9-12 – Ken Burns Classroom

MARY-CLAIRE KING, PHD

Women In Science

Sidney Farber, M.D., with a young patient.

Scientific Method

Veterans Protest the Vietnam War

VVAW: Veterans Protest the War

Ken Burns Classroom feature image

Patriotism, Service, and Protest

Peace demonstrator and soldiers

The Vietnam Experience in Music

Hubert Humphrey at the 1968 Democratic Convention

The 1968 Democratic National Convention

Vietnamese soldier held at gun point during the Tet Offensive

The Tet Offensive: A Media Analysis Activity

Top Secret papers - United States - Vietnam Relations 1945 - 1967

The Pentagon Papers: National Security versus the People’s Right to Know

President John F. Kennedy stands at a podium in front of a map of Vietnam

Kennedy’s “Limited War” Campaign—Risk Assessment Lesson Plan

Ken Burns Classroom feature image

Fallout after the Diem Coup

American soldiers at Plei Mei

Early War Strategy: Comparisons of US Military Tactics and North Vietnamese Army/Viet Cong Tactics

An older Ho Chi Minh

Both Sides Escalate Their Efforts

Close up of a US soldier in Vietnam

The Theory and Reality of a War Strategy

Soldier during the Vietnam War

Who Served and Who Didn’t

A woman and child walk along a road with ducks and soldiers nearby

Truman’s Decision to Aid the French—Decision-Making Lesson Plan

A US radio operator on a ship in Vietnam

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident—Decision-Making Lesson Plan

A US plane flies over Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder and Widening the War—Decision-Making Lesson Plan

Richard Nixon in a crowd after the 1968 election

The 1968 Presidential Campaign

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon and the 1968 Presidential Campaign

A young girl

Eisenhower, the French, and Dien Bien Phu—Decision-Making Lesson

The US Congress

1967 General Westmoreland Promises to End the War—Decision-Making Lesson

President Lyndon Johnson

1965 Troop Escalations—Decision-Making Lesson

JFK

Kennedy and the Diem Coup: The Torch Is Passed—Decision-Making Lesson

JFK gives a speech

Analysis of Early US Strategy: Myth and Reality

Communist poster of Chairman Mao

A Misuse of American Power? An Examination of American Power and an Alternative Approach

Drawing of the battle of Ap Bac

The Battle of Ap Bac

Madame Nhu fires a gun

The Diem Regime and US Misperceptions

French crowd in Vietnam

The Political Philosophy of Ho Chi Minh and US Foreign Policy

Map of how Vietnam was temporarily divided after the Geneva Conference Accords in 1954

The 1954 Geneva Convention Accords

Part of the Prevention and Fairness Doctrine

Prevention and Fairness Doctrine

Scientist studies smoking

Scientific proof

U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry addressing press conference

Media Literacy – Tobacco, Advertising and Cancer

Adolf Hitler with the Eiffel Tower

World War II Begins

Dallas Morning News front page from November 11, 1938

Lead Up to WWII

Two mug shots of Al Capone

The “Unintended Consequences” of Prohibition

The United States Capitol Building in Washington DC.

Investigating Electronic Surveillance from Olmstead vs. US to modern day: Case Study Activity

The United States Capitol Building in Washington DC.

Investigating Electronic Surveillance from Olmstead vs. US to modern day

Chicagoans celebrate the repeal of Prohibition at the Congress Hotel

The Roots of Prohibition: Examining the Effort to Prohibit Alcohol in America

Speakeasy patrons

The Roots of Prohibition: Laws That Regulate Behavior

The Anti-Saloon League paper, The American Issue

The Roots of Prohibition: A Classroom Deliberation: Should the Nation Prohibit Alcohol?