US HistoryUnit 9, Week 2

Monday • Agenda• Human Be-in: Expand your mind

• Homework• Cornell Notes: pgs 649-653• Get caught up on your vocab packet, due block day• Question authority

• Reminders• Tuesday 4/2 Schedule G Code Red Drill• Test Review 4/18• Test Friday 4/19

New Vocab (Make sure to have these in your glossary)• Diversity• Environmentalism• Escalate• Inner City• Welfare State

Human Be-In• Station Rotation• You will participate in an outta sight experience today involving

the most happening movements of the 1960s.• All chicks and dudes will move from station to station see the

choice trends of the times in a hands on manner.• Don’t be a spaz and get involved!

Station A: The New Left-Letter Writing• You were inspired by a speech

given by Mario Savio at UC Berkeley and now you want to promote activism through your support of the Free Speech Movement. You are so tired of people trying to shut down your opinions just because you are young. They act like you don’t have anything intelligent to say… fools. Begin a letter writing campaign by writing to Governor Jerry Brown about a cause that is important to you. Make sure to relate it to the Free Speech Movement and your basic first amendment rights.

Station BAnti-Establishment-Slogan• You are a hippie who wants to

reject the views of the “Establishment” because they control society and make us all act like sheep. Think about it, we should be treated like individuals and not just students in a factory that produces mindless middle management drones. Do something! Think about a cause that you feel passionately about and create a slogan on a nametag that you will wear all day. Make sure to relate it to similar causes that the hippies cared about in the 1960s.

Station CPersonal Liberation- Finger Painting• You are feeling frustrated with

the political and religious environment of the time and you want to freely express yourself and reach a higher understanding of who you are and what you want. We need to have the freedom to do what we want so that we can “shed hypocrisy, dishonesty, and phoniness, and go back to the purity of our childhood values.” Therefore, you can participate in the classic childhood activity of finger painting. Express yourself and reach a new height of personal liberation.

Station D: Culture Clash• You are feeling disenchanted

with the “little boxes” of suburbia and you are looking for an alternative way of life. You also want to reject materialism and the conventional lifestyles of the 1950s. You want to find beauty in the natural world instead of the capitalist factory system that America has become. Feel free to use face paint with your friends to express your feelings of love and nature while talking about your feelings and your ideal utopic society.

Station E: Counterculture- Fashion Change• You want to reject the

conventions of modern fashion and feel the need to express yourself as an individual. Change something about your appearance (within the dress code ) to demonstrate your individualism.

Station F: Parents Just Don’t Understand- Lyrics

• The growing Generation Gap has forever changed the way you relate to your parents. They just don’t seem to get you man. They think you are sinful slackers who don’t care about their future. They criticize you for being spoiled little rich kids when they don’t realize that you are practicing communal living where you all work and live together. Little do they know is that you are trying to make a better future for everyone around the world. Write a song or poem to express your frustrations with the Generation Gap. Damn the Man!

The Times They Are A Changin’ – Bob Dylan• Come gather 'round people

Wherever you roamAnd admit that the watersAround you have grownAnd accept it that soonYou'll be drenched to the boneIf your time to youIs worth savin'Then you better start swimmin'Or you'll sink like a stoneFor the times they are a-changin'.

• Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won't come againAnd don't speak too soonFor the wheel's still in spinAnd there's no tellin' whoThat it's namin'For the loser nowWill be later to winFor the times they are a-changin'.

• Come senators, congressmen

Please heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThere's a battle outsideAnd it is ragin'It'll soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin‘

• Come mothers and fathersThroughout the landAnd don't criticizeWhat you can't understandYour sons and your daughtersAre beyond your commandYour old road isRapidly agin'Please get out of the new oneIf you can't lend your handFor the times they are a-changin'.

Tuesday: 4/2• Agenda• Add environmentalism and welfare state to your glossary• Homework Check: pgs 649-653• HOT ROC• Add environmentalism and welfare state to your glossaries• The Vietnam War Experience

• Homework• Cornell Notes on p.675-677 and glossaries collected

• Reminders• Tuesday 4/2 Schedule G Code Red Drill• Test Review 4/18• Test Friday 4/19

HOT ROC: Would you consider yourself a “Hawk” or a “Dove”? Why? Use p.664-665.Hawks: Reasons for escalation in

Vietnam

• 1. • 2. • 3.

