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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guerilla Warfare

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students view a television program comparing conventional and guerilla warfare. They compare and contrast guerilla movements in Cuba, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Students also consider the American Revolutionary War from the perspective of...
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Digital History

Digital History: Fighting Against Guerrillas: The Strategic Hamlet Program [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the ill-conceived Strategic Hamlet Program, designed by the government of Ngo Dinh Diem to fight against the growing influence of Ho Chi Minh and his Vietcong in the fight for Vietnam. [pdf]
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Digital History

Digital History: Fighting a Guerrilla War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the personal memories of U.S. Vietnam veterans who talk about fighting against guerilla warfare that was carried out by the Vietcong. The accounts are touching and thought-provoking. [pdf]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Guerilla War

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video from Wide Angle, learn about Chechen rebels who have turned to guerilla warfare in order to combat Russian military forces.
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Other

The Vietnam Wars (Section 5): The Aftermath of Geneva, 1954 1961

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger work on the Vietnam War offering an in-depth and straightforward account of rising tension between North and South Vietnam in the aftermath of the Geneva Accords.