“All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.”
- Michael Herr
Michael Herr, Dispatches
David Maraniss, They Marched into Sunlight
Michele Janette (editor), My Viet: Vietnamese American Literature in English, 1962-present
** Interesting resource
8/23 - Class Introduction
8/24 - History of Europe in Southeast Asia
Week of 8/27-8/31
D1 - Free Period (I'll be on 9th Grade Retreat)
Create five OPTICS for photos
Link to our class notes
Life Magazine Archives
D2 - WW3 was fought (Proxy Wars - Niall Ferguson's "War of the Worlds")
Colonization of Indochina
D3 - Cold War
Vietnam War Timeline
D4 - What is Vietnam Communism? Rise of Ho Chi Minh
Communist Leader Comparison [Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh]
Week of 9/3-9/7
D1 – Labor Day
D2 - Politics of the War - Eisenhower & JFK
Finish timeline & comparison chart
Class Notes
D3 - Politics of the War - Johnson & Nixon
Timeline presentation
D4 - Military Technology
Evolution of Air Power & Napalm
Photos
Week of 9/10-9/14
D1 - My Viet
Introduction - XI - XVI
Pgs. 12-19
D2 - My Viet
Pgs. 20-27
Heart of Darkness Summary
D3 - My Viet
Pgs. 28-36
Kipling's "White Man's Burden"
D4 - The Man Who Would Be King
"The Man Who Would Be King" clip
Week of 9/17-9/21
D1 - "Apocalypse Now"
Documentary re: making of the movie
D2 - "Apocalypse Now"
D3 - "Apocalypse Now"
D4 - "Apocalypse Now" debrief
Week of 9/24-9/28
D1 - New Journalism & Vietnam
Hunter S. Thompson
The New Journalism
D2 - Dispatches - "Breathing In"
D3 - Dispatches - "Hell Sucks"
Michael Herr interview
"On the Beach" & Opening of "Vanilla Sky"
D4 – Inservice Day (Midterm T1)
Week of 10/1-10/5
D1 - Dispatches - "Khe Sanh", Chapters 1-4
D2 - Dispatches - "Illumination Rounds"
Close Reading of a sentence
D3 - Dispatches - "Breathing Out"
Close Reading explanation
D4 - Music Critique Due
Week of 10/8-10/12
D1 - M Company & My Lai
D2 - Doc discussion
D3 - Doc discussion
D4 - "Dear America"
Week of 10/15-10/19
D1 - "Dear America"
D2 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapters 1 & 6
D3 - They Marched into Sunlight
D4 - Fall Break
Week of 10/22-10/26
D1 - Fall Break
D2 - "Breaker Morant" closing argument
"Paths of Glory" closing argument
"Going Along..."
D3 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapter 11
D4 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapter 16
"Wreck of Time"
Week of 10/29-11/2
D1 – 10th Grade Retreat Day
Movie Review Due
D2 - "Math Murders"
Album Cover Project
D3 - Thompson's Nixon
[OPTIC] The Vietnam Memorial Controversy
D4 - Sen. McCain's Story
Week of 11/5-11/9
D1 - Project Work Day
D2 - PTSD "Frontline"
D3 - Debrief about the trimester
D4 - ISACS
Stuff that we didn't get to:
Returning home, "The Hurt Locker" - Scene #1, Scene #2
The Return, PTSD
Interview Projects - http://www.vfw1170.org/
David Maraniss, They Marched into Sunlight
Michele Janette (editor), My Viet: Vietnamese American Literature in English, 1962-present
** Interesting resource
8/23 - Class Introduction
8/24 - History of Europe in Southeast Asia
Week of 8/27-8/31
D1 - Free Period (I'll be on 9th Grade Retreat)
Create five OPTICS for photos
Link to our class notes
Life Magazine Archives
D2 - WW3 was fought (Proxy Wars - Niall Ferguson's "War of the Worlds")
Colonization of Indochina
D3 - Cold War
Vietnam War Timeline
D4 - What is Vietnam Communism? Rise of Ho Chi Minh
Communist Leader Comparison [Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh]
Week of 9/3-9/7
D1 – Labor Day
D2 - Politics of the War - Eisenhower & JFK
Finish timeline & comparison chart
Class Notes
D3 - Politics of the War - Johnson & Nixon
Timeline presentation
D4 - Military Technology
Evolution of Air Power & Napalm
Photos
Week of 9/10-9/14
D1 - My Viet
Introduction - XI - XVI
Pgs. 12-19
D2 - My Viet
Pgs. 20-27
Heart of Darkness Summary
D3 - My Viet
Pgs. 28-36
Kipling's "White Man's Burden"
D4 - The Man Who Would Be King
"The Man Who Would Be King" clip
Week of 9/17-9/21
D1 - "Apocalypse Now"
Documentary re: making of the movie
D2 - "Apocalypse Now"
D3 - "Apocalypse Now"
D4 - "Apocalypse Now" debrief
Week of 9/24-9/28
D1 - New Journalism & Vietnam
Hunter S. Thompson
The New Journalism
D2 - Dispatches - "Breathing In"
D3 - Dispatches - "Hell Sucks"
Michael Herr interview
"On the Beach" & Opening of "Vanilla Sky"
D4 – Inservice Day (Midterm T1)
Week of 10/1-10/5
D1 - Dispatches - "Khe Sanh", Chapters 1-4
D2 - Dispatches - "Illumination Rounds"
Close Reading of a sentence
D3 - Dispatches - "Breathing Out"
Close Reading explanation
D4 - Music Critique Due
Week of 10/8-10/12
D1 - M Company & My Lai
D2 - Doc discussion
D3 - Doc discussion
D4 - "Dear America"
Week of 10/15-10/19
D1 - "Dear America"
D2 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapters 1 & 6
D3 - They Marched into Sunlight
D4 - Fall Break
Week of 10/22-10/26
D1 - Fall Break
D2 - "Breaker Morant" closing argument
"Paths of Glory" closing argument
"Going Along..."
D3 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapter 11
D4 - They Marched into Sunlight - Chapter 16
"Wreck of Time"
Week of 10/29-11/2
D1 – 10th Grade Retreat Day
Movie Review Due
D2 - "Math Murders"
Album Cover Project
D3 - Thompson's Nixon
[OPTIC] The Vietnam Memorial Controversy
D4 - Sen. McCain's Story
Week of 11/5-11/9
D1 - Project Work Day
D2 - PTSD "Frontline"
D3 - Debrief about the trimester
D4 - ISACS
Stuff that we didn't get to:
Returning home, "The Hurt Locker" - Scene #1, Scene #2
The Return, PTSD
Interview Projects - http://www.vfw1170.org/