Unit 3: A Nation Divided by War (1965-1968)
Unit Overview:
1965-1968: Unit 3 covers the early years of the Vietnam War as American troops took over most of the fighting for the South Vietnamese. As more troops arrived and fought in Vietnam, the War Protest Movement, which had begun small, gradually grew larger and more powerful. By 1968, the nation was divided over the issue of a war that was growing ever more unpopular with no end in sight. In the unit essay, you'll write about war protest music or make a slideshow of your own.
Unit Essay: Vietnam Era Protest
Vietnam Era Protest
As the war in Vietnam continued, it became less popular and the protest movement grew in numbers and strength, eventually becoming mainstream. Throughout the 1960's and 1970's songs protesting the war could be heard on the radio and many were top ten hits in America. Take a look at some of the websites below or find your own Vietnam Era protest songs and write a five paragraph essay on Vietnam Era protest music. Pick three songs and analyze how each song protests the war in a different way, and these will become your body paras.
Please take a look at the following websites for song ideas:
Vietnam War Era Song Compilation
Top Ten Protest songs from the 1960's:
Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival:
For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield:
Option B: Vietnam Protest Slideshow
Tired of writing essays? Instead of doing an essay on this topic, make a slideshow and use Vietnam Protest music as your soundtrack. Your slideshow must have at least 40 images and be at least 5 min. long. To watch a video on how to make a slideshow using Microsoft Movie Maker click this link.
Unit Videos:
Vietnam, a Televised History Part 4 (55:42)
Vietnam, a Televised History Part 5 (55:41)
Vietnam, a Televised History Part 10, (55:41)
Unit Lectures:
Unit Study Guides:
Unit 3 has 3 quizzes. You can access the quiz study guides by clicking the links below. The documents linked here are Google Docs. To print our download, select "file", "download as" and choose either Word, Open Office Document, or whatever format suits you.
It takes 5-10 minutes each lesson to fill out a quiz study guide, and these will definitely help you to perform well on the quizzes. If you do all three quiz study guides you will also be well-prepared for the test. Since these study guides give you what is important in each lesson, think of them as notes and fill them out as you go.
To watch a short video on how to use these study guides click this link: How to Use Study Guides: Vietnam History
Key Terms:
For this project you must define the terms listed below and explain each term's significance to the unit/era being studied. Your definition should be 2-3 sentences long and may be copied and pasted from a source like Wikipedia, but the significance of the term must be in your own words and based on your own understanding. To fill out a term's significance, ask yourself, "Why is this item included in my study of this unit? Why is this term in a history book?" The answer to this question is your term's significance.
Unit 3 Key Terms:
1. Vietcong
2. NVA
3. Ho Chi Minh Trail
4. "Peoples Courts"
5. Operation Arc Light
6. Operation Cedar Falls
7. Credibility Gap
8. (Vietnam) Tour of Duty
9. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
10. Vietnam Day Committee
11. Abbie Hoffman
12. Joan Baez
13. Human "Be-in"
14. VVAW
15. Democratic Convention of 1968
Below is an example of a key term done with the proper format:
William the Conqueror: William I (c. 1028[2] – 9 September 1087), also known as William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant), was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II. Before his conquest of England, he was known as William the Bastard because of the illegitimacy of his birth.To press his claim to the English crown, William invaded England in 1066, leading an army of Normans, Bretons, Flemings, and Frenchmen (from Paris andÎle-de-France) to victory over the English forces of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest.[3] (I copied and pasted this definition from Wikipedia)
Significance: William the Conqueror is significant because his conquest of England created the first nation state in Europe. His rearrangement of English feudal territories to give himself dramatically more power than the the barons and nobles around him caused him to be the most powerful monarch in Europe and eventually led to the rise of other nation states over the next few centuries. (These are my words based on my knowledge of English and European history.)
Captured Vietcong prisoners, 1967.