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Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Army in Vietnam, 1954 1973 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on U.S. Army involvement in Vietnam, 1954-1973, as part of the Vietnam War Commemoration.
Article
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Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article celebrating the U.S. Marine Corps and outlining involvement in the Vietnam War.
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US Department of State

Ending the Vietnam War, 1969 1973

For Students 9th - 10th
Focus on ending the Vietnam War from the beginning of the Nixon administration in 1969. Essay covers U.S. strategy, both foreign and domestic, leading to the eventual withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: A Vietnam War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site houses a timeline of the events that took place before, during, and after the completion of the Vietnam war.
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Other

Mired in Stalemate: Walter Cronkite's Commentary on the Vietnam War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Opinion of anchorman, Walter Cronkite, as expressed on network television news, February 27, 1968. Cronkite's commentary reveals the current status and course of the Vietnam War to the American public. Text contains highlighted...
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Other

The United States of America: Vietnam War Commemoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Vietnam War 50th Commemoration interactive timeline chronicles events with photos and description.
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The Vietnam Wars (Section 5): The Aftermath of Geneva, 1954 1961

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger work on the Vietnam War offering an in-depth and straightforward account of rising tension between North and South Vietnam in the aftermath of the Geneva Accords.
Article
US Department of State

U.s. Involvement in the Vietnam War: The Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1964 and subsequent escalation in that conflict through the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Vietnam War

For Students 5th - 8th
An overview of the Vietnam War, including how the United States became involved, the eventual antiwar movement, and the outcome.
eBook
Other

The Vietnam Wars: The Geneva Accords

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief section of a larger work on the Vietnam War discusses the basic purpose and guidelines of the Geneva Accords.
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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Other

The History of War: Battles, Sieges, and Treaties: Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
A chronological listing of the battles of the Vietnam War beginning with the first time U.S. forces were involved in a major battle in 1962. The source for most of the entries is Wikipedia.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous detailed facts concerning the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975) that began during the Cold War era.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Vietnam War factual timeline featuring important dates, famous people involved in the war, and significant events that provide the history of the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975) and its repercussions in the United States.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: End of the Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and detailed facts about the reasons for the end of the Vietnam war.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts Through Web Based Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons where students create internet scavenger hunts in order to learn about the effects of the war on certain groups. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains...
Website
University of Washington

University of Washington Libraries: Vietnam War Era Ephemera

For Students 9th - 10th
Access a database of leaflets, illustrations, posters, and newspapers that were distributed on the University of Washington campus during the 1960s and 1970s. Items in the collection reflect the social and political activities of the...
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Ohio State University

E History: Maps and Images of the Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
Select "Vietnam War" from the TOPIC drop-down menu to access maps and photographas which chronicle the Vietnam War. Shows how the war started with the French and how the North Vietnam conducted the war.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Vietnam War (History Teaching Activity)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson that helps students explore the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective. Students will consider how Vietnam's government teaches today's youth about the war and what Vietnamese students know about the conflict. Students can...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Vietnam War

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Vietnam War for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Vietnam War Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Other

History Central: Vietnam War

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information is provided about the Vietnam War. The site includes primary documents and a timeline.
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the End of the Vietnam War Led to a Refugee Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
The fall of Saigon in April 1975 marked the close of the war, but also the beginning of one of the largest and longest refugee crises in history. Over the next two decades -- from 1975 to 1995 -- more than three million people fled...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the war that enmeshed the United States in a battle against communism in Southeast Asia for more than twenty years.

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