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The U.S. war in Vietnam was the longest and second most costly in U.S. history. Public opinion polls show that two of three Americans judge the Vietnam War to have been a "mistake." Unfortunately, few claim to know what the U.S. should have done differently. More than half do not have "a clear idea" what the war was about; a third can't remember which side we supported. This site is brought to you by the Center for Social Studies Education, which was established in 1984 to promote more and better teaching of the Vietnam War in the nation's schools.We offer a variety of educational materials, including a full semester curriculum, a teachers manual with projects and activities, an annotated resource guide and a teacher training handbook and video cassette. We coordinate about 100 Vietnam veterans speakers bureaus and 40 master teachers who do workshops and conference presentations on teaching the Vietnam War. "... a widely praised academic curriculum on Vietnam." Time Magazine "Today, teaching
about the Vietnam War is taking a step forward with the introduction of
... the first comprehensive curriculum ... The Lessons of the Vietnam
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Test your knowledge of the Vietnam War by taking this quiz:
1. Name the anti-communist military alliance organized by John Foster Dulles in 1954 to promote U.S. interests in this region of the world.
2. Which university in 1970 witnessed the first killing of U.S. student protesters?
3. What did President Nixon call his policy to replace U.S. ground troops with South Vietnamese?
4. Ho Chi Minh modeled the Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam's 1945 statement of national independence after which country's?
5. Which country provided up to 80% of the cost of France's military effort to restore its colonial rule in 1946-54?
6. Name the complex of North Vietamese supply routes that started in the north and ended in South Vietnam?
7. Lt. William Calley Jr. was convicted of leading a massacre of South Vietnamese men, women and children in what village?
8. What is the popular name given the 1964 congressional resolution giving President Johnson a proxy for a formal declaration of war?
9. Name the 1968 communist military campaign that turned U.S. public opinion decisively against the war.
10. What is the popular name given the harmful defoliant used by U.S. forces during the conflict?
11. How did the U.S. Military Advisory Command measure progress in its war plan?
12. Before the U.S. War, Vietnam had successfully resisted previous occupation by these countries.
13. In previous wars, psychological impairment went by such names as shell schock or battle fatigue. What was it called in Vietnam?
14. The name of the U.S. bombing campaign that significantly widened the war in 1965?
15. The site of the peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam that brought forth the treaty leading to U.S. withdrawal from the war in 1973?
16. The name given to President Eisenhower's theory that, if Vietnam were to fall to the communists, all the other countires of Southeast Asia would follow?
Products and Prices
1. Textbook 12 chapters
plus index. $22.95
2. Teacher's
Manual. 48-page Teacher's Manual Includes projects and activities with reproducible
handouts for all units/chapters. $10.00 (free with class orders of the text
book)
3. Resource Guide 90-page annotated guide. $11.95
4. Teacher Trainer Handbook: Professional Development Workshops 140 pages,
includes exercises and various activities. $29.95
5. Video.
$29.95 per copy
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