American+Involvement+1950-1960

**Contac**t: Steve Yudelson **CT Social Studies Standards**: CT Standards 1.13, 1.16, Demonstrate an understanding of significant events and themes in U.S. History. Compare and contrast various American beliefs and political ideologies. **ISTE Standard**: 1a, c, Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching, and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student crerativity. **Grade Level**: 11-12 **Individual or group**: Both **Overview**: To research and explore the history of American involvement in the Vietnam conflict. Students will research from the post-World War II French colonial period, through the French evacuation and American assumption of influence, through the beginnings of American military involvement. Students will research key personalities in the conflict, as well as attitudes and ideologies of American administrations of the period. **Content Objective**: Students will engage in a series of debates. Resolved: American involvement and support of South Vietnam was necessary and inevitable. Pro: American involvement was necessary to stem the spread of Communism Con:: North Vietnam, though Communist, could have been cultivated as an ally **Skill objectives**: Evaluation, analysis. Students will demonstrate an ability to research via internet sources. **Materials**: Access to computers Students should access the various materials listed. Read the various biographies of the Vietnamese leaders. Analyze photos. There are videos of American positions of the time, as well as American policies as they existed. Your task is to understand these within the context of the times. You should choose a position, either pro or con, on the issue. There is a sign-up post for this. Please choose a side by April 29. Before the debates, you are to post your general position. List your supporting material. 1. Go to the moodle. 2. Read the biographies 3. Look at the videos of American policy decisions 4. Choose a position and post it on the moodle 5.Post your supporting reasons 6. Prepare for your debate
 * Title**: American Involvement in Vietnam

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**Ho Chi Minh** 1890-1969 Born Nguyen Sinh Cung Was a Vietnanamese Marxist revolutionary. He served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam, and later as the figurehead position of President. After the fall of Saigon, the city was renamed by the victorious North Ho Chi Minh City. [|http://www.spartacus.school.net.co.uk/VNhochiminh.htm] Ho Chi Minh and OSS Operatives 1945


 * ** Ngô Đình Diệm **  ||
 * [[image:file://localhost/Users/student/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_image008.png width="96" height="133" align="center" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ngo_Dinh_Diem_-_Thumbnail_-_ARC_542189.gif"]] ||

 **[|President of the Republic of Vietnam]** || 26 October 1955 – 2 November 1963  ||
 * ** In office **
 * ** Preceded by ** || None ||
 * ** Succeeded by ** || [|Dương Văn Minh] ||

|| [|Huế], [|French Indochina] || [|Saigon], [|South Vietnam] ||
 * ** Born ** || 3 January 1901 ( 1901-01-03 )
 * ** Died ** || 2 November 1963 ( 1963-11-02 ) (aged 62)
 * ** Political party ** || [|Front of National Salvation] ||
 * ** Spouse(s) ** || None ||
 * ** Religion ** || [|Roman Catholicism] ||

[|http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/VNngo.htm]

**The Truman Doctrine** of 1947 declared American support, specifically to Greece and Turkey, but as an implication anywhere in the world, to contain Communist aggression. This was used as a rationale for increasing American aid in Korea and Vietnam. [|http://www.youtube/watch?v=ouSc2E8v-dk]

**The Domino Theory** was a concept held by American policy makers which held that if one region fell to Communism, others would soon follow. [|http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/A-D/The-Domino-Theory-html] **The Battle of Dien Bien Phu** was a decisive battle in which the French were defeated by the Vietnamese forces. The French subsequently left Indochina. [|http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/162678/Battle-of-Dien-Bien-Phu] US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles on the fall of Dien Bien Phu [|http://www.schmoop.com/vietnam-war/dwight-d-eisenhower.html]

Causes of the Vietnam War [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8wKKfN7sM] [] [|http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/vietnam.htm]

Name Presentation Support Response Grade Steve 85.00% 85.00% 82.00% 84.00% Mary 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 91.67% Alex 85.00% 87.00% 85.00% 85.67% Jane 85.00% 82.00% 82.00% 83.00% Alice 90.00% 87.00% 82.00% 86.33% Mark 95.00% 90.00% 90.00% 91.67% Jomar 87.00% 85.00% 87.00% 86.33% Tatiana 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% Allen 78.00% 78.00% 78.00% 78.00% Nyung 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% 90.00% Sally 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% Edward 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% Joseph 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% 85.00% James 80.00% 80.00% 80.00% 80.00%

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