Unit 8 - Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, & the Vietnam War

Key Ideas and Concepts

with Related Video Links

@Start Questions

Mr. Jesser's Homework Page

1. Election of 1960 (Video) (Video)

2. Kennedy’s Domestic Policies (Video) (Video)

3. Bay of Pigs (Video)

4. Berlin Crisis (Video)

5. Cuban Missile Crisis (Video) ( Video)

6. Kennedy Assassination (Video) (Video) (Video)

7. Early US Involvement in Vietnam (Video)

8. LBJ – The Great Society (Video)

9. Warren Court (Video)

10. Escalation of the Vietnam War (Video) (Video)

11. Political Debate at Home (Video)

12. 1968 (Video) (Tet Offensive)

13. Nixon and the End of Vietnam (Video) (Kent State) (Nixon Biography) (Vietnam Memorial)

14. Nixon’s Foreign Policy (Video)

15. Watergate (Video) (video)

Additional Resources

1. Crash Course US History: The 1960s in America (Video)

2. Crash Course World History - USA vs USSR Fight! (Video)

3. The Century: America's Time: Unpinned (Video)

4. The Century: America's Time: Approaching the Apocalypse (Video)

5. Kennedy overview from the History Channel (Video) (Video) (Video)

6. Kennedy: A Presidency Revealed (Link)

7. Dear America: Letters home from Vietnam (Video)

8. Documentary Video: the Napalm Girl (Video) Kim Phuc interview (Video)

9. The Vietnam "War" in 10 Minutes (Video)

10. Khan Academy: The Vietnam War (Video)

11. Watergate: The Final Report (Video)

12. Jeopardy Review Game: Vietnam War

13. Jeopardy Review Game: The Age of Protest & President Nixon

14. Jeopardy Review Game: Review Questions