FRIDAY--MAY 29--SO LONG MAY!!

Honors/US History
EQ:
What was President Nixon's approach to ending the Vietnam War?

CW:
video: Hugh Thompson goes back to My Lai
big packet on Vietnam--timeline, anti-war movement, etc
Ballad of the Green Berets
Fortunate Son
Nov. 3, 1969-Silent Majority Speech (29:21--until video ends)
Nixon escalates the war and begins bringing troops back home
clip from Nixon DVD--secret bombings of Cambodia and Laos
May 4, 1970-Kent State Massacre
The Day Nixon Cracked
1971--Vets turn against the war:
John Kerry's speech before members of Congress
NY Times vs. US--Pentagon Papers handout
1973: War ends
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Legacy of the Vietnam War:
POW handout
War's impact on civilians
Agent Orange
last 15minutes of Dear America...

HW:
Text pp. 880-86
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