Doves: Reasons for getting out of Vietnam

• 1. • 2. • 3.

Add to glossaries

• Environmentalism• Welfare state

THE VIETNAM EXPERIENCE*Add information to your timelines from Friday.

Who fought for the U.S.?• Early years (1960-1966)—professional soldiers and

volunteers. • Later years (1966-1973)—the Draft. (Selective Service

System—WWI)• By December 1966, the draft call was up to 40,000 men

each month.

• By 1973, 2.15 million Americans had served.

How to Avoid VietnamHow could you avoid serving in the war?• Conscientious objector status• Illness• Go to Canada• Student status• National guard service

*Across the Universe- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW4hvenBzM8

Which young men* were drafted?

• Lower income• No college degree• African Americans and Latino Americans made up

31% of all combat troops at the beginning of the war. • They were much more likely to see heavy combat

throughout the war.

• Over half of the 234 sons of Congressmen and Senators received deferments, only 28 were sent to Vietnam – none were killed

• *10,000 women served as nurses and other support roles.

Race and Vietnam• 1968 Black Panther Party 10 – Point

Program stated,• “We believe that black people

should not be forced to fight in the military service to defend a racist government that does not protect us. • We will not fight and kill people of

color in the world who, like black people, are being victimized by the white racist government of America.”

• MLK begins opposing war before assassinated.• How is this different than the Double

V campaign from World War II?

Who were the Vietcong/NLF fighters?

• Main force Vietcong units were uniformed, full-time soldiers • Additional local

Vietcong groups—often teenagers motivated by idealism and located in South Vietnam

Guerilla WarIt’s Practically impossibleto tell civiliansfrom the Vietcong.

Nobody wears uniformsThey all talkthe same language,

(and you couldn’t understand

them even if they didn’t).

They tape grenades inside their clothes,and carry satchel chargesin their market baskets.

Even their women fight;and young boys,and girls,It’s practically impossibleto tell civiliansfrom the Vietcong;

after a while,you quit trying.

-W.D. Ehrhart

Guerilla Warfare• Tunnels, bunkers, land mines, & booby traps• Difficult Terrain & weather• Viet cong strategy “cling to the enemy’s belt”• Hit-and-run maneuvers

My Lai Massacre

• March 16, 1968• 347 to 504 civilians

killed by US troops in My Lai village• Shocks American

public• Uncovered by

reporter Seymour Hirsch who broke the Abu Ghraib story.

How many died?• U.S.—58,000 killed, 200,000- 400,000 wounded• Vietnamese—1 million combatants killed, 4 million

civilians.• Effects of Agent Orange – http://cnnphotos.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/30/effects-of-agent-orange-ongoing-silently-in-children/?hpt=hp_c3

Block Day 4/3 & 4/4• HOT ROC• Prep for dining room table conversation: Chapter 53, 684-685• Dining room table conversation

• Homework• Fill in your chart if you didn’t get to it in class. • Cornell Notes on p.682-683.

• Reminders• Test Review 4/18• Test Friday 4/19

HOT ROC•Using p. 675-676, list 5 reasons why

Americans began to oppose Vietnam War

1.2.3.4.5.

So… how did American families feel about the war in Vietnam?

Welcome to the Smith Household, 1971• You are a having dinner at the Smith

house. During this time, the country is divided between Hawkes and Doves, Hippies and the Silent Majority, the haves and the have nots. This is something that the Smiths will be discussing at dinner because they are very interested in both foreign and domestic policy.

• You will be assigned a role to play. As you get to know your character, think about the following questions:

• 1. Should the U.S. continue to be involved in the war in Vietnam?

• 2. What would victory mean in the war? • 3. How were America’s founding ideals

influenced/affected by the war?• Use the packet and pages 675-679 to

answer the questions based on your character’s POV

• Step 1: Review background information from your reading notes and textbook.

• Step 2: Examine evidence packet. Identify quotes and instances that would support your character’s beliefs.

• Step 3: Prepare arguments based on the table in your packet.

Simulation Procedures:• Step 4: Listen closely as each dinner table participant makes an

opening remark.• Step 5: Through questioning and discussion, draw out information

from the other participants.• Step 6: Questions for discussion—1. Should the U.S. continue to be

involved in the war in Vietnam? 2. What would victory mean in the war? 3. How were America’s founding ideals influenced/affected by the war?

