Essential Question Why did the US lose the Vietnam War? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  Preview – Vietnam essays  Read about why the lost in Vietnam  Write a paragraph Success Criteria  I can write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in Vietnam

 Let’s look at our Vietnam essays  “I don’t understand why I got this score?”  My Question  –Did you follow the exact structure we did in class?  Did you look at the rubric?  Remember – for your IB Exam, you cannot explain anything to the marker.  What you write is the only thing they see.  They will mark your work with a rubric beside them

 No new Vocab

 Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?  Highlight the Facts  Facts are Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped) Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian Real Event – China and the USSR supplied the North with weapons Picture/Movie – explain the pic Success Criteria I can write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in Vietnam

 Facts are Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped) Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian Real Event – Nixon was re- elected president; Germany attacked Poland in WW2 Picture/Movie – explain the pic What type of Fact?

 Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?  Highlight the Facts  Facts are Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped) Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian Real Event – “Nixon was re- elected president Picture/Movie – explain the pic Success Criteria I can write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost in Vietnam

 Write a paragraph explaining one reason why the US lost the Vietnam War.  Requirements  5~9 sentences  Topic and Concluding sentence  Only answers the question asked  Only use info from the textbooks 6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context 5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument 4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis 3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis 1~2 – Missing requirements The Tet Offensive is the most important reason why LBJ didn’t seek re- election in The Tet Offensive was the Vietcong’s coordinated attack on various cities in South Vietnam. 85,000 Vietcong attacked cities in South Vietnam, but resulted in a lose for the VC with 45,000 deaths. The impact of this on the American public was that the Tet Offensive widened the credibility gap. For example, a CBS video showed VC forces attacking the US embassy in Saigon. This image went against what Gen. Westmoreland and the US gov’t said that the US had, “turned a corner in the war.” This widening of the credibility gap directly effected how the American public viewed Johnson.. For example, before the Tet Offensive, Johnson had a 50% approval rating. However after, his approval rating went down to 26%. Therefore, from this drop in approval ratings, as a result of the Tet Offensive, there was no way that Johnson would have run and won the 1968 presidential election.

Essential Question Why did the US lose the Vietnam War? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  What are we doing  Write 2 more paragraphs Success Criteria  I can write 2 more paragraphs explaining why the US lost the war in Vietnam

 If you haven’t figured it out yet, you are in the middle of writing another essay  Last class, you completed your first main body paragraph  Today we will finish the final 2 body paragraphs  Next class, we will work on our introductions

 Topic – Why did America lose the Vietnam War?  Highlight the Facts  Facts are Numbers (dates, %, deaths, amount of bombs dropped) Quote – Important Person (LBJ, Nixon) or historian Real Event – China and the USSR supplied the North with weapons Picture/Movie – explain the pic Success Criteria I can write 2 more paragraphs explaining why the US lost the war in Vietnam

 Write 2 paragraphs explaining two reason why the US lost the Vietnam War.  Requirements  5~9 sentences  Topic and Concluding sentence  Only answers the question asked  Only use info from the textbooks 6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context 5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument 4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis 3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis 1~2 – Missing requirements The Tet Offensive is the most important reason why LBJ didn’t seek re- election in The Tet Offensive was the Vietcong’s coordinated attack on various cities in South Vietnam. 85,000 Vietcong attacked cities in South Vietnam, but resulted in a lose for the VC with 45,000 deaths. The impact of this on the American public was that the Tet Offensive widened the credibility gap. For example, a CBS video showed VC forces attacking the US embassy in Saigon. This image went against what Gen. Westmoreland and the US gov’t said that the US had, “turned a corner in the war.” This widening of the credibility gap directly effected how the American public viewed Johnson.. For example, before the Tet Offensive, Johnson had a 50% approval rating. However after, his approval rating went down to 26%. Therefore, from this drop in approval ratings, as a result of the Tet Offensive, there was no way that Johnson would have run and won the 1968 presidential election.

Essential Question Why did the US lose the Vietnam War? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  What are we doing  Write 2 more paragraphs Success Criteria  I can write my introduction and conclusion paragraphs

 Opening statement – state your CLEAR opinion  “The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons.”  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 1  “One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti- war movement at home.”  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 2  Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and Vietnmaization against the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong.  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 3  Finally, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its citizens.  Write your thesis – Mention all 3 points  The US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement, the failed military tactics and the weak South Vietnamese government.

The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons. One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti-war movement at home. Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and Vietnmaization against the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong. Finally, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its citizens. The US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement, the weak South Vietnamese government and the failed military tactics.

 Opening statement – state your CLEAR opinion  “The US lost the war in Vietnam for various reasons.”  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 1  “One reason the US lost the war was because of the anti- war movement at home.”  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 2  Another reason why the US was defeated was the failure of search and destroy and Vietnmaization against the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong.  Give a 1 sentence explanation for paragraph 3  Finally, the reason the US lost the war was because of the weakness of the South Vietnamese government to win the hearts and minds of its citizens.  Write your thesis – Mention all 3 points  The US lost the war in Vietnam for primarily 3 reasons: the impact of the anti-war movement, the failed military tactics and the weak South Vietnamese government. Closing statement – state your CLEAR opinion In conclusion, for all these reasons, it would have been almost impossible for the US to succeed in Vietnam. Therefore, the anti-war movement, failed military tactics and anti-democratic actions of the Theiu government all led to the predictable failure of US offensive in Vietnam. The anti-war movement at home negatively impacted the overall support for the war, resulting in a lack commitment from politicians. The biggest factor leading to the American defeat was the inability of the Thieu government to win over the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese population due to its corrupt nature and anti-democratic policies. An equally important factor were the failed military tactics of the US generals to counter the guerilla tactics of the Vietcong, which caused huge causalities amongst the American side.

 Do you always have a Topic and Concluding sentence?  Are they similar?  Do you have 2~3 facts in each main body paragraph?  Did you prove your thesis?  Do you need to change it at all?  What would your score be based on this rubric? 6 – All requirements + clearly connects STRONG facts to argument with vocab + all sentences support the thesis + extremely plausible, taking into consideration context 5– All requirements + ALWAYS uses clear and STRONG facts + vocab + all sentences support the thesis + somewhat plausible argument 4 – All requirements + usually uses facts to support argument + some vocab + most sentences support the thesis 3 – All requirements but rarely uses facts + some sentences support the thesis 1~2 – Missing requirements

1. Demarco, Neil. Vietnam London: Hodder Education, Print. 2. Waugh, Steve and Wright, John, Vietnam London: Hodder Education, 2014, Print. 1. Neil Demarco, Vietnam (London: Hodder Education, 2012), Ibid., Steve Waugh and John Wright, Vietnam (London: Hodder Education, 2014), Demarco, Vietnam Bibliography Footnote/End note