The+Vietnam+War

=**[[file:**= [[toc]] Lesson Plan Template   __Title__: The Vietnam War  __Description__: Students will learn the basis for American involvement in Vietnam and the growing protest to the war in 1968.  __Duration__: 90 minutes  __Learning Objectives__:   I.  Students will evaluate the premise for American involvement in Vietnam.   II.  Students will analyze maps to gain knowledge of the location to Vietnam in Southeast Asia.   III.  Students will evaluate the Tet Offensive of 1968.   IV.  Students will evaluate how American media sparked great distrust with LBJ’s administration towards the Vietnam War during 1968.  __Materials__:   I.  Media footage from the Tet Offensive of 1968   II.  Maps of Southeast Asia (Vietnam)  __Step by Step Procedure (Activity)__:   This lesson will consist of the students grouped into collaborative pairs (4 students each). Students will collaborate ideas in order to come up with an argument to a stance dealing with the Vietnam War after the Tet Offensive occurred. Once each group has completed creating their factual and persuasive base they will choose one person from their group to debate a representative from each of the other groups.  __Grade Level(s)__: 8th, 11th   __Support Materials__:  __Related Standards__:   s.s.1  The study of world history requires an understanding of world cultures and civilizations, including an analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. This study also examines the human condition and the connections and interactions of people across time and space and the ways different people view the same event or issue from a variety of perspectives.
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 * || Establishing timeframes, exploring different periodizations, examining themes across time and within cultures, and focusing on important turning points in world history help organize the study of world cultures and civilizations. ||

__Submitted By__: Nicholas Anthony DeJosia