Vietnam+(Pat,+Kevin,+Bill)

__Planning Guide__

Content: Students will be able to use popular culture to develop an opinion of the past conflicts (Vietnam War) versus current confllicts.

Pedagogy:
 * Teacher-led discussion of 1960's (Tet Offensive, Students for Democratic Society, public opinion polls, and early events in the Vietnam War.
 * Student-based research on music, news, and celebrities of the Vietnam-era (1960's and 70's)
 * Students will create a written and multi-media presentation including all of the areas. They will need to have one clip/example from each area to support their opinion.

Technology:
 * Moodle- to post resources for music, news clips, and celebrity opinions.
 * Use Moodle Journal for students to post written responses for the assignment.
 * Incorporate a Wiki (wikispaces) to post all of the students' responses.
 * Use flip cameras to videotape student presentations to link to Moodle and/or wiki.
 * Students will create Voicethreads and have other students comment outside of class.
 * Students will add to a class Prezi for their particular opinion.

__Next Steps__
 * Use Moodle Journal for students to post written responses for the assignment.
 * Incorporate a Wiki (wikispaces) to post all of the students' responses.
 * Use flip cameras to videotape student presentations to link to Moodle and/or wiki.
 * Incorporate Voicethread

What next steps will you take to implement this lesson? We will move all of our resources to Moodle and create a Moodle journal to implement this lesson. Also begin to link this lesson to a modern-day war such as Afghanistan, Iraq, or Libya.

Timeline: When are you planning to implement the lesson? This spring (4th quarter)--probably in the next week or two.

Follow Ups: Any other questions or concerns? __Planning Guide__
 * Availability for technology for students to complete assignment (both in and outside of class).
 * Is this assignment better-suited for an assignment to turn-in or student-led multimedia presentation. (Time concerns for presentations)
 * Would a Socratic Seminar or The Last Word type discussion to analyze student opinions.

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__Next Steps__

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