Unit 3 Special Project: Vietnam War Documentary Film

Post date: Oct 11, 2011 12:30:29 PM

Hi All,

A cool way to get credit for a special project is through watching documentaries that you can access online. The following is a PBS video that aligns with material covered in Unit 3.

Vietnam, a Televised History Episode 4: America Takes Charge (1965-1967)

Want to learn more about the Vietnam War? Vietnam, a Televised History is an 11 part series done by PBS in 1983 documenting the Vietnam War. Unlike the wars of the 21st century, journalists had unprecedented coverage of the conflict in Vietnam and minute news of the war came into Americans living rooms each night. This series documents some of this "televised history" and sheds light into the nature of the Vietnam conflict. Episode 4, America Takes Charge documents the story of escalating American military involvement in the Vietnam Conflict from 1965-1967. In 1965, a few hundred American "advisers" were stationed in Vietnam, but by 1967 500,000 troops occupied the nation with no end to the conflict in sight. Special Project credit: To earn 50/100 points on your Unit 3 Special Project, please download the movie worksheet for this film and turn in the filled out worksheet in your Unit 3 Special Project Assignment. You can watch this movie by clicking on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD5Sek4snmw This is an excellent series and I hope you enjoy this film as much as I did. Please let me know if you have any questions.Trehal