Using Current Events to Teach Social Studies
Course Objective
Educate students about the Vietnam War through a comparison between it and the more recent U.S. conflicts of Afghanistan and Iraq
Unit One: The Basics - Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Unit One: The Basics, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq Wars
Unit Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- 1. Identify essential vocab words and figures in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq
- 2. Explain how the U.S. became involved in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq
Unit Two: Varying Perspectives of the Wars
Unit Two: The Wars and their Impacts
Unit Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- 1. Evaluate arguments and perspectives about Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.
- 2. Form an opinion about how justified these conflicts were/are, provide support for their argument by citing evidence from course materials
Unit Three: Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Repeats or Varying Conflicts?
Unit Three: Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Repeats or Varying Conflicts?
Unit Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- 1. Make connections between Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq
- 2. Show similarities and differences between these conflicts through source analysis
Summative Assessment
Social Studies Unit Summative Assessment
Students will be able to:
- Create a project of their own design arguing their opinion about how closely the Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq wars are related to one another.
