VIETNAM 1950-1975

CA%: Controlled Assessment Unit• INTRODUCING THE UNIT• INTRODUCING VIETNAM

What is the story behind the picture?

• Write down three questions that you would like to ask about the picture as an historian of Vietnam.

• Watch the clip: Kim: Napalm Victim

• What can we learn from this story, about the war in Vietnam?

Kim Phuc in 1990

What was the Vietnam War about?

• Objective: To explore in outline, the causes and the nature of the Vietnam war

• Outcomes:– I can explain some of the things that happened

during the Vietnam war– I can explain some of the reasons why the

Vietnam war began

• Give each of these pictures a title.

• What can we learn from these images, about the war in Vietnam?

• What else would you like to know about each image?

How did the US become Increasingly Involved in the Vietnam Conflict?

• Causes of the Vietnam War• How did the Vietnam war begin and develop?• Note some of the key points about increasing

US involvement

Write a sentence or two about the “Domino Theory” (Source A). How did the Domino Theory contribute to American involvement in Vietnam? (Source B)

A B

C

How does Source C illuminate American fears as exemplified by the Domino Theory?

Ho Chi Minh – Liberation leader and President of North Vietnam

Ngo Dien Diem - President of South Vietnam

Senator Joe McCarthy – Anti-Communist and head of the House Un-American activities Committee

• Write a few sentences about each of these individuals.

• What was their role in the Vietnam conflict?

• Write a paragraph linking them together

Harry Truman 1945-53

Dwight Eisenhower1953-61

John F. Kennedy 1961-63

Lyndon Johnson 1963-69

In what way did each of these Presidents contribute to US involvement in Vietnam?

STEPS TO WAR: TRUMAN

In 1945-53 Truman was alarmed by the growing influence of communism so …

By the time he was replaced as President in 1953, US involvement included…

Dwight Eisenhower1953-61

STEPS TO WAR: EISENHOWER

STEPS TO WAR: KENNEDY

STEPS TO WAR:JOHNSON

President Richard Nixon 1969-74 Impeached

President Gerald Ford 1974-77 What was the role of Nixon and Ford in the Vietnam War?

What do Sources E,F suggest about the growth of Communism 1920-1952? Explain how a fear of Communism contributed to American involvement in Vietnam during the Cold War (Sources A to G)

D E

F

G

• Causes of the Vietnam War• Vietnam War: The Real Story

• Bombing of Vietnam

• Chemical Warfare in Orange and Blue

• My Lai

• Causes of the Vietnam War• Vietnam War: The Real Story• Bombing of Vietnam• Kim: Napalm Victim• Chemical Warfare in Orange and Blue• My Lai• US Troops

• Vietnam Conflict

HW: What was the Vietnam War about?

• Create a double page spread answering the question above.

• Use the images provided and your own research.