The Cold War: The Vietnam War
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Buy all five Cold War lessons and save. These dynamic presentations on the Cold War provide visuals, video links, guided notes, and reflection questions to keep your students engaged for the entire lesson.Google App Links are on the Teacher Instructions Sheet!Lesson 1: Start of the Cold WarThe ColPrice $30.00Original Price $38.50Save $8.50
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All the foundational information your students need to build their knowledge, interest, and skills upon. Concise information in point form with stunning images and thought-provoking questions. **
What should have been a relatively minor engagement for the American military became a defining event for a generation of Americans. For the Vietnamese, it was known as the Resistance War against America and was more about driving out an invader rather than any abstract political ideology.
Google App Links are on the Teacher Instructions Sheet!
This presentation examines the following topics:
♦ Geography of Vietnam
♦ First Indochina War
♦ Geneva Peace Accords
♦ Diệm’s Regime and opposition to it
♦ Viet Cong
♦ The Strategic Hamlet Program
♦ The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
♦ Anti-War Demonstrations
♦ Tet Offensive
♦ Ho Chi Minh Trail
♦ Reasons for American defeat
Two versions of this lesson!
The first is a Presentation - PowerPoint/Google Slides - for those teachers who know the topic and want to guide their students through the material. This class takes approximately two 60-minute classes. There are nine links to Youtube in the presentation. The videos total ~ 24 minutes. Youtube links are checked weekly and updated when necessary. There are handouts for note taking along with reflection questions included with this presentation.
The second version consists of the information and images on worksheets that the students can read through at their own pace. This is best done if laptops or tablets are available for the class or for online learning. This version comes with more indepth questions that the students can work through at their own pace.
Check out the entire Cold War series:
Lesson 1: Start of the Cold War
Lesson 2: The Korean War
Lesson 3: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Lesson 4: The Vietnam War
Lesson 5: The Fall of the Soviet Union
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