Digital History
Digital History: Vietnamization [Pdf]
Richard Nixon claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam War when he was campaigning for president in 1968. See what that secret plan was and read about how it extended the war by another four years and galvanized anti-war...
University of Michigan
Bentley Historical Library: A Decade of Dissent: Student Protests at Michigan
Information and analysis on the student-led resistance to the war in Vietnam at the University of Michigan.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: Vietnam War [Pdf]
A presentation covering the history of the Vietnam War beginning with the war for independence from France when it was a French colony. Covers the Geneva Accord and the war between the North and the South and how America became involved....
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The Counterculture
Section overview on the Counterculture and anti-war movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and its impact on a new social and political order.
CNN
Cnn: Soldier's Mom Digs in Near Bush Ranch 8/07/05
Beginning on August 6th, 2005, Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq travelled to Crawford, Texas to get a meeting with President Bush. She wants to know why her son died and wants an honest answer as to why America is at...
Other
Culture of Peace: The American Peace Movements
Dr. David Adams, retired UNESCO director and professor, examines the anti-Vietnam War movement, in this full-text online publication.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Ohio State University
Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach History (Lesson Plans)
Two dozen lessons that focus on using political cartoons as primary source resources for teaching American history. Lessons cover a range of topics in U.S. history from the Civil War era forward and are linked to Ohio content standards.
Digital History
Digital History: The Tet Offensive [Pdf]
Read about the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War and the resulting escalation of American troops committed to the war. This led to increased American protest against the war, and President Johnson's decision not to run for re-election....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Oldenburg, Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks
A monumental tube of lipstick sprouting from a military vehicle appeared, uninvited, on the campus of Yale University amidst the 1969 student protests against the Vietnam War. Claes Oldenburg made this sculpture and it served as a stage...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Conventions Past: 1968: Antiwar Rioters Engulf the Democrats
NPR looks back at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, known for the antiwar student demonstrations staged there and the violence they engendered, not just election-year politics.
PBS
Pbs: American Roots Music
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.