Week 16, May 3-7, 2021, United States History: Module 16 The Vietnam War & Module 17 Transitions and Conservatism

 Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 11.1.3, 11.8.5, 11.8.8, 11.9.3, 11.9.4, 11.10.4, 11.11.4, CST.1, CST.2, HREP.3, HREP.4, HI.1

EQs: Should the United States have gotten involved in the conflict in Vietnam? What was the defining moment of the 1970s through the 1990s in the United States?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe the Tet Offensive and its effect on the American People.
• Explain the domestic turbulence of 1968. 
• Describe the 1968 presidential election.
• Describe Nixon's policy of Vietnamization. 
• Explain the public's reaction to the Vietnam War during Nixon's presidency. 
• Describe the end of the U.S. involvement and the final outcome in Vietnam.
• Examine the war's painful legacy in the United States and Southeast Asia.
• Identify the challenges that the Nixon, Ford, and Carter Administrations. 
• Discuss the new conservatism that emerged with the elections of Reagan and Bush.
• describe why President Richard M. Nixon tried to steer the country in a conservative direction and away from federal control.
• Analyze and explain President Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal and how it forced him to resign. 
• Describe the Ford and Carter administrations attempt to remedy the nation's worst economic crisis in decades. 
• Describe the Reagan administrations successes and failures of foreign and domestic policy. 

Session 1 

Lesson Introduction/Lecture 20 minutes:(screencast) 

Warm Up 15 minutes: Review what you have learned so far about the Vietnam War and think about some things you might want to know more about or still do not know. 

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 16.4 Pulling out of Vietnam

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 16.4 1968: A Tumultuous Year 

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 16.5 The End of the War and Its Legacy 

Session 2 

Introduction 10 minutes: (screencast) 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Take the time to review all that you have learned from Module 16 The Vietnam War. 

Test 30 minutes: Vietnam War Test

Gallery Walk 15 minutes: Flip through Module 17 Transitions and Conservatism p. 822-875. What things standout? Does anything look familiar? What things have you never heard of before? 

Session 3

Activity 60 minutes: Module 17 Assessment p. 876 - Main Ideas- #1-4, 6-7, 9, 11, 13, 15-18, 

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