The Vietnam War Lesson Guide

Explore classroom lesson plans related to Ken Burns’s and Lynn Novick’s 10-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, which tells the story of one of the most consequential, divisive and controversial events in American history. The series explores the human dimensions of the war through the testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides.

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Resource provided by National Endowment for the Humanities, EDSITEment Project

Grades

9, 10, 11, 12

Subjects

Federal Government

Issues

Foreign Policy

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans, Primary Sources, Photography, Video, Audio, Oral Histories

Teaching Strategies

Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion, Small Group Deliberation, Analysis, Primary Source

Duration

30 minutes

Tags

civil rights, Vietnam War, protests, foreign policy, Ken Burns