembrances from former POWs held captive in Germany, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Experiencing War: Military Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Stories focus on military medicine and highlight personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and individuals providing medical support.
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Activity
National Archives (UK)

National Archives Exhibit: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource enables the viewer to explore various events and topics of the Cold War through learning games, primary documents, and a tour through an interactive bunker.
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Graphic
Library of Congress

Loc: From the Home Front and the Front Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibition consisting of original materials and oral histories drawn from the Veterans History Project collections.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-six video lectures presented by Professor Robert Buzzanco of the University of Houston, this course is designed to be a lecture course focusing on the prominent developments in twentieth-century Vietnam and the...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: See and Hear Veterans' Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the home of the Library of Congress Veterans' Project. Collected here are stories in multiple formats about specific topics dealing with a soldier's life in WWII, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam War. Pictures and other...
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

For Students 9th - 10th
View comprehensive sets of artifacts that tell the story of America's wartime past and present. Artifacts from every major American military conflict, beginning with the American Revolution, can be closely examined. Full curatorial notes...
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Website
PBS

Pbs American Experience: Vietnam Online

For Students 9th - 10th
A PBS website that describes the events and people of the Vietnam War. Includes a timeline of the era.
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Website
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas, Austin: David Douglas Duncan

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site on David Douglas Duncan, a photojournalist active during and after World War II. While a U.S. marine, he photographed scenes of war; when his service ended, he photographed famous people like Picasso. He also wrote 30...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Refugee

For Students 9th - 10th
Documentary film about three Cambodian Americans who, on a voyage of discovery, return to Cambodia after living as refugees in the United States for twenty years. The film explores the ways in which their personal stories reflect...
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Website
US Navy

Naval History and Heritage Command: By Sea, Air, and Land

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Department of the Navy, this site provides a detailed description of naval activities and strategy during the war in Southeast Asia. Great maps and pictures too.
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eBook
US Navy

Naval History and Heritage Command: By Sea, Land and Air: Final Curtain, 1973 75

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a chapter from a larger text on the conflict in Vietnam. This section outlines and describes the events leading up to and including the fall of South Vietnam.
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place: The Vietnam War: Seeds of the Conflict, 1945 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed chronology of the Vietnam War is part of a four-segment timeline on the conflict published by the History Place, a privately operated online publication. The site focuses on the events and decisions that eventually led to...
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Handout
The History Place

The History Place:vietnam War the Johnson Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
Play by play account of the Vietnam War, starting with Johnson. Step by step, this account highlights the main actions taken by the Johnson administration and the results that follow. Covers 1965-1968.
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a summary of this resolution which supported President Johnson's actions in Vietnam and also provides an easy to read version of the complete text.
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PPT
The History Place

The History Place: The Vietnam War 1945 1975

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The History Place is a comprehensive site about the events leading up to the Vietnam War and ending with the withdrawal of American troops. Excellent slide show with an array of images from the era.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ho Chi Minh

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides a biography of the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. Focuses primarily on his political life. Ho Chi Minh led the independence movement in North Vietnam.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: John F. Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
From the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, this biographical account of JFK includes his military service during WWII, the significant events of his political career and presidency including Cabinet and Supreme Court appointments, and...
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Primary
US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: The u.s. Army in Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in-depth look at the U.S. Army action during the Vietnam War. To find more information about Diem's overthrow, look under the section labeled 635.
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Lesson Plan
University of Calgary

Ithaca College: Project Look Sharp: Media Construction of War

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a multi-unit curriculum kit relating to the study of war that incorporates media literacy. All material is free to download and includes teacher guides, student handouts, historical documents, slideshows, and more.
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Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Civil Rights and Vietnam (1948 1975)

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit guide and primary sources supply to assist with learning about the Civil Rights Movement in America as well as the activities taking place in Vietnam. Why was America fighting for civil rights across the seas while struggling with...
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Graphic
University of California

University of California, Irvine: War Within: Dissent During Crisis in America

For Students 9th - 10th
View works created by eight artists in response to war and its consequences.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Battlefield Vietnam: A Brief History

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a history of the Vietnam.
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Primary
PBS

People's Century: Guerrilla Wars

For Students 9th - 10th
Col. David Hackworth, in an interview on PBS, relives the mindset of the leaders during the Vietnam effort. His accounts reference how the war of attrition affected the mentality of both those serving the US and those at home.