2.  IWBAT analyze the Tet Offensive’s role in attitudes about war

3.  US destroyer gathering intelligence off of N. Vietnam was attacked by three N. Vietnamese torpedo boats.

4.  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed August 7, 1964

5.  Trail used by N. Vietnam to bring supplies and soldiers in to S. Vietnam  Went from N. Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia

7.  Tet is the Vietnamese New Year celebration (Happens February 10, 2013)

8.  Each year there was a two-day cease fire so Vietnamese could celebrate.

9.  ARVN – Army of the Republic of Vietnam (S. Vietnam Army)  VC – Vietcong  NLF – National Liberation Front

11.  In paragraph one, what does the author mean by “wishful thinking?” What examples of wishful thinking are given in the text?   What consequences (both positive and negative) came up for the Viet Cong after the Tet Offensive?   What factors around the Tet Offensive, “reduced the American will to fight?”

12. VIDEO NOTESAMERICAN REACTION  Very noisy  War is stressful

13.  What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?  What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?  What was the Tet Offensive?  How do you think the media influences how people feel about war?