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__of resource__ ||< __Brief description of information provided by resource__ ||< __How information could be utilized by teachers, students, media specialists, technology specialists__ || ap ||< Vietnam Era Music [] ||< The Top Ten Hits from each year of the war compiled by the 1st Infantry Division ||< Teachers: Teachers can print out the lyrics of some of the most popular songs and have students analyze the impact they had on society. Students already have the choice of songs (below) but this would ensure specific songs are chosen which would reflect the political climate and social tension of the time. Students: Analyze the impact of the war on music and lyrics. Media Specialists: Provide materials that reflect current events during the music eras. Technology Specialists: || by [|Edwin E. Moïse] [] /FacultyPages/EdMoise/bibliography.html ||< An excellent list of written material sources on the Vietnam war. Edwin E. Moïse is Professor of History, at Clemson University. He is the author of several books, including: Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War, Land Reform in China and North Vietnam: Consolidating the Revolution at the Village Level, Modern China: A History, and Tonkin Gulf and The Escalation of the Vietnam War ||< Teachers: Students: Media Specialists: Use Moise reference list to compliment media collection selections for students research. Technology Specialists: || ap ||< [|Army Heritage Collection Online], [] ||< **U.S.** **Army Oral Histories:** The U.S. Army War College and the Military History Institute associated with it have had a variety of oral history programs over the years, including the Senior Officers Debriefing Program, the Senior Officers Oral History Program, and others. An impressive number of oral histories from these various programs have recently been placed online. ||< Teachers: Teachers can dress in character (either completely or partially) and read some of the oral records aloud. This will bring the stories to life. Students: Students may pick a person from the oral histories (or a group of people) which they will focus on and go deeper with. This enables students to be more involved and to empathize with those involved in such a tumultuous time. Technology Specialists: can create a WebQuest to guide the students to other sites which document the voices and faces of people involved in the war, both abroad and at home, and allow them to create a final project on the topic. Media Specialists:Could be used as ‘hooks’ to grab the students’ attention. || Veterans in the Classroom. (A program of the VFW). Veterans and their experiences play an important role in educating our nation's youth about the founding principles upon which this country was founded. The principles they've fought to protect. War can sometimes be a delicate subject for teachers and students. || Through VFW's Veterans in the Classroom community outreach initiative, a VFW member is able to assist the teacher in conveying a variety of American history lessons. Our members are "living history" and can provide students with insight into the great sacrifices our service members make to maintain freedom for all of us. When called upon to participate in a classroom lesson, a member would prepare a brief introduction, a main presentation and a Q&A session. Depending on the lesson, a veteran may bring appropriate memorabilia, uniforms, photographs and other relevant material. People of all ages take great interest in the history of our country, and who better to help expand that interest than those who helped shape it? || Teachers: Identify a lesson that would benefit from a guest speaker. Students: Identify members of their family that have a 'living' history pertinent to the lesson. Media Specialists: Coordinate with the guest speaker for needed materials and 'read-aheads'. Technology Specialists: Support with technonlogy requirements. || [] /stories/vietnam/index.html || An American journalist who is Vietnamese returns to Vietnam to explore how communism and capitalism have impacted the country. He finds that the current generations have forgotten the war. This video covers traditions, culture, and many cities of the nation. || Teacher – The teacher could present this video at the end of the unit to show the current conditions in Vietnam.
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 * PJK || “Vietnam – Looking For Home” Video

Students - Could use this video to learn about the culture, traditions, and current landscape of Vietnam

Media Specialist – Could provide additional resources about the culture of Vietnam now, during the war, and before the war.

Technology Specialist –Use this video as a springboard for students to create a Moviemaker project exploring the facets of Vietnam before, during, and after the Vietnam War. || [] /lessons/vietnam-photos || This website provides pictures of different times during the Vietnam War || Teacher – Could use these pictures with the current lesson plan for students to design the timeline.
 * PJK || National Archives the Vietnam War in Photographs

Students - Use the pictures to have a better understanding of the many facets of the Vietnam War.

Media Specialist – Provides support materials to compliment the pictures.

Technology Specialist –Provides the teacher with resources for the students to use the pictures and create a project. PowerPoint or Moviemaker could be used. The teacher could also use these to create an instructional project. || [] || Students can see pictures and bibliographical information about American soldiers that lost their lives in Vietnam. || Teacher – This could be used to increase the students understanding of the Vietnam War’s impact on America.
 * PJK || Vietnam Memorial Website

Students – Students can use this website to gain a personal perspective of the lose associated with the Vietnam War.

Media Specialist – Could provide additional resources about America during the Vietnam war and the impact of the war.

Technology Specialist –Could locate tools to share the information students and teachers put together regarding impact of the Vietnam War on America.

BPK- I was looking at the traveling exhibit part of this website and developed these options for teachers, students, media specialists, and technology specialists as a grade level or whole school project:

Teacher – The teachers in the school can work collaboratively on a project to bring the traveling memorial to their school or community. Different subject area teachers can take on different aspects of the project. For example, history teachers can help students develop presentations for community groups or government groups to teach individuals about the war and why memorializing it is important while art teachers could focus on graphic design for publications, posters, advertisements, etc.

Students – Students would play the most important role in this project and would participate in every component from developing fundraising strategies, getting necessary permits, meeting with government officials, etc.

Media Specialist – The media specialist could play a role as the unifying organizer of this project since he/she will have a connection with all teachers and students involved. The media specialist can assist with student research, schedule necessary meetings with community and government groups, update progress on a weekly basis, etc.

Technology Specialist –The technology specialist could help students to see the value of social networking sites in community organizing. Facebook and twitter accounts could be set up to gather support for this project and keep community members informed and involved. ||
 * LNB || Timeline of the Vietnam War at About.com || General timeline with links that open a new page with more detail. At the bottom is a link to a gallery of photos from the war. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.

