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This The Vietnam War Timeline: Understanding the Nature of a Controversial Conflict interactive also includes:
- Document Analysis with Students
- Vietnamese Popular Force Soldier and U.S. Marine Practice Ambush Techniques
- Regional Forces Enroute to the Suspected Viet Cong Base Camp
- A Viet Cong Soldier Crouches in a Bunker with an SKS Rifle
- Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments Poster 7
- Arrival of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) in Vietnam
- Certification of the 26th Amendment
- First Family Visiting with Combat Soldiers Wounded in Vietnam
- Newspaper Article "D.M. Schools Ban Wearing of Viet Truce Armbands"
- “Withdrawal Speech” by President Johnson
- Tonkin Gulf Resolution
- Letter from Mrs. Keck to President Johnson Regarding her Son's Death
- Memo from Walt W. Rostow to President Johnson
- Memorandum Notifying President Johnson of Attack on the USS Maddox
- Napalm Bombs Explode on Viet Cong Structures
- National Security Action Memorandum No. 115 Defoliant Operations in Vietnam
- Operation Shelby- Manuel Garcia Cleans His M-16 Rifle
- President Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at a Cabinet Meeting
- President Johnson's Vietnam Address
- President Richard Nixon During a Vietnam War Press Conference
- Press Release Following the First Tonkin Gulf Incident
- Private First Class Joseph Big Medicine Jr.
- The March on the Pentagon
- Richard Nixon in Chu Lai, South Vietnam
- Rolling Thunder 53 Strike Map
- Sergeant Robert E. Fears
- State Department Telegram Text of a Letter from Ho Chi Minh to President Johnson
- Statement by the President on Evacuation of American Personnel from South Viet Nam
- UH-1D Medevac Helicopter in South Vietnam
- Captured Viet Cong Prisoner
- 336th Aviation Company Sprays a Defoliation Agent on a Jungle in the Mekong Delta
- Activity
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The story of the Vietnam War is often told through images. Young historians analyze images and primary sources —including the Vietnamese Army's Seven Commandments poster and photos of the daily life of soldiers—to construct a timeline of the conflict. A series of questions later asks them to consider causes and effects of specific events in the war.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Use to review the major military events of the Vietnam War
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson requires some background knowledge of the Vietnam War
- Class members need computer access
Pros
- Images are compelling and some are unusual
- Activity promotes critical analysis and deep reading of images