Materials

• Current event data on North and South Korea (from previous session)
• Copies of the Vietnam Chronology (Attachment E)
• Cold War notes to be discussed (Attachment A)
• Class textbook
• Timelines

Instructional Activities

1. Review content from the previous session.
   
   
2. Discuss the notes on the Korean War. Take time at the end of this discussion to discuss the status of North and South Korea today, using the data collected and summarized by the students in the previous session. Ensure that students know the geographic location of North and South Korea compared to that of Vietnam. Remind them of the dates of the Korean War and the dates of the Vietnam War. Continually check for understanding to ensure students are not confusing these two places and these two wars.
   
   
3. Distribute the Vietnam Chronology (Attachment E). Allow students to take a few minutes to study the list of events.
   
   
4. Discuss several of the notes on the Vietnam War. Allow about five minutes at the end of the discussion for the activity in step 5.
   
   
5. Instruct students to develop a list of questions they would like to ask a Vietnam War veteran. This should be individual work and may be done in class or as homework. A teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available resources, may be assigned in lieu of this assignment.