Monday 3/16/26:
• Agenda:
• Watch CNN’s “The Sixties – 1968” (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71awnz).
• Homework:
• None.
• If absent:
• Watch CNN’s “The Sixties – 1968” (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71awnz).
Tuesday 3/17/26 (DEMON):
• Agenda:
• The Draft and the Vietnam War – would YOU have been drafted?
• Read “Live From DC It’s Lottery Night 1969!” (PDF file below) together as a class. Also found at https://www.historynet.com/live-from-dc-its-lottery-night-1969/.
• Explain the draft using Vietnam draft data: https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries/
• The real controversy of the draft…draft classifications: https://www.vietnamlotteryfate.com/selective-service-classifications
• Discussion: what made the Vietnam War’s draft process so controversial? Why did so many men “dodge” the draft? How did they do so?
• The Selective Service today: https://www.sss.gov/.
• Homework:
• None.
• If absent:
• Download, print and read “Live From DC It’s Lottery Night 1969!” (PDF file below)
• After reading, visit the following links to learn about…
• …how the draft worked using Vietnam draft data: https://www.sss.gov/history-and-records/vietnam-lotteries/
• …why the draft was so controversial, due to the draft classification system: https://www.vietnamlotteryfate.com/selective-service-classifications
Wednesday 3/18/26 (MAROON) & Thursday 3/19/26 (WHITE):
• Agenda:
• Continue and finish NOTES – The Times They Are a-Changin’ (PPoint file below), Slides 18-26. (Website version of the PPoint will not include video clips.)
• Homework:
• None.
• If absent:
• Download, print and read NOTES – The Times They Are a-Changin’ (PPoint file below), Slides 18-26. (Website version of the PPoint will not include video clips.)
Friday 3/20/26 (DEMON):
• Agenda:
• Visit the Virtual Vietnam Wall and look at the profile of the soldiers from Golden – or other suburbs in/around the Denver-area – who died in Vietnam (https://virtualwall.org/iStates.htm). Click on COLORADO, then scroll down to see the city/town you want to see. Then, click on a soldier’s name to see his profile.
• Another great Vietnam site is https://thewall-usa.com/. Once there, you can click on “search the wall” on the top of the page, then type in the fields to find either an individual name, or search by city/state.
• Homework:
• None! Enjoy Spring Break!
• If absent:
• Visit the Virtual Vietnam Wall and look at the profile of the soldiers from Golden – or other suburbs in/around the Denver-area – who died in Vietnam (https://virtualwall.org/iStates.htm). Click on COLORADO, then scroll down to see the city/town you want to see. Then, click on a soldier’s name to see his profile.
• Another great Vietnam site is https://thewall-usa.com/. Once there, you can click on “search the wall” on the top of the page, then type in the fields to find either an individual name, or search by city/state.