Lesson Plan
Lessons 1960 to Present Day
1960s Vietnam
Goals- Students will personally study the United States’ history from 1960 to the present day, and then share their information with each other. Students will each give a ten minute presentation to the class, and then turn in a two paged paper to me. Students will be able to outline the main events that took place between 1960 and NOW!
Resources- 1960s mini lesson, PowerPoint, mobile computer lab, internet, printers, paper, markers, ect.
Bell Ringer #65- What do you think about the Iraq War that is taking place right now? Do you think that the majority of Americans support the war or not?
Objectives- Students will explore the cause, course, and outcome of the Vietnam War. (Standard 9, Objectives1&2 )
Instructional Input-
· Talk about Bell Ringer
· Lesson- Read Vietnam Packet
· Answer questions about the Packet
· Work on projects
Checking for Understanding-
Modeling-
Guided Practice-
Closure-
Exit Slip
The 1960s/The Vietnam War
1. WRITE THE BELL RINGER ON THE BOARD. Talk about the Bell Ringer= Relate it to the Vietnam War and explain how the majority of Americans thought the Vietnam War was none of our business and that it was a war of politics
2. Have students hand in Bell Ringers #61-65 (just put them in the appropriate in basket)
3. Hand out Vietnam Packet and tell them to read the packet and answer the questions about it (30 minutes) (keep the room quiet until almost everyone is done reading). Tell them we will talk about the war when I get back
4. Once students are done with the packet, they should start working on their end of the year projects.
5. As students work on their projects, please make sure that they use the internet appropriately (write down any names of students who are checking email, on face book, you tube, or anything else they should not be looking at)
6. Collect answers from the reading packets, they should keep the packets.
Vietnam Questions from the Packet
1. Why do you think Americans were divided about the war? (answers will vary)
2. Vietnam’s fight for their independence began way before America was involved. Who did their struggle begin with? It started with ______. (China and than the French)
3. True or False, After WWII ended Vietnam was still considered a French colony. (true)
4. Who was Vietnam’s leader? (Ho Chi Minh)
5. What was the guerilla military force called that Ho Chi Minh formed? (Viet Minh)
6. Where did they attack first? (south Vietnam)
7. What countries did America have problems with during the cold war? (Soviet Union, China Korea, and now Vietnam)
8. Which side did America decide to support in the Vietnam conflict? (South)
9. Which side was winning at first? (north)
10. What was Dien Bien Phu (a French outpost which fall to the North Vietnamese)
11. What was the Geneva Accords and what happened there? (It was a peace conference held in Switzerland; it divided Vietnam into two parts separated at the 17th parallel.)
12. Who was above the 17th parallel and who was below it? (north above=communist south=democracy)
13. The Viet Minh changed their name to what? (Vietnamese Communists or Viet Cong for short)
14. Where the South Vietnamese able to defend themselves? (no)
15. Who decided America should go involved and when? (Pres. Johnson in 1964)
16. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin? (there was a confrontation between NV patrol boats and a US Navy ship)
17. What did this start? (the war)
18. What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution? (gave the pres power to take action)
19. What was America’s plan at the beginning? (to only help the south and to stay in the south and not invade the north)
20. This plan made it easy for the North Vietnamese to mount swift ______attacks. (hit and run)
21. What is a war of attrition? (most people wins, body count war. Each thought the other would surrender because of the large death tolls)
22. Why was this a different type of war? (TV and media coverage, Americans did approve)
23. Why was 1968 a turning point? (half a million American soldiers where there, the siege at Khe Sanh, NVA attacks everywhere randomly and bad, anti-war movement intensified)
24. What do you think of Americans calling our own soldiers baby killers and warmongers? (answers will vary)
25. What is Vietnamization? (gradually ending the war and withdrawing US troops)
26. What happened in 1973 and than in 1975? (SV left alone without our help and their capital fell in 1975, the North won and it was over)
27. Now that you know a little bit about the Vietnam war what do you think about it? (paragraph response= 5-8sentences (answers will vary)
28. What happened finally in 1982? (we built a memorial)
29. What is the most well-known statement about the Vietnam War? (“we had to destroy the village, in order to save it”)
30. Do you think America has been able to save all of the villages, including our own, without destroying them? paragraph response= 5-8sentences (answers will vary)
Vietnam Questions from the Packet
1. Why do you think Americans were divided about the war?
2. Vietnam’s fight for their independence began way before America was involved. Who did their struggle begin with? It started with ______.
3. True or False, After WWII ended Vietnam was still considered a French colony.
4. Who was Vietnam’s leader?
5. What was the guerilla military force called that Ho Chi Minh formed?
6. Where did they attack first?
7. What countries did America have problems with during the cold war?
8. Which side did America decide to support in the Vietnam conflict?
9. Which side was winning at first?
10. What was Dien Bien Phu?
11. What was the Geneva Accords and what happened there?
12. Who was above the 17th parallel and who was below it?
13. The Viet Minh changed their name to what?
14. Where the South Vietnamese able to defend themselves?
15. Who decided America should get involved and when?
16. What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
17. What did this start?
18. What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
19. What was America’s plan at the beginning?
20. This plan made it easy for the North Vietnamese to mount swift ______attacks.
21. What is a war of attrition?
22. Why was this a different type of war?
23. Why was 1968 a turning point?
24. What do you think of Americans calling our own soldiers baby killers and warmongers?
25. What is Vietnamization?
26. What happened in 1973 and than in 1975?
27. Now that you know a little bit about the Vietnam War what do you think about it? (paragraph response= 5-8sentences)
28. What happened finally in 1982?
29. What is the most well-known statement about the Vietnam War?
30. Do you think America has been able to save all of the villages, including our own, without destroying them? paragraph response= 5-8sentences