Welcome to lesson 1 of our journey through the Vietnam War
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Good morning
Welcome to lesson 1 of our journey through the Vietnam War
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What is the plan?
*Assignment 1: What do you already know about the Vietnam War? (10 minutes)
*Assignment 2: There's 2 sides to each war (15 minutes)
Assignment 3: Creating propaganda (15 minutes)
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What are our goals?
*After this lesson you will be able to voice your opinion on the Vietnam War *After this lesson you will be able to write short phrases and facts about the Vietnam War
*After this lesson you will know how to put your knowledge of the Vietnam War into creative use
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What do you already know about the Vietnam war?
. *I asked all of you to watch a documentary or movie on the vietnam war and make notes while watching.
*Please get your notes out of your bag, you will need them for our first assignment.
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What do you already know about the Vietnam War?
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*Look at the piece of paper in the middle of your group of tables.
*Each one of you is going to get his or her own section to write in
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Assignment 1: What are you going to write about?
. *Each one of you will write down what you already know about the Vietnam War or what you think of when you hear the words Vietnam War.
*This can be anything! There are no wrong answers, write down anything and everything that comes to mind, use your notes!
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2:00
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Assignment 1: Share your knowledge
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*Each one of you will get 1 minute to talk about the things you have written down and why you wrote them down.
*After everyone has done this, you will have another minute to fill the blank space in the middle of the paper, using components from each individual person's knowledge.
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5:00
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Assignment 1: Show what you know!
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*One person out of each group is going to present your group's thoughts and ideas about the Vietnam War to the rest of the class.
*If there is a group with no volunteers to speak, the wheel of misfortune on the next page will decide your fate!
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1:00
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Propaganda
*Who knows what propaganda is?
*Who can name an example of propaganda?
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2 sides to each war
*We are going to take a look at a few pieces of war propaganda.
*There are 2 sides to the war, pro and anti. Some of these fit the first, others the latter
*We are going to take a look at and talk about each piece, write down the answers to the questions on your worksheet
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Assignment 2: Pick your side
*The group will be divided into groups of 4
*I will give group side 2 minutes to pick a piece of propaganda and come up with ways to defend it.
*After this, each group will have their chance to convince the class of how good their piece of propaganda is.
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2:00
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4:00
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Creating propaganda
*Now that you have seen and talked about 2 pieces of war propaganda, it is time to get creative
*Create your own piece of Vietnam War propaganda, you may do this on your laptop, or on paper
*You can choose if your propaganda will be pro or anti-war!
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Did we reach our goals?
*After this lesson you will be able to voice your opinion on the Vietnam War
*After this lesson you will be able to write short phrases and facts about the Vietnam War
*After this lesson you will know how to put your knowledge of the Vietnam War into creative use
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Homework
*Finish your propaganda piece if you haven't yet, either hand it in next class or send it to me through email once it is done.
*Ask your parents if they know about any "Vietnam war" songs.
