May 10-11

US HISTORY
EQ:
What factors led to U.S. military intervention in Vietnam?
 
CW:
Unit 8 Study Guide
notes: Into the Quagmire: 1945-66:
guided note sheet
origins of US involvement in Vietnam--lecture and clips from The Vietnam War--Ken Burns
Episode #1
video clip/notes:
Battle of Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Accords-1954 (50:10--1:03:24)
NLF and Vietcong (1:15:31--1:17-ish)
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U.S. policy in Vietnam under JFK (1961-63)
Episode #2:
Buddhist crisi and assassination of Diem
59:13--1:20:00
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U.S. policy under LBJ--1963-66 
1964: Gulf of Tonkin incident
Episode #3 (46:00--55:00)
Gulf of Tonkin incident

Operation Rolling Thunder  
March 1965--first American ground forces arrive in Vietnam
(1:17:00--1:49:00)
Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
anti-war protests begin

HW:
Read pp. 948--53
the draft and the anti-war movement
hawks vs. doves