Lesson 6a – End of the Vietnam War - PowerPoint Presentation

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Lesson 6a – End of the Vietnam War

Essential Question

Why did the US lose the Vietnam War?

Learning Outcomes - Students will:

Preview – Vietnam essays

Read about why the lost in Vietnam

Write a paragraph

Success Criteria

I can

write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in VietnamSlide3

Preview

Let’s look at our Vietnam essays

“I don’t understand why I got this score?”

My Question

–Did you follow the exact structure we did in class?

Did you look at the rubric?

Remember – for your IB Exam, you cannot explain anything to the marker.

What you write is the only thing they see.

They will mark your work with a rubric beside themSlide4

Vocab

No new VocabSlide5

Reading

Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?

Highlight the Facts

Facts are

Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped)

Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian

Real Event – China and the USSR supplied the North with weapons

Picture/Movie – explain the pic

Pg. 36~37

Success Criteria

I can write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in VietnamSlide6

Facts

Facts are

Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped)

Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian

Real Event –

Nixon

was re-elected

president; Germany attacked Poland in WW2

Picture/Movie – explain the pic

What type of Fact?Slide7

Reading

Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?

Highlight the Facts

Facts are

Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped)

Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian

Real Event – “Nixon was re-elected president

Picture/Movie – explain the pic

Success Criteria

I can write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in Vietnam

Pg. 40~41Slide8

Write a paragraph explaining

one reason

why the US lost the Vietnam War.

Requirements

5~9 sentences

Topic and Concluding sentence

Only answers the question asked

Only use info from the textbooks

6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context

5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument

4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis

3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis1~2 – Missing requirementsThe Tet Offensive is the most important reason why LBJ didn’t seek re-election in 1968. The Tet Offensive was the Vietcong’s coordinated attack on various cities in South Vietnam. 85,000 Vietcong attacked cities in South Vietnam, but resulted in a lose for the VC with 45,000 deaths.

The impact of this on the American public was that

the Tet Offensive widened the credibility gap.

For example, a CBS video showed VC forces attacking the US embassy in Saigon. This image went against what Gen. Westmoreland and the US gov’t said that the US had, “turned a corner in the war.”

This widening of the credibility gap directly effected how the American public viewed Johnson..

For example, before the Tet Offensive, Johnson had a 50% approval rating. However after, his approval rating went down to 26%.

Therefore, from this drop in approval ratings, as a result of the Tet Offensive, there was no way that Johnson would have run and won the 1968 presidential election.Slide9

Lesson 6b – End of the Vietnam War

Essential Question

Why did the US lose the Vietnam War?

Learning Outcomes - Students will:

What are we doing

Write 2 more paragraphs

Success Criteria

I can

write 2 more paragraphs explaining why the US lost the war in VietnamSlide10

What are we doing?

If you haven’t figured it out yet, you are in the middle of writing another essay

Last class, you completed your first main body paragraph

Today we will finish the final 2 body paragraphs

Next class, we will work on our introductionsSlide11

Reading

Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?

Highlight the Facts

Facts are

Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped)

Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian

Real Event – China and the USSR supplied the North with weapons

Picture/Movie – explain the pic

Pg. 36~37

Success Criteria

I can write 2 more paragraphs explaining why the US lost the war in Vietnam

Pg. 40~41Slide12

Write 2 paragraphs explaining

two reason

why the US lost the Vietnam War.

Requirements

5~9 sentences

Topic and Concluding sentence

Only answers the question asked

Only use info from the textbooks

6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context

5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument

4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis

3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis1~2 – Missing requirementsThe Tet Offensive is the most important reason why LBJ didn’t seek re-election in 1968. The Tet Offensive was the Vietcong’s coordinated attack on various cities in South Vietnam. 85,000 Vietcong attacked cities in South Vietnam, but resulted in a lose for the VC with 45,000 deaths.

The impact of this on the American public was that

the Tet Offensive widened the credibility gap.

For example, a CBS video showed VC forces attacking the US embassy in Saigon. This image went against what Gen. Westmoreland and the US gov’t said that the US had, “turned a corner in the war.”

This widening of the credibility gap directly effected how the American public viewed Johnson..

For example, before the Tet Offensive, Johnson had a 50% approval rating. However after, his approval rating went down to 26%.

Therefore, from this drop in approval ratings, as a result of the Tet Offensive, there was no way that Johnson would have run and won the 1968 presidential election.Slide13

Lesson

6

c – End of the Vietnam War

Essential Question

Why did the US lose the Vietnam War?

Learning Outcomes - Students will:

What are we doing

Write 2 more paragraphs

Success Criteria

I can

write my introduction and conclusion paragraphsSlide14

Introduction – Exactly like this!!!!!

Opening

statement – state your CLEAR

opinion

“The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons.”

Give

a 1 sentence explanation

for paragraph 1

“One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti-war movement at home.”

Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph

2

Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and Vietnmaization against the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong.Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 3Finally, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its citizens.

Write

your

thesis – Mention all 3 points

The US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement,

the failed military tactics

and the weak South Vietnamese government.Slide15

Introduction – Exactly like this!!!!!

The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons.

One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti-war movement at home.

Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and

Vietnmaization

against the guerilla tactics of the

Vietcong.

Finally

, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its

citizens.

The US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement, the weak South Vietnamese government and the failed military tactics.Slide16

Conclusion – Exactly like this!!!!!

Opening

statement – state your CLEAR

opinion

“The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons.”

Give

a 1 sentence explanation

for paragraph 1

“One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti-war movement at home.”

Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 2

Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and

Vietnmaization against the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong.Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 3Finally, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its citizens.Write your thesis – Mention all 3 pointsThe US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement, the failed military tactics and the weak South Vietnamese government.

Closing statement

– state your CLEAR opinion

In conclusion, for all these reasons, it would have been almost impossible for the US to succeed in Vietnam.

Therefore, the anti-war movement, failed military tactics and anti-democratic actions of the

Theiu

government all led to the predictable failure of US offensive in Vietnam.

The anti-war movement at home negatively impacted the overall support for the war, resulting in a lack commitment from politicians.

The biggest factor leading to the American defeat was the inability of the

Thieu

government to win over the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese population due to its corrupt nature and anti-democratic policies.

An equally important factor were the failed military tactics of the US generals to counter the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong, which caused huge causalities amongst the American side.Slide17

+1 Referencing

Revise

Do you always have a Topic and Concluding sentence?

Are they similar?

Do you have 2~3 facts in each main body paragraph?

Did you prove your thesis?

Do you need to change it at all?

What would your score be based on this rubric?

6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context

5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument

4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis

3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis

1~2 – Missing requirementsSlide18

Bibliography vs. Footnotes

Demarco

, Neil.

Vietnam 1939-75

. London: Hodder Education, 2012. Print

.

Waugh, Steve and Wright, John,

Vietnam

1950- 1975

. London

: Hodder Education, 2014, Print. 1. Neil Demarco, Vietnam 1939-75. (London: Hodder Education, 2012), 37. 2. Ibid., 45

3. Steve Waugh and John Wright, Vietnam 1950-1975. (London: Hodder Education, 2014), 13. 4. Demarco, Vietnam 1939-75. 34.Bibliography

Footnote/EndnoteSlide19