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Kennedy’s “Limited War” Campaign | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine the Kennedy administration’s deliberation over whether to escalate the effort in South Vietnam, weighing all contingencies of the Cold War, American exceptionalism, containing communism, and the uncertainty of the enemy.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/41f7c5d2-995e-4c6f-9975-a80669ec7743/kennedy-limited-war-campaign-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Early War Strategy: Comparisons of US Military Tactics and North Vietnamese/Viet Cong Tactics | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine communist forces and US military battle tactics during the battle in the la Drang River Valley. Students will then discuss the results of this pivotal battle and the lessons learned by the North Vietnamese and the Americans.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/cdccaeca-ae8c-49fa-bab3-0b48122ea815/early-war-strategy-comparison-us-north-vietnamese-military-tactics-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Fallout after the Diem Coup | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War, examine the situation after the coup of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, and assess the South Vietnamese government’s ability to defend itself against the insurgency of North Vietnam after the coup.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6e6f7c09-672d-4a4b-b60c-a51c6fffa92d/fallout-after-the-diem-coup-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Both Sides Escalate Their Efforts | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine the war strategies and political tactics of both North Vietnamese leader Le Duan and US President Lyndon Johnson in the war’s early stages.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/a94f752d-855d-4a57-8547-b723c73a19c8/both-sides-escalate-their-efforts-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Questioning the Mission | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War that examine the concern held by some Johnson administration officials, Congress, and even President Johnson himself over US involvement in Vietnam.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/71ddd7a3-bc01-41de-9fe0-acc5b9208695/questioning-the-mission-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Trying to Find the Right Formula | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and evaluate the crossover point strategy and the use of overwhelming force in fighting the war.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/728384b6-0d8f-4c7a-9984-ae81a04f91d5/trying-to-find-the-right-formula-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Reassessing Rolling Thunder | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine the effectiveness of the bombing campaign known as “Rolling Thunder,” which directed air attacks against Hanoi and Haiphong in hopes of forcing North Vietnam to negotiate a peace settlement.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/7399f72a-6596-4bf3-a4f5-e04e77cc2188/reassessing-rolling-thunder-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Reassessing the Crossover Point | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine General Westmoreland’s crossover point strategy and his request for more troops to end the war.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/5384f1ed-9edc-419b-8f66-0e6287f7728c/reassessing-the-crossover-point-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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The Theory and Reality of a War Strategy | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine the tactical plans laid out by the US military command to find and destroy enemy forces. They will then see the reality on the ground as soldiers speak of their experiences and assess the effectiveness of the US military plan.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6974c224-cff6-46d7-929a-10d7ec73fd4f/the-theory-and-reality-of-a-war-strategy-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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The Pentagon Papers: National Security versus the People’s Right to Know | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and examine various viewpoints in regard to the legality of the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3e72b35a-e697-4c94-b25a-06c0cbf98cac/the-pentagon-papers-national-security-versus-the-peoples-right-to-know-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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The Tet Offensive: A Media Analysis Activity | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this media analysis activity, students will view selected clips from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and complete a graphic organizer about information found in the clips. They then will use the information from the clips and the organizer to write editorials/commentaries assessing Tet Offensive news coverage either as fair and balanced or as biased, turning American popular opinion against the war and undermining the US war effort.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/e65fdfe3-ebeb-49ed-aaa2-c417f7228435/the-tet-offensive-a-media-analysis-activity-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Who Served and Who Didn’t | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view two video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War that focus on those Americans who served in the military in Vietnam and those who did not. In the first clip, four men describe their incentives for enlisting to go to war. In the second clip, students hear from Americans who chose not serve, how they avoided going to Vietnam, and why. Students will complete two graphic organizers to help them identify the motivations of, and see the similarities and differences among, those who served in Vietnam and those who didn’t.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/1ba17834-bf46-4a76-a710-9c1f08981a06/who-served-and-who-didnt-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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The US Becomes Further Involved in South Vietnam | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War and analyze how French withdrawal from Vietnam, and the pressures of the Cold War, increased America’s commitment to South Vietnam.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/e1fe036d-e9ee-4946-98ec-2b8e878a0288/united-states-becomes-further-involved-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Analysis of Early US Strategy: Myth and Reality | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video clips from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War on the newly elected Kennedy administration and its sense of American exceptionalism.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6c5e4613-1b2c-4c75-8779-608dbb8c9566/analysis-of-early-us-strategy-myth-and-reality-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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Perceptions of American Power in the Early Vietnam War Years | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view selected video segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War that show the US involvement in Vietnam in the early years of the war.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/3a267ecb-03ae-461d-9a93-b5945ffe4b1f/perceptions-of-american-power-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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The Battle of Ap Bac | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view a selected video segment from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War that describes the battle of Ap Bac. Students will follow the progress and outcome of the battle and evaluate the effectiveness of the US military advisors’ work with the ARVN.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/450ae832-1612-4ef1-8b53-feb499401ae9/the-battle-of-ap-bac-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
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"The Things They Carried" | The Vietnam War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will view segments from Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Vietnam War of Vietnam veteran and author Tim O'Brien reading from The Things They Carried, and use this literature to learn about soldiers’ experiences in war. They try their hand at writing about the things they themselves carry, and what those things say about themselves.
https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/93fa027e-f03f-469e-8ef4-668114ba3b88/the-things-they-carried-lesson-plan-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/
