The Viet Nam War Project

1. Plan Your Project: Remembering the
Vietnam War
Summarize the goals and objectives for this project:
-students will understand the causes and effects of the Vietnam War
-students will analyze photographs, primary sources, maps, and graphs
-students will discuss how the Vietnam War altered the fabric of the US
-students will compare/contrast the different points of view of the war
Identify the content standard that students that drive this project:
Standard 1 History of the United States and New York
use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras,
themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.
Standard 2 World History
use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras,
themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of
history from a variety of perspectives.
Standard 5 Civics, Citizenship, and Government
use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for
establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S.
Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles,
rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
Identify key skills and content:
What will students know and be able to do?
Students will know and be able to explain that the Vietnam War meant
different things to different people. Students will able to explain that war is
multi-faceted .
State the essential question: What are the causes and effects of the Vietnam
War?
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2. List the topic and subtopics related to this project:
Topic: Cold War
Sub-Topics:
A. Effects of the war on the homefront
B. Politics
C. People and culture of Vietnam: Point of View
D. Weapons
Define the final product(s):
What will you assess?
List Required resources:
Internet
Primary & secondary sources
Atlases
Graphs
Computers
PowerPoint presentations
Unitedstreaming
Predict how you will differentiate to meet the needs of your learners:
Tasks have a varied degree of difficulty
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3. Map Your Project
List key dates for each stage of the project and list how you will
assess students have met the criteria of that stage:
Plan
Gather
Build
Present
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