Pre-Dinner Preparation:

Character Name

Father- Harold Smith Collin, Davis, Justin

Mother- Lucille Smith Paige, Selina, Yasmin, Kaye

Grandpa- George Smith Chandler, Gilles, Miguel

Older Son- John Smith Andrew, Michael, David

Younger Son- Tommy Smith Ryan, Brad, Si Hon

Daughter- Debbie Smith Madison, Maddy, Sierra, Emma

Guest- Sam Young Rahul, Daniel, Asad

Guest- Ly Qui Chung Chiara, Anjalee, Lili, Mami

Group Roles- 1st Period

Character Name

Father- Harold Smith Aditya, Alex, Austin, Christian

Mother- Lucille Smith Lindsey, Xinru, Laurie

Grandpa- George Smith Keenan, David, Nicolas

Older Son- John Smith Ryan, Tyler, Andy, Eric

Younger Son- Tommy Smith Adam, Zach, Connor

Daughter- Debbie Smith Nicole, Sarah A., Sarah M., Danna

Guest- Sam Young Jose, Andrei, Anthony

Guest- Ly Qui Chung Juliet, Katie, Bryce

Group Roles- 4th Period

Character Name

Father- Harold Smith Luke, Gabe, Austin, Cori

Mother- Lucille Smith Jamie B, Areli, Isabelle, Varsha

Grandpa- George Smith Cameron, Angus, Claire, Matt

Older Son- John Smith Jorge, Henry, Daniel, Simran

Younger Son- Tommy Smith Jonathan, Andrew, Kris, Shailee

Daughter- Debbie Smith Jamie P, Lizz, Bella, Laura

Guest- Sam Young Brandon, Rey, Deborah

Guest- Ly Qui Chung Alison, Alina, Amber, Marie

Group Roles- 6th Period

Friday 4/5• Agenda• HOT ROC• Finish the War• POV 53.6

• Homework – Catch up on missing work, prep for Unit 9 test.• Reminders• Test Review 4/18• Test Friday 4/19

HOT ROC• Which role from the dinner table conversation do you most

identify with? Which role do you least identify with? Why?• Character Name• Father- Harold Smith• Mother- Lucille Smith• Grandpa- George Smith• Older Son- John Smith• Younger Son- Tommy Smith• Daughter- Debbie Smith• Guest- Ly Qui Chung• Guest- Sam Young

“Peace with Honor”- Nixon• Nixon did not want to

be the 1st president to lose a war• “Vietnamization”

pulling US troops, shift responsibility to S. Vietnamese• Was this a reelection

strategy to appease the American public?

The War Ends

• Ho Chi Minh dies 1969• Negotiations w/ Le Duc Tho are not

initially successful• 1973 Ceasefire declared• Paris Agreement• troops out, bombing ends… war ends

Vietnam After the War

• Fighting continues• Communist takeover 1975• New prime minister Pham Van Dong• 1 million + S. Vietnamese fled

• Believed to be a war that “nobody won”

Legacy of the War• Veterans & POWs return

home• Often shunned or ignored

by society• PTSD

• War Powers Resolution• Limits president’s power to

use the armed forces• Vietnam Syndrome• Reluctance to get involved

in overseas conflicts

Vietnam Memorial 11/13/1982

Writing Prompt (53.6):• What lessons emerged from the Vietnam War?• Group A: Robert McNamara• Group B: William Westmoreland• Group C: David Horowitz

The War in Cambodia

Background

• Prince Sihanouk had sought to remain neutral. He refused to act against Vietnamese supply lines, which ran through eastern Cambodia and he kept silent about US military actions against Vietnamese forces operating on Cambodian soil.

Bombing Cambodia• Secret approval US approval to bomb suspected Communist Enclaves

in Cambodia (1969-1973)• Meanwhile…• CIA supports Lon Nol Government• back a coup to overthrow Sihanouok in 1970

• Khmer Rouge & Pol Pot overthrows the weak government in 1975

Khmer Rouge Genocide• 1975-79• Democratic Kampuchea• “Year Zero”• Execution• Starvation• Forced Labor

•Motto• “To keep you is no

benefit. To destroy you is no loss”

• Targeted: • Buddhist monks, • Intellectuals • People who appeared

to be intelligent (for example, individuals with glasses)• The crippled• Ethnic minorities like

ethnic Laotians and Vietnamese.

The Killing Fields