5/21/14SWBAT:COMPARE AND CONTRAST U.S. PUBLIC SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WITH OTHER CONFLICTS BASED ON ANALYZING OF MEDIA - PICTURES AND SONGS

TET OFFENSIVE – START OF CREDIBILITY GAP.

HOW DO AMERICANS REACT TODAY WHEN A U.S. VETERAN FROM THE WARS

ON TERRORISM IS SEEN IN A PUBLIC PLACE??

LOOK AT FAMOUS IMAGES FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WORLD WAR II

AND VIETNAM WAR. HOW DO THEY AFFECT PUBLIC SUPPORT? GIVE ME

EVIDENCE FROM PHOTOS!

SPIRIT OF 76 BY WILLARD

FDR GIVING PEARL HARBOR SPEECHJOHNSON LISTENING TO SON-IN-LAW’S TAPE FROM VIETNAM (r)

CAN LYRICS TO SONGS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AFFECT PUBLIC SUPPORT AND

PUBLIC OPINIONS?

WORLD WAR IIhttp://thehistoryofpop-the40s.blogspot.com/

http://www.lyricstime.com/kay-kyser-praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-ammunition-lyrics.html

http://www.lyricstime.com/sammy-kaye-remember-pearl-harbor-lyrics.html

VIETNAM WARhttp://www.lyricstime.com/bob-dylan-masters-of-war-lyrics.html

http://www.lyricstime.com/edwin-starr-war-lyrics.html

EXAMPLES OF WORLD WAR II LYRICS

EXAMPLES OF VIETNAM WAR LYRICS

USING EXAMPLES FROM TODAY’S LESSON, HOW DO YOU BELIEVE LYRICS AND PICTURES HELPED

SHAPED AMERICAN PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD BOTH WARS:

WORLD WAR II AS THE “GREATEST GENERATION”AND

THE VIETNAM WAR AS “THE WAR WE LOST”

IF HAVE TIME:

WE KNOW THE TET OFFENSIVE WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE COUNTRY’S SUPPORTING OF THE VIETNAM WAR.

IF YOU WERE A SONGWRITER, WHAT WOULD BE THE NAME OF YOUR PROTEST SONG?

WHY?