The Vietnam War

Agenda:

1. I introduced the Vietnam War, explaining it was multiple war: French vs. Vietnamese, US vs. North Vietnam, North vs. South, and part of the Cold War.
2. Students watched a clip about French colonialism in Vietnam [below]. 
3. Students role-played the French and Vietnamese at the moment of the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence in 1945. Both sides were trying to persuade Truman and the US to follow a certain course of action.
4. I began a lecture about the Vietnam War and the escalation of the US presence [below]. Here are my lecture notes.
5. Students answered questions from the Keylor text an completed a map of Vietnam.

Roots of War - [watch first 20 minutes]:

Vietnam Lecture:

The Korean War

Agenda:

1. Students read a selection from the Keylor text about the Korean War, answering questions. They also labeled a map with major events from the war.
2. Students watched a the first part of a documentary about warfare during the Korean War.
3. Students used several documents to make a script depicting the decision-making process facing President Truman after the invasion of South Korean by Kim Il Sung.
4. Here are the vocabulary and prompts for Korea.

20th Century Battlefields: The Korean War