Thursday, June 10

If you've been left craving more, here's the "Songs of the Vietnam Era" stuff, including links to the different songs (remember, one has a VERY BAD word in it. You've been warned.)

Link: Songs of the Vietnam War, PowerPoint

YouTube Links to the Songs:

Ballad of the Green Beret

Fortunate Son

Okie from Muskogee

Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die

B Period, Here's that test review/final exam tips PowerPoints, that pulled heavily from lol cats I went over with you today:

Final Exam Review

Tuesday, June 8

Homework:

I gave you a short reading today (sorry, no e-copy), titled "Applying the Lessons of the Vietnam War." While the instructions on the reading itself say to answer two questions for EACH of the "Lessons, A-K," I'm feeling slightly less evil, and would like you to answer the two questions for 4 of the lessons of your choosing. As I emphasized in class, please read through and choose what lessons you actually give a crap about to respond to (which means reading through them all and deciding this), instead of just doing the first 4. Ok, thanks!!

If you would like to finish watching the My Lai Massacre documentary, here is the link:

American Experience, My Lai

Monday, June 7

Again, I'm being lazy, but if you're in B period, refer to Friday's post for E and F for homework and in-class stuff, because you are just a day behind.

F Period:

I gave you a short reading today (sorry, no e-copy), titled "Applying the Lessons of the Vietnam War." While the instructions on the reading itself say to answer two questions for EACH of the "Lessons, A-K," I'm feeling slightly less evil, and would like you to answer the two questions for 4 of the lessons of your choosing. As I emphasized in class, please read through and choose what lessons you actually give a crap about to respond to (which means reading through them all and deciding this), instead of just doing the first 4. Ok, thanks!!

Friday, June 4

E & F Periods In-Class:

In class, you watched the extremely groovy Part I of the documentary 1968, which gave some background on Vietnam and the Tet Offensive. Because I know you want to watch the re-watch/watch the rest, I will provide the link here: 1968 (Part 1 of 6)

E Period, you also watched a portion of the American Experience episode on My Lai. If you were absent, please follow this link and watch. We did not watch the whole thing (and haven't finished the portion I want to cover). We watched from about 10:00 to 25:00. Here's the link: My Lai

Homework:

B Period- Read p. 359-361

E and F Periods- Finish reading the Vietnam Packet

Not to be lazy, but B period, can you just look at yesterday's post for your homework?? Thanks!

E and F Period Homework:

Read p.359-361

Wednesday, June 2

Homework:

Read p.355-359 in your "Vietnam" packet. (If you are a poor, unfortunate soul who has lost it already, refer to yesterday's post for the GoogleDoc link)

• In paragraph or bullet-point form, compare and contrast the tactics of the U.S. and the Viet Cong. You'll notice that on p.355 there is this ginormous "Focus Task" that asks you to do about the same thing, but in a much more difficult form. You don't have to do this.

In Class Today:

Link to the Document you OPVL'd as a Warm-Up: Dec. of Independence, Vietnam Style

Here's a link to the PowerPoint used: Intro to the Vietnam War

Tuesday, June 1

Although it may seem cruel to have homework on a test day, it just has to be that way folks... We've got a lot of ground to cover before exams!!

You should have picked up a hefty packet as you left today, titled "Case Study 3: the Vietnam War." If you did not pick up this packet, or at any point lose it, here is a link to the GoogleDoc version: Case Study 3: the Vietnam War

Homework:

READ, p. 353-355 in Vietnam Packet

COMPLETE Activity on p.353 (box in bottom left corner)