TCM8125-Primary Sources: Vietnam Conflict

Use original documents and photographs as well as letters, maps, cartoons, and posters to help students explore the past. Primary sources provide unique insight into the lives of people in different time periods.

Each kit includes: 16 photographs and primary source documents--photo cards with background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities printed on the back; CD with photographs, other primary sources student activity sheets, and extension activities; and 80 page Teacher's Guide including lesson plans, background information, a wide variety of student activities, and a document-based assessment section to help students prepare for essays found on many standardized tests. Plus, each kit meets the NCSS standards for primary source documents and this series has received the 2003 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers EdPress.

Photographs: Smoke over Saigon during the Tet Offensive; Ho chi Minh; Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara; 7th Cavalry Division in the field; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Anti-war protest at Kent State University; Demonstrators at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; Joan Baez protest concert.

Primary Sources:POW/MIA symbol; Pocket card for U.S. personnel in Vietnam; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; North Vietnamese flyer promoting protest; Letter from a Vietnamese immigrant; Stars and Stripes articles about My Lai; Selective Service draft card; Stars and Stripes map of Vietnam.

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