Teacher Name: John Frazier Grade Level(S):9-12 Course: World History Or American History

Lesson Plan (Vietnam- Dien Bien Phu, origins of the war, and early U.S. involvement)

Teacher Name: John Frazier Grade level(s):9-12 Course: World History or American History

Describe the classroom or homework activity to be performed (individual assignment, cooperative learning, cross curricular, technology based, using artifacts and/or primary sources, etc.)

 Individual, technology based, primary sources and cooperative learning  This lesson incorporates multiple activities. First, students will work individually and then with a partner. They will use computers, primary resources, and secondary resources to help gain information and then present that information to other classmates. Students will be interpreting and analyzing primary resources mostly in the form of videos. This lesson will incorporate many different activities. The teacher will need access to several computers. A projector will be helpful, but not required. Note: If you like this methodology, I developed a similar lesson on the Ruhr Crisis that is posted under the 2009 summer teachers’ conference.

Rationale (why are you doing this?)

 The Vietnam War was an important event in U.S. and World History. Students need to fully understand the beginning phases of the war. I want the students to see the Vietnam War in the larger context of the Cold War.

Required time frame: Approximately, one ninety minute class or two forty-five minute classes. The larger the class size the more time the lesson will take.

Where in the teacher conference did you get the idea for this activity or assignment (speaker, document, photograph, activity, audio recording, other)?

 Vietnam Veterans panel  Gary Hess's book Presidential Decisions for War.  Presidential Decision presentation by Marsha Sharp.

Lesson objectives – the student will:

 understand the origins of the Vietnam War and how the U.S. became involved.  be able to describe the battle of Dien Bien Phu and how it led to French withdrawal from Vietnam.  analyze the Vietnam War within the larger context of the Cold War. District, state, or national performance and knowledge standards/goals/skills met (be specific when referencing): From the Missouri Show Me Standards

 SS 6. relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions

 SS 2. continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world

 SS 6. relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions

Secondary materials (book, article, video documentary, etc.) needed – cite title and other detailed information:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7tImvzutc narration of video

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur9qVP2As3Y narration of video  www.google.com/imgres? imgurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/medi a/1954_Dien_Bien_P.jpg&imgrefurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indi an_music/filmi_sangeet/film_song_1954.html&h=253&w=375&sz=53&tbni d=_MQOg9-vDH0glM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq %3Dimages%2Bof%2BDien%2BBien %2BPhu&hl=en&usg=__DGO5JG7zyfWgBBzgVY- hp4qCWf8=&sa=X&ei=CUAyTJ6mJtCinQe9mvCKBA&ved=0CBYQ9QEw AA description of 1954 events.

Primary sources (document, photograph, artifact, diary or letter, audio or visual recording, etc.) needed – cite detailed information:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur9qVP2As3Y images  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7tImvzutc images  www.google.com/imgres? imgurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/medi a/1954_Dien_Bien_P.jpg&imgrefurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indi an_music/filmi_sangeet/film_song_1954.html&h=253&w=375&sz=53&tbni d=_MQOg9-vDH0glM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq %3Dimages%2Bof%2BDien%2BBien %2BPhu&hl=en&usg=__DGO5JG7zyfWgBBzgVY- hp4qCWf8=&sa=X&ei=CUAyTJ6mJtCinQe9mvCKBA&ved=0CBYQ9QEw AA images  http://www.arqnet.pt/imagens3/imag050501.jpg

Fully describe the activity or assignment in detail. What will both you and the students do?

 Divide the class into two equal groups. Group 1 and 2 will work on their projects simultaneously until it is time to give the group presentations. Teacher should be moving around the room, insuring that all students are participating and completing the assigned tasks.  GROUP 1: The first group of students will listen and watch the video on the website link listed below on the origins of the crisis. The video is titled “Battlefield Vietnam Dien Bien Phu.” The video describes the origins of the war involving France, the beginning of U.S. involvement, and a brief description of the battle of Dien Bien. The website link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur9qVP2As3Y  Students from group one will pair off. Each pair will work at a single computer constructing a set of notes on this video while they are watching it. Students should be each individually taking the notes, not consulting one another. Each student should construct their own set of notes. Then the students, now working with their partner, will construct a page summary of the video explaining the importance of the French failure in Vietnam, how the conflict played itself out in the larger Cold War, and how that led to direct U.S. involvement. Students should use their notes they just created to help them construct the paper. The teacher will then have each pair of students from group one present their summary of the French failures in Vietnam crisis to group two. Group two students will take notes on the presentations.  GROUP 2: The second group of students will listen and watch the video on the website link listed below on the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The video is titled "Dien Bien Phu documentary.” This video describes in detail the battle of Dien Bien Phu The website link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th7tImvzutc  Students from group two will pair off. Each pair will work at a single computer constructing a set of notes on this video while they are watching it. Students should be each working individually at taking the notes, not consulting one another. Each student should construct a set of notes. Then the students, now working with their partner, will construct a page summary of the video explaining the importance of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Students should use their notes to help them construct the paper. The teacher will then have each pair of students from group two present their summary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu to group one. Group one students will take notes on the presentations.  Both videos are approximately ten minutes in length.  If time remains, students can look at the images of defeated French troops on the following websites dealing with Vietnam and Dien Bien Phu on 1954 events:  www.google.com/imgres? imgurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/filmi_sangeet/medi a/1954_Dien_Bien_P.jpg&imgrefurl=http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indi an_music/filmi_sangeet/film_song_1954.html&h=253&w=375&sz=53&tbni d=_MQOg9-vDH0glM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=122&prev=/images%3Fq %3Dimages%2Bof%2BDien%2BBien %2BPhu&hl=en&usg=__DGO5JG7zyfWgBBzgVY- hp4qCWf8=&sa=X&ei=CUAyTJ6mJtCinQe9mvCKBA&ved=0CBYQ9QEw AA  http://www.arqnet.pt/imagens3/imag050501.jpg  The teacher should create student directed questions about the images on the above websites. These questions can either be presented orally by the teacher or written on paper and passed out to the students. An example question would be: “What do these images tell us about the French's failure at Dien Bien Phu?”

Assessment: fully explain your assessment method in detail or create and attach your scoring guide:

 In the scoring guide, the teacher should use his or her knowledge about the level of students they teach, matching student achievement with an appropriate score. This scoring guide is attended to hold students accountable for all aspects this lesson plan incorporates.

Scoring Guide:

 Student name ______Group 1 or 2  Individual notes on video 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Written summary with partner 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Presentation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Taking notes on opposite group’s presentation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Total points ____/40