The National Portrait Gallery explores presidents and the Cold War. Click on Lyndon B. Johnson to read about his actions during the Vietnam War, which Johnson saw as a block to Communist expansion. Watch a short video of Johnson's...

In this novel based on her life, Ha and her family are living in Saigon when the Vietnam war forces her family to flee to Alabama. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 5-8) to pair with "Inside Out & Back Again" by Thanhha Lai....

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....

Learn about religion in Vietnam, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Vietnam."

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Vietnam."

The Library of Congress highlights the experiences of many women veterans who fought in American wars. The collection features women from four wars; World War II, Persian Gulf, Vietnam, and Korea. Provides photographs, video and audio...

Discusses different aspects of the Cold War such as "Did the Cold War really start in 1919-1939?" and "Was the Vietnam War a turning point in the Cold War?"

This brief article overviews how American foreign policy perspectives have changed over time. Learn how the media has provoked some of the changes, how media coverage during the Vietnam War, for example, influenced society's perspectives...

Trace the enchanting life of artist and architect, Maya Lin, who in 1983 designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and in the 1990s designed new monuments/memorials at various universities. Now she has her own line of furniture.

Read about the ill-conceived Strategic Hamlet Program, designed by the government of Ngo Dinh Diem to fight against the growing influence of Ho Chi Minh and his Vietcong in the fight for Vietnam. [pdf]

Find out about the tragic events that occurred in My Lai during the Vietnam War on March 16, 1968. Read about the court martial of Lt. William Calley, who was held accountable for the massacre of innocent women, children, and old men....

This website contains links to Nixon's Inaugural Addresses, Vietnamization Speech, Resignation Speech, State of the Union Addresses and a speech on foreign policy.

This site has a PDF file on Martin Luther King's "Beyond Vietnam" speech and his dream of world peace, students look at the possibility of peace in the world.

The Progressive magazine article is reprinted here. It is an excellent examination of the Vietnam War in literature. (Published: December 1994)

Find out about Maya Lin, and how it came to be that she desigend the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.

Online companion to a PBS documentary that tells the story of America during the 1960s includes a timeline of newsworthy events from the decade and a series of thematic vignettes that addresses the war in Vietnam, sixties pop culture,...

Read the latest of Walter Cronkite's oral essays for NPR, in which he comments on events in recent history such as the Vietnam War, the U-2 crisis, and so on.

Use this activity to promote a multicultural discussion about the many different harvest celebrations around the world. Festivals in Ghana, China, Korea, Vietnam, and India are included!

Newspaper article confirms that LBJ knew about Nixon's involvement in stalling the Vietnam peace talks and didn't bother to report it. Though the story has been around before, the new tapes describe how President Johnson knew all about...

Maya Lin became famous at the age of 21 as the architect and creator of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. Here you can read about her numerous architectural projects and her promotion of human rights.

A 2004 essay from Smithsonian Magazine on the debate over the surprise attacks of the Tet Offensive. The author, who was a reporter during the Vietnam War, explores the topic by asking who utlimately won?

[Free Registration/Login Required] Did Nixon knowingly thwart attempts to end the Vietnam War to help him win the 1968 Presidential Election? Nixon has firmly denied this allegation. Form your own opinion based on the notes written by...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage defines the term "memorial" and describes the following famous ones: Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Questions that...