EXTRA CREDIT POSSIBILITIES (3 Pts.) k The Host (dress up-funny or serious, think game show) k Student (SDS) (jeans, tie die, black arm bands, anti-war signs) k Draft Dodger (jeans, tie dye, antidraft signs, draft cards to “burn” or tear) k Vietnam Vet (VVAW) (jeans, military wear, khakis, antiwar signs) k Hippie (peace signs, tie dye, flowers, bubbles to blow) k Politician (dress up-suit and tie, pro-war signs) k Patriotic American (pro-war signs, patriotic clothing, signs, flags, etc.) k Audience EC (dress up like one of the groups above, antiwar or pro-war signs) k The Host (dress up-funny or serious, think game show) k Student (SDS) (jeans, tie die, black arm bands, anti-war signs) k Draft Dodger (jeans, tie dye, antidraft signs, draft cards to “burn” or tear) k Vietnam Vet (VVAW) (jeans, military wear, khakis, antiwar signs) k Hippie (peace signs, tie dye, flowers, bubbles to blow) k Politician (dress up-suit and tie, pro-war signs) k Patriotic American (pro-war signs, patriotic clothing, signs, flags, etc.) k Audience EC (dress up like one of the groups above, antiwar or pro-war signs) GUEST JOBS : --Create a name!-- Complete the chart. Write a speech that shares the viewpoint Include quotes Actions that fit Act your part 3. Answer questions. HOST JOBS 1.Write an Introduction 2.Write a conclusion. 3.Make additional ?
VIETNAM PROTEST
Learning Targets kIdentify reasons for protesting Vietnam War kDescribe methods of protesting kPredict impact protest had on Vietnam War
Reasons for ProtestMethods of ProtestImpact on War Vietnam Protest
Increased Opposition k“Doves”
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) kNot “our war” (it’s a civil war)
Anti-Vietnam demonstration in Dinkytown. St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press Photograph Collection 4/11/1967
1965 VIETNAM WAR PROTEST IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Pacifists - “Hippies” k against ALL war “Conscientious Objectors”
1965—Early protests
Dr. Martin Luther King speaking against war in Vietnam, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota. St. Paul Pioneer Press Photograph Collection 4/27/1967
Draft Dodgers kAgainst unfair draft policies kFled to Canada, burnt draft cards, or went to jail kAgainst unfair draft policies kFled to Canada, burnt draft cards, or went to jail
Press conference where boxer Muhammad Ali refused the draft
1968: Johnson Doesn’t Seek Re-election kDue to unpopularity of war’s escalation (growing U.S. presence) k “Hawks” kDue to unpopularity of war’s escalation (growing U.S. presence) k “Hawks”
Vietnam Veterans Against the War kAgainst nature of fighting and reasons for being there
VIETNAM VETS AGAINST THE WAR—PROTESTED REASON FOR BEING THERE AND METHOD OF FIGHTING
1968: Nixon Elected for “Peace with Honor” k“Vietnamization”—S. Vietnamese fight NOT U.S. k Expanded war into Laos and Cambodia k“Vietnamization”—S. Vietnamese fight NOT U.S. k Expanded war into Laos and Cambodia
May 4, 1970: Kent State kNational Guard killed 4 students during antiwar protest
1970—PROTESTING NIXON’S EXPANSION OF WAR INTO CAMBODIA 4 STUDENTS KILLED BY NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DURING DEMONSTRATION AT KENT STATE
College students protesting the war
Protests turn violent
I Feel like I’m Fixin’ to Die” Country Joes & the Fish, 1965
Photo Album by Wayzata Schools For What It’s Worth Buffalo Springfield, 1967
Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revivial, 1969
War Edwin Starr, 1970 War Edwin Starr, 1970
Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 1970
Summary of Vietnam Protest People protested the war for many reasons, including_______________________________ ________________________________________ ______________________. The impact this had on the war was ______ __________________________________________ ________________________________________ ____________________.