Vietnam War

Grade 11/12

Shannon O’Connor

Technology Integration

Website Reliability

• THE WEBSITES USED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE

RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE

VIETNAM WAR AND TEACHING.

• THE SOURCES FOR THE INFORMATION USED WILL BE

LOCATED IN THE “NOTES” SECTION OF THE

PRESENTATION. ALSO, IF YOU CLICK ON A GRAPHIC, YOU

WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE.

Vietnam War Blogs• http://usastruck.com

• http://herolettersvietnam.blogspot.com

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University Video• Prager University posted this video about the

truth of the Vietnam War under a course description

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YouTube Video Documentary

-This documentary from the Discovery Channel will allow students to get a visual and audio experience of the Vietnam war that will engage the students differently than a traditional history text book. Click image for website link

Vietnam War Podcast

-This series of podcasts focus on major historical events focusing not only on the information behind the even but also personal accounts, societal changes during the time, and also information about strategies and technologies used.

-Podcasts are beneficial for students to listen inside and outside of the classroom. They can listen while they’re doing virtually anything. They will be able to place the podcast on their iPhones, iPads, computers, etc and they will have access to the link inside and outside of school.

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Teaching Materials

Teaching Materials

• Online Scavenger Hunt!

• This source gives teachers ideas for activities relating to the Vietnam War. This particular source describes an online scavenger hunt that would be useful for students to have a hands-on experience in the classroom while gaining research skills.

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Teaching Materials

PBS website offers activities relating to the Vietnam War to be used in the classroom. Click image for website link

Teaching Materials

-This application from iTunes is available to download onto any Apple device. The app includes information about the 149 battles and operations of the Vietnam War. Another interesting fact about this app is that you can see how far away the different battles were from your current location.

-This application is one of many on the Vietnam War. Others include game play (where you are able to fight battles), some are informational, and others are compilations of photos or videos of the war.

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Internet Resources

National Archives: This website allows teachers to access archived records and also lesson plans and activities to use in their classrooms. Source: http://www.archives.gov/education/

EdtechTeacher: This website gives access to teacher guides, activities, oval office documents, and more. Source:http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history/1900/vietnamlesson

Teaching American History: This website is a great resource for history teachers because there are seminars that you can attend online or in person, activities, and documents strictly for history educators. Source: http://teachingamericanhistory.org

Journal Databases• Online databases are a great way to find primary and

secondary subject specific sources. Using the Jstor database, through Quinnipiac University’s website, students would have access to thousands of published, verified resources on the Vietnam War

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Uses of the Internet

http://www.hyperhistory.com-This website provides a chart that documents history from the beginning of time. This

resource would be good for history educators to use because using this chart in the classroom would show visual references to help students see the timeline of history. They would be able to view this resource every day in the classroom as it would be on display.

http://gopher.lib.utk.edu:90/gpo/fedstats.html#educ-This website provides statistics about major historical events. In the classroom, having

statistics will add more strength to your lesson and students will be able to see the numeric values of what happened throughout history.

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/american-history/1900/vietnam-On this website, there are many links and reputable internet sources that would be

useful to teachers. There are links to PBS and other major sites where teachers can find documentaries, videos, activities, graphic, etc.

Image 1

• This is the most iconic image taken from the Vietnam War. It shows the brutality of war.

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Image 2

• This image shows the number of American casualties during the Vietnam war. This is important because the students will see how devastating this war was to our country and how many people and families were impacted during this war.

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Image 3

• This image shows the strategy the Americans used during the Vietnam War.

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Subject-Specific Website

• This website is specific to the Vietnam War Wall of fallen veterans. This website gives background data about the war itself, photos of those who died while serving, literary links, and more.

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Inspiration Graphic Organizer

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