Mar 22

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Movie

Answer the questions that pertain to the movie.  We will watch the first 40 minutes of the movie today and finish it off after break.

You can access the movie on youtube bytyping in Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam Movie

Movie Questions: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2SmpDejNzLUZFM2c/edit?usp=sharing

Mar 21

We took a quiz today over the Vietnam By The Numbers Powerpoint.  Make up quiz upon return

Powerpoint- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2Wk1rYkxwNzRUR0E/edit?usp=sharing

Complete an I Am poem from the viewpoint of a South Vietnamese farmer.
I am Poem format- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2WjRNVTZTZmhidk0/edit?usp=sharing

If you were absent you need to complete the following writing assignment (Per 3 Only)
Letter Home

Mar 20

Today we did a jigsaw and ch 24 section 4

If you miss class you need to read and take Cornell Notes on Chapter 24 Section 4

Mar 19

Write a paragraph for each of the people listed below detailing what their role in the Vietnam War was.  Label this assignment "Important People" in your table of contents.

LBJ
Harry Truman
JFK
William Westmoreland
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Din Diem

Mar 14

Finish the Who What When Where Why and then complete the crossword

Crossword- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2RVJxbHlVdktZRHc/edit?usp=sharing

Complete as much of the puzzle as you can without using book or notes.

Mar 13

Pick a section in Chapter 24 (Sections are highlighted in red)
Who, What, When, Where, Why
Read and write down who is the section talking about, what is the event it is talking about, when did it take place, where did it take place, why did it take place

Draw a picture depicting what the section is discussing and come up with two questions you have about the material.

Mar 6-8

Read and take notes on chapter 24 section 1 and 2

Section 2 Questions- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_gpVfHfuRG2YXlFdHdSbnBOa0E/edit?usp=sharing

Copy the map on Page 802.  Only draw the colored countries (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam)  Include all the other information on the map.

Quiz Friday!