The History Place
The History Place:vietnam War the Johnson Administration
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.
Digital History
Digital History: Explorations: The Vietnam War as History
Comprehensive interactive learning module explores the Vietnam War and includes maps, a timeline of important events, primary source documents, photographs, personal accounts, music, and teacher resources.
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The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War is a series of articles that discusses the origins, battles, and outcome of this conflict that involved much of Southeast Asia during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. This introduction gives the background for U.S. involvement.
History of American Wars
History of American Wars: Vietnam War Timeline: Causes
A detailed timeline showing the events leading up to and during the Vietnam War. Begins in 1802 with French involvement in Vietnam and continues up to the bombing of North Vietnam by the United States in 1965.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts Through Web Based Inquiry
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...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Maps: Causes of the Vietnam War
This essay from The Oxford Companion to American Military History goes into the causes of the Vietnam War and shows how the United States became embroiled incrementally from the 1950s up to 1965. An interesting section explains how the...
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The United States of America: Vietnam War Commemoration
Website commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War celebrates veterans and their families, allies and Armed Forces. Provides history, maps and timeline of events.
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Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Coast Guard in the Vietnam War [Pdf]
Article outlining the U.S. Coast Guard involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War Commemoration: The u.s. Navy in the Vietnam War [Pdf]
Article commemorating the U.S. Navy and their role in the Vietnam War.
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The United States of America: Vietnam War Commemoration
Vietnam War 50th Commemoration interactive timeline chronicles events with photos and description.
US Department of State
U.s. Involvement in the Vietnam War: The Gulf of Tonkin and Escalation, 1964
Essay on U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War in 1964 and subsequent escalation in that conflict through the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
Library of Congress
Loc: Law: War Powers
Find the reasoning behind the War Powers Act, passed over President Nixon's veto in 1973. Presidential actions taken during the Vietnam War were the impetus for Congress to make a declaration of war more codified. See the times...
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Civil Rights and Vietnam (1948 1975)
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...
US National Archives
National Archives: Lesson Plans Congress, the President, and the War Powers
Examine the power of Congress to make war by studying primary source documents from various wars throughout U.S. history. Students will analyze how the balance of authority between the legislative branch and executive branch has changed...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Facts
Numerous detailed facts concerning the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975) that began during the Cold War era.
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Vietnam War Commemoration: Maps of North and South Vietnam
Set of six maps of North and South Vietnam.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Library: Vietnam, Diem, the Buddhist Crisis
The president of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, ignored urgings by President Kennedy to make reforms to his government. Read about the discussions Kennedy and his advisors had, find a link to a cable called the most controversial of the Vietnam...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on "Beyond Vietnam"
A well designed four part lesson plan on Dr. King's famous speech on the Vietnam War in which he came out against the war.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: The Cold War
This site discusses the United States' struggle to halt the spread of Communism at the height of the Cold War.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Patriotism
A comprehensive learning module on the nature of patriotism that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include why people...
US Department of State
U.s. Department of State: Decades of Change: 1960 1980
Summary of the rise of cultural and ethnic pluralism that took place in America between 1960 -1980 causing major social change. Included were such movements as civil rights, women, Latino, Native-American, counterculture,...
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Chomsky.info: A Visit to Laos
Scholarly 1970 essay by Noam Chomsky thoroughly details his visit to Laos, the history of U.S. involvement in Laos, and the impact of massive bombing on the country and its people. It's an interesting perspective from the Vietnam war era.
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Neil Sheehan
A biography of Neil Sheehan, a journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction for a book he wrote about his experience of the Vietnam War. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.