WEDNESDAY

Adv. US History
Focus:
Vietnam War

CW:
Rescue Dawn

HW:
Text pp. 865-66: Revival of Feminism section only
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Honors US History
Focus:
1960s America

CW:
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1945-66:
origins of US involvement in Vietnam
US policy in Vietnam under JFK:
video clip: JFK orders the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1:37:00---1:40:18)
Buddhist monk self-immolation
US policy in Vietnam under LBJ:
1:15:00--1:21:48
discussion: What happened in the Gulf of Tonkin?
video clip: 1:32:00---1:39:46
President Johnson escalates US involvement: Part 4 of DVD (15:00---17:54; 30:00--40:00)
anti-war protests begin: (52:55---59:58)
credibility gap: (1:08:00--1:18:00)

HW:
A System of Suffering--Due Friday