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Reporting on the Vietnam War
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For this Unit on Vietnam, you will be recreating your own newspapers as if
you were reporting on Vietnam, its war, and the protests. There are essentially
five components of this newspaper:
· Headline (story of assigned photo)
· Protests at Home
· Nixon’s Secret Missions and Pentagon Papers
· Ten Fact’s on the Vietnam War (use history.com)
· One Topic of Your Choice:
o Draft, My Lai Massacre, End of War (Fall of Saigon), Media Involvement, Biography of an Individual, Technology and Weapons Used, etc.
A template of the newspaper is provided, or you may create your own. There will be six class periods to work on this; part will consist of new content, and part will be devoted to working on this assignment. Please use your time wisely.
· Headline (story of assigned photo)
· Protests at Home
· Nixon’s Secret Missions and Pentagon Papers
· Ten Fact’s on the Vietnam War (use history.com)
· One Topic of Your Choice:
o Draft, My Lai Massacre, End of War (Fall of Saigon), Media Involvement, Biography of an Individual, Technology and Weapons Used, etc.
A template of the newspaper is provided, or you may create your own. There will be six class periods to work on this; part will consist of new content, and part will be devoted to working on this assignment. Please use your time wisely.
1: The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc
2. Kim Phuc of Vietnam or this link
3. Vietnam Execution
4. Kent State 1970
5. Fall of Saigon
2. Kim Phuc of Vietnam or this link
3. Vietnam Execution
4. Kent State 1970
5. Fall of Saigon
_Unit Web Links
America and the Vietnam War (History Study Center - GASH Library)
Battlefield Vietnam (PBS)
The Cold War Museum
The Pentagon Papers
Radical Times: The Antiwar Movement of the 1960s
Vietnam Online (PBS - American Experience)
Vietnam Photo Essay
Vietnam War (Digital History)
Vietnam War (Google Books search)
Vietnam War (Global Security)
The Vietnam War (History Place)
The Vietnam War (SparkNotes)
The Vietnam War Archive Collection (Time Magazine)
The Vietnam War as History (Digital History)
The War at Home: The Antiwar Movement
The Wars for Viet Nam (Vassar)
Vietnam War Facts Infographic (history.com)
Facts of Vietnam
Protests of Vietnam
America and the Vietnam War (History Study Center - GASH Library)
Battlefield Vietnam (PBS)
The Cold War Museum
The Pentagon Papers
Radical Times: The Antiwar Movement of the 1960s
Vietnam Online (PBS - American Experience)
Vietnam Photo Essay
Vietnam War (Digital History)
Vietnam War (Google Books search)
Vietnam War (Global Security)
The Vietnam War (History Place)
The Vietnam War (SparkNotes)
The Vietnam War Archive Collection (Time Magazine)
The Vietnam War as History (Digital History)
The War at Home: The Antiwar Movement
The Wars for Viet Nam (Vassar)
Vietnam War Facts Infographic (history.com)
Facts of Vietnam
Protests of Vietnam
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