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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Anti-Vietnam War Movement Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine reasons why many Americans opposed the Vietnam War. In this world history lesson, students view a Powerpoint of anti-war images and a timeline of events that led to the war. Students examine speeches made by John Kerry...
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Primary
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Sixties Project: A Veteran Speaks Against the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the Sixties Project gives the text of the speech given by Bob Muller, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, to a meeting of the Student Assembly of Columbia University on July 23, 1971.
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Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Sixties Project: Winter Soldier Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Sixties Project gives extensive testimonies from honorably discharged veterans detailing misconduct of U.S. military forces in Vietnam. Read into the Congressional Record by Sen. Mark Hatfield.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Political Storms 1968 1980: Vietnam: The Downward Spiral

For Students 9th - 10th
E-book page on the final era of the Vietnam War in which the Pentagon Papers were released, protest and conflict over the war increased at home and Nixon's Vietnamization began. Questions for discussion, glossary and link to primary...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: u.s. History: 29.4 Challenging the Status Quo

For Students 9th - 10th
Page form U.S. History e-book focusses on the culture of the 1960s and the rise of protest organizations challenging the status quo during that decade. Site contains questions for review, critical thinking, and glossary.
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Handout
Kent State University

Kent State University: Kent State Shootings: May 4 Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of newspaper articles, photographs, and videos about the May 4th shooting on Kent State campus.
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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...