Lesson 1: Vietnam war, what was it?

Good morning

Welcome to lesson 1 of our journey through the Vietnam War

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)

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

What do you already know about the Vietnam war?

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*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.

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

Assignment 1: What are you going to write about?

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*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!

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.

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!

Propaganda

*Who knows what propaganda is?


*Who can name an example of propaganda?

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

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.

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!

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

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.