1. Vietnam Press Conferences
GOALS:
1. REVIEW MATERIAL from VIETNAM HWK FOR CLASSMATES
 2. GAIN A CLEAR SENSE OF VIETNAM CONFLICT OVER TIME
 3. THINK ABOUT VIETNAM FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
Plan and perform a scene in which the President and/or commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam briefs troops on the “current” situation in Vietnam.
Each briefing should include a question and answer session. Presumably the troops are most interested in the fundamental questions:
- Why are we here?
- How do we win?
Use evidence from American Odyssey homework and videos.
Groups should use the following terms in their scenes and other information to convey at sense of their time period.

2. 1963 5 1973 (sec 4) Ho Chi Minh Vietminh Geneva Accords domino theory
Ho Chi Minh
Vietminh
Geneva Accords
domino theory
Diem
NLF
Vietcong
Q 1-9
(sec 1)
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Operation Rolling Thunder
search and destroy
pacification
(sec 2)
Westmoreland
Tet Offensive
Johnson
KheSan
(sec 3)
Draft
Columbia University
SDS
silent majority
Kent State
ROTC
Cambodia
(sec 4)
Vietnamization
peace with honor
Paris Peace Talks
“madman theory”
Pentagon Papers
Hanoi