Preparing for Part Bii

To prepare for Part Bii you will need to have:

• A one page plan
• Two pages of notes

The links below will help you to prepare

Part Bii Mark Scheme and planning grid

History Drop Down Day Presentation (Bi and Bii)

Vietnam Key Terms


Battle Hymn of Lt Calley

Defolitant missions

Just a few more links and resources that I have found over half term that may be useful to add to your essay for part A

Operation Ranch Hand (US Air force website)


Operation Trail Dust


Operation Sherwood Forest and Operation Hot Tip
These were forest burning attacks rather than using traditional defoliants but they became very popular with the US air force as a way of clear large areas of jungle.

Planning your controlled assