What do Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and communism have in common? They all have something to do with the Vietnam War. Scholars engage in readings, view related images, and read about important artifacts on the website.

Concepts

the vietnam war, vietnam, american history, dwight d. eisenhower, the presidency of dwight d. eisenhower, lyndon b. johnson, communism, the gulf of tonkin incident

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Flip your class by assigning learners to choose one image or artifact in the museum and write an essay about how it relates to the Vietnam War, as well as information about the event(s) that it relates to
• Along with the online exhibition, show the class a documentary about the Vietnam War

Classroom Considerations

• Requires Internet-connected devices or printed versions of the online handout
• Contains some graphic images

Pros

• Uses many images to describe not only the events during the Vietnam War, but also prominent people that affected its outcome
• Breaks up the information into easy-to-read chunks by using different sections

Cons

Common Core

RI.5.2 RI.5.3 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3