1. Answer the questions of you Vietnam War Song Handout.
Vietnam War Songs
Listen and following along with the Lyrics to each of the following songs.
Answer the questions of you Vietnam War Song Handout.
Blowin in the Winds Lyrics
Universal Soldier Lyrics
Videos

2. Blowin’ in the Wind
How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove fly, before she sleeps in the sand? And how many times must a cannon ball fly, before they're forever banned? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind. How many years can a mountain exist, before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist, before they're allowed to be free? And how many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?
The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind. How many times must a man look up, before he sees the sky? And how many ears must one man have, before he can hear people cry ? And how many deaths will it take till we know, that too many people have died? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind. The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.

3. Universal Soldier
He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four, He fights with missiles and with spears. He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen, He's been a soldier for a thousand years. He‘s a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain, A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew. And he knows he shouldn't kill, And he knows he always will, Kill you for me my friend and me for you. And he's fighting for Canada, He's fighting for France, He's fighting for the USA, And he's fighting for the Russians, And he's fighting for Japan, And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way. This is not the way we put an end to war.
And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds, He says it's for the peace of all. He's the one who must decide, Who's to live and who's to die, And he never sees the writing on the wall. But without him, How would Hitler have condemned him at Labau? Without him Caesar would have stood alone, He's the one who gives his body As a weapon of the war, And without him all this killing can't go on. He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame, His orders come from far away no more, They come from here and there and you and me, And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put an end to war.

4. Vietnam War
The U.S. had been sending economic and military aid to South Vietnam (Democracy) since the early 1950s to combat North Vietnam’s Communist government
By 1963, the U.S. had over 16,000 “advisers” (soldiers) in South Vietnam

5. Vietnam War
In August 1964 President Lyndon Johnson announced that North Vietnamese ships had attacked two American destroyers (this turned out to be untrue)
Johnson asked permission from Congress to let American forces defend themselves if attacked: Congress approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

6. Vietnam War
The Vietcong began attacking military bases in the South, which killed and wounded U.S. advisers
In 1965 Johnson ordered U.S. jets to attack positions in the North
In March 1965, Johnson launched Operation Rolling Thunder, a bombing
campaign of the North,
and sent more than
180,000 troops to
fight in Vietnam

7. Anti-War Movement 58,000 US soldiers died during the war.
Vietnam was the first “television” war where Americans could see first hand what was happening in the war
As the war dragged on, many Americans began to protest U.S. involvement
* Teach-Ins
* Draft Dodging
* Protest Marches
----Modern day video clip portraying a protest 3min

8. Tet Offensive (1968)
In early 1968, military leaders announced that U.S. forces were gaining strength and winning the war
Tet Offensive: the North Vietnamese led a surprise attack during the Vietnamese New Year in late January 1968.
They attacked nearly every U.S. airbase and most major cities in the South

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PIcbx35mM 2min
Though the attack was a military failure, the Tet Offensive was a turning point in the war because most Americans came to believe that the U.S. could not win the war
President Johnson’s approval rating dropped dramatically and eventually led Johnson not to seek reelection

10. Vietnam War: Your Opinion!
Closing
Vietnam War: Your Opinion!
Do you believe that the Vietnam War was necessary, or do you side with the protesters who believed that we should not be involved in Vietnam? Why or why not?
Create a slogan or chant protesting or supporting the Vietnam War.