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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Teaching Kids in Vietnam to Avoid a Deadly, Everyday Legacy of War

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Teaching Kids in Vietnam to Avoid a Deadly, Everyday Legacy of War" by Michael Sullivan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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Handout
Other

More or Less: Heroes and Killers: Ho Chi Minh

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive biography of the Vietnamese revolutionary Ho Chi Minh. Organized in a timeline form which allows readers to jump different periods of his life quickly.
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Handout
Other

Ed Web: Work Camps Life and Death in the Farming Co Ops

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes life on the farms and in the killing fields of the Khmer Rouge.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1980 Present: Continuity and Change in the Postwar Era

For Students 9th - 10th
How much did the events of the tumultuous postwar era reshape American national identity? Kim discusses the extent to which developments like the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, and student protests of the 1960s changed...
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Handout
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Global Edge: Vietnam: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Vietnam in Southeastern Asia.
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Before the American War

For Students 9th - 10th
Before Vietnam became the stage for an American war against international communism, it was a war between France and Indochina. France, concerned about losing their colonial holdings in Indochina and therefore losing international...
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The War at Home

For Students 9th - 10th
By the middle of the 1960s, American public opinion was beginning to favor US withdrawal from the Vietnam War. After the Tet Offensive in 1968 and Nixon's secret bombings of Cambodia, the majority of Americans were calling for complete...
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History Teacher

Historyteacher.net: Nixon & the Imperial Presidency

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a mutiple choice quiz having to do with Nixon's Presidency.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Ecological Race of Vietnam Jungle

For Students 9th - 10th
CNN provides a brief report on the ecological condition of the Vietnamese jungle.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Hmong

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia encyclopedia entry that provides a solid overview of who the Hmong are, where they live, and their history (including important moments in major Chinese dynasties and the Vietnam War). Include links to additional culture and...
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Website
InterKnowledge Corp.

Geographia: Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete look at the Asian nation of Vietnam is provided on this site. You can research the location, geography, climate, history, culture, and people. Divided into sections for easy research.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Viet Minh

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia provides a brief description of the Viet Minh. Looks at when they were formed, reasons they fought, and military campaigns. Includes links to terms that may require further clarification.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Vietnam Passage: Journeys From War to Peace

For Students 9th - 10th
Lots of information put together to accompany a film of the same name. Learn about the last twenty five years in Vietnam from the perspective of seven people whose lives epitomize the ongoing struggle of those whose lives were affected...
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Battlefield Vietnam: Air War

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS Battlefield Vietnam site describes the airplanes used by the U.S. to carry out the air war in Vietnam.
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PPT
Other

Fall of Saigon by u.s. Marines

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at this firsthand account of the final days a U.S. Marine spent in Saigon, before it fell to North Vietnam in 1975.
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Handout
Other

Asia Discovery: Vietnam History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Asia Discovery describes the history of Vietnam. Discusses the Birth of Vietnam, Chinese Domination, its Independence from China, the Ly Dynasty and Tran Dynasty, the Ho Dynasty and Chinese domination, the Le Dynasty, the...
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Website
Other

Review of the Monkey Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
The writer interviewed Lan Cao about her book. She includes some biographical information in the article as well as discussion of the book.
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Website
Other

Pocantico Hills School: Vietnam: A Children's Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This second-grade web page was inspired by the book Angel Child, Dragon Child. Has links to resources for both students and teachers.
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eBook
University of Wisconsin

Madison Children's Museum: Field Guide to Hmong Culture [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This ethnographic guide covers almost every aspect of Hmong culture- history, daily life, traditional crafts and art, language, games, and religion. Each section wraps with "questions for study." The Hmong are a people indigenous to...
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Handout
CRW Flags

Flags of the World: Vietnam

For Students 9th - 10th
Flags of the World offers a detailed description of the flag of Vietnam, the coat of arms, and historical flags of the country.
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Primary
PBS

James Goodale: The Interview

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with James Goodale, the general counsel for "The New York Times" during the Pentagon Papers case, concerning the Pentagon Papers and the First Amendment.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Vietnam

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about Vietnam's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population on this website.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Vietnam History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Vietnam including early civilizations, dynasties, French rule, Vietname War, Ho Chi Minh, communism, and current events.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Vietnam War

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.