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 Introduction
In small learning groups, students will investigate
the impact of their assigned group on the United States in the 1960s, its
culture, political establishment, the conduct of the Vietnam War, and describe
if their group had any impact upon U.S. Foreign Policy. The students
will report to the class on their findings in a multimedia format.
Subject: U.S. History
Topic: 1960s
Grade Level: 11
Student Lesson name and URL:
Standards Addressed
11.9 Students analyze
United States foreign policy since World War II, in terms of:
3.
the origins of geopolitical consequences (foreign and domestic) of the
Cold War and containment policy, including,
the Vietnam War.
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Instructional
Objectives
TSW learn
about one segment of U.S. Culture in the Sixties and how that
segment impacted the country.
TSW report to
the class as a part of a small group.
TSW use information
from primary and secondary sources.
TSW synthesize
information presented by other groups.
TSW collectively
construct a timeline for the class incorporating information gathered by
each group.
TSW understand
that History is complex and seldom is there a simple answer to a question.
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Student Activities
Groups:
1. The Vietnam War (battles, strategies, troop strength,
etc)
2. The New Left (SDS, Free Speech Movement)
3. The Counterculture (Hippies, dropouts)
4. The Antiwar Movement (Peace and end the war movements)
5. Draft resistance Movement
6. Mainstream America. (political parties, culture,
etc)(silent majority)
7. Veterans
Methods:
Primary resources
Lecture notes, handouts, and video presentations.
Research Internet resources
Research Library resources
Interviews, eyewitness accounts
Initial Activities
1. The teacher will
select three to five students for each group (see above).
2. Each group will meet
and assign jobs for each member of the group.
3. Each student will
research his/her segment of their assignment on the
internet
or in the library.
4. The teacher will
issue lecture notes to each student, including a timeline of
the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
5. The students will
sort through primary documents provided by the teacher
from the 1960s and select resources pertinent to their assignment.
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Enabling Activity
TSW meet in groups to share
information and begin creating their reports.
TSW fully participate in the
research of the topic.
TSW maintain a bibliography
with a minimum of five sources.
TTW assist when and where
help is requested.
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Culminating
Activity
1. Each group will prepare
and deliver a fifteen minute report. The report will
be
delivered in a multimedia format.
2. The report will be
delivered to the full class with the objective of teaching the
the remaining students about the group's topic.
3. Each student will
fully participate in the group presentation.
4. TSW produce as a
group a 1960s timeline for display.
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Assessment
A = TSW have 5-7 resources,
full participation in the group, the report delivery
will be outstanding, informative, use 3 media and 15 to 18 minutes long.
B = TSW have 5 resources,
almost full group participation, report delivery
will be very good, informative, use 2-3 media, and 13-15 minutes long.
C = TSW have at least
4 resources, partcipate in the group most of the time,
report delivery will be good, informative, use 2 media, and 11-15 minutes
long.
D = TSW have 2-3 resources,
participate in the group some of the time, the
report will be somewhat ineffective, use 1 media, and less than 10 min
utes long.
F = TSW not complete
the assignment.
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Results
After implementing your lesson
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post-test, and culminating assessment data.
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Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory Activity
Background
Notes
Notes
on Vietnam
Sixties
Web Site
Essay
on Vietnam
Posters
of the Sixties
Great
Events-Vietnam
Quaboag
Search Site
Gallup
Polls
Anti-war
Background
Anti-war
Web site
Horus
Search Site
Enabling Activity
List and link the web resources
for your learning activity(ies) here. Also link supplementary materials
such as PDF files and /or document files.
Culminating Activity
List and link the web resources
for your culminating activity here. Also link supplementary materials such
as PDF files and /or document files.
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School Name
(link to your school's homepage if you have one.)
School
Location
Your Name
and e-mail address
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