Students – Students can use this website to flesh out their knowledge of periods in the wars

Media/Technology Specialist – Create a pathfinder of local materials and online sources. Host on teachers webpage or library resource page. ||
 * LNB || [|Geneva Peace Accords (at the end of the First Indo-China War July 21, 1954)] || The final declarations of the Geneva Conference, formally concluding the war between France and Vietnam. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.

Students – After reading this document, students can discuss points of interest.

Media/Technology Specialist – Project the page onto pull down screen or wall for easy reference by students and teacher. ||
 * LNB || [|The Vietnam War Declassification Project] || A small sample of declassified documents from the Gerald R. Ford Library. Links available for the Ford Library and Museum and additional war documents. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.

Students – Students can use this website to browse declassified documents from the war.

Media/Technology Specialist – Create a webpage of student submissions of the documents they found most interesting. ||
 * LNB || [|TIME Magazine Archives] || TIME Magazine covers relating to the Indo-China Wars from 1955-1995 with quotes from those articles. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.

Students – Students can explore original articles from TIME Magazine during the conflict.

Media/Technology Specialist – Create a slideshow with student submissions of the quotes or covers they found most interesting. Host on teacher webpage or library page. || Statement of the goals of the NLF, the united front that brought together Communists and non-Communists to liberate Vietnam from foreign control. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.
 * LNB || [|Documents from Vassar College's Wars for Viet Nam] || Of particular interest is the link for **National Liberation Front (NLF)**

Students – Students can read the program of the NLF, discuss the use of rhetoric, both American and Vietnamese.

Media/Technology Specialist – Create a display of other examples of rhetoric from the library collection. ||
 * LNB || [|Reflections on a War] || From the American Experience, Vietnam Online. Nguyen Ba Chung's essay. || Teacher – Use with other resources to increase student understanding of the Indo-China wars.

Students – Students can gain insight from a Vietnamese writer and translator reflecting on the war.

Media/Technology Specialist – ensure that all links on the pathfinder are live, to facilitate student access from home. || [] || This website was developed in conjunction with the PBS documentary titled, "Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace." The focus is on the stories of 6 Vietnamese citizens, tracing their experiences during the war and in the 25 years following. The stories show many different perspectives from a teenage guerrilla imprisoned as a political prisoner to a Vietnamese singer whoses songs spoke out against the war. || Teachers: After studying the Vietnam War, teachers can show this documentary or share these stories to have students examine how people see the same events from different perspectives. The teacher can then ask students to think about what different Americans might say about the war even though they were from many different perspectives (example: U.S. President, soldier, war widow, child of a soldier, etc.)
 * BPK || Vietnam Passage: Journeys from War to Peace

Students: Students can read the stories of these Vietnamese individuals or watch the documentary to gain a better understanding of what the war was like for people living in Vietnam, thus offering them a very different perspective than what they would get from most history books.

Media Specialists: The media specialist can offer display areas for students to develop in the media center foucsed on the lives of the 6 people in the documentary. These displays can include books from the media center that relate to the individuals' stories, images, documents, etc. This will allow involved students to create a display of their understanding and may encourage other students to research the war as well.

Technology Specialists: The technology specialist can work with students to develop mini-documentaries following the lives of Americans who had some type of involvement in the Vietnam War based on interviews or research. || []
 * BPK || History Central: Timeline of the Vietnam War with related Photographs

Photo analysis Worksheet [|http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/] [|photo_analysis_worksheet.pdf]

Ken Burns Civil War: Telling Details [] || This site provides a timeline of the war in Vietnam from 1961 to 1969. Each event is linked to a related photograph from the time. There is some information provided with each photograph, but the information is limited. || Teachers: The teacher can use these photographs as primary documents that can teach students about the time period. Using the quadrant photo analysis method, students can examine each part of the photograph in great detail to learn more about the setting, the people, the emotions, etc. connected to the war.

Students: Students can use this timeline to get an overview of the war. As they discover other photographs, they can add them to the timeline.

Media Specialists: The media specialist can create a display of the information and photographs used in this timeline and provide resources from the media center that can support students' understanding of the topics. Students can add to this timeline as they study the war.

Technology Specialists: Technology specialists can introduce Flash or other software that will make parts of the images "clickable." When a person clicks on a portion of the image, they can learn more about what that piece has to teach about the war. The final results would be similar to what is available on Ken Burns' Civil War site (also linked here). || [] || This site provides brief biographies of many important individuals connected to the Vietnam War. || Teachers: Teachers can use this website to introduce students to important individuals associated with the war. Students can compare and contrast selected people based on their views, experiences, decisions, etc.
 * BPK || From PBS's Vietnam Online: Who's Who

Students: Students can use this as a study guide or refereence source to learn about the leaders during the Vietnam War.

Media Specialists: Media Specialists can provide biographies of the individuals included on the website so that students can learn about the people in greater depth.

Technology Specialists: After students have researched different people, the technology specialist can teach students how to use a program like xtranormal.com to create a conversation between different people they studied. || [] || This site provides information on wars from the Civil War and beyond. It has some great information and photes. Some maybe too graphic for young viewers. || Teachers: Teachers can use this site to show as an introduction on a unit dealing with the Vietnam war.
 * TMR || From Kids Online Resource website

Students: Students can use this site for research or to gain information about the war.

Media Specialist: This site can be used by Media Specialist as a way to assist the teachers in starting dialogue on research. Students that need help researching can use this as a starting point and the MS can be their guide.

Technolgy Specialists: Once studentsa nd teachers have researched or introduced the unit, the tech spcialist can assist in linking this site to others that can be used in future presentations about the war. ||