PPT-Agenda: Vietnam Vocabulary

Begin Vietnam War Vietnam Key Terms Chapter 24 Domino Theory Geneva Accords Viet Cong Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Ho Chi Minh Trail napalm agent orange My Lai massacre Conscientious objector. Vietnam Vignettes Vietnam Vignettesales of an InfantrymanLee Basnar ht Lee Basnar, 2004All rights reserved.ithout limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of thispublication may be Vocabulary of the Vietnam War. Objectives. Describe the reasons that the United States helped the French fight the Vietnamese.. Identify ways in which the United States opposed communism in Southeast Asia.. 12/1. Homework:. Finish Act . III . & notes; reading quiz tomorrow. Vocabulary List – Journal (10 . mins. ). Review Act II & Read Section of Act III (30. ) . – Quiz Tomorrow. Continue . Ice breaker – Partner interviews.. First-day letter – Heading should include your first and last name, the class title and period and the date. . Homework: First day letter due 9/2.. Partner Interview Notes. During the Cold War, the U.S. was committed. . to. . containing. . communism. The U.S. was effective in limiting communist influence in Europe. But, the spread of communism in Asia led the U.S. to become involved in a civil war in Vietnam . The Vietnam War. 20 years. Five presidents. 164 billion dollars. 58,132 Americans died/2million Vietnamese. 150,000 Americans wounded. 21,000 permanently disabled. 3 million Americans served (avg. age 19). U.S. replaced France as the supporter of South Vietnamese. CIA installed Ngo Dinh Diem in South Vietnam . Ho Chi Minh (North- Communist). Catholic Diem alienated mostly Buddhist nation. Viet Cong guerrillas began launching attacks in 1957 . Who was the Vietnamese nationalist that became the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?. Mao . Tse. -Tung. Tu. Thong. Ho Chi Minh. Ngo . Dinh. Diem. Who . was president in 1955 when the US began acting as an advisor to South Vietnam?. On pgs. . 40-41 . write the date, copy the agenda, homework, and . warm-up. Agenda. :. Warm-up. Collect essays on “Hip Hop Planet”. Vocabulary (pg. 59 . Literature. ) on pg. 42 of INB. Surveying the text – Class Discussion. Abscond . (v.) to run off and hide. Synonyms: bolt, make off, skip town. The thief a. bsconded . with the money from the bank hoping to . skip town . before the police could capture him.. Access. (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; and increase, (v) to get at, obtain. The Vietnam War Era (1954-1975) Lesson 1 The Cold War and Vietnam Learning Objectives Explain the steps Kennedy took to change American foreign policy. Analyze the causes and effects of the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Pre-AP English II Agenda 8/26 Intro to class – Purpose and AP Website Turn in summer reading project. If you do not have it, turn in a sheet of paper with a heading explaining why you do not have it. If your project is late, you must complete it by 9/12. Late projects without an acceptable rationale will have a maximum grade of 70% Acceptable rationales must be verified by a parent. Section 2: Going to War in Vietnam Chapter 25 Diem’s Hamlets One program Diem introduced only made matters worse S. Vietnamese created strategic hamlets , special fortified villages Villages were protected by machine guns, bunkers, trenches, and barbed wire Let’s think….. Is dealing with other people difficult sometimes? . What kind of people are more difficult to deal with? . Imagine having to deal with a whole other country? . Which ones do you think would be easier to deal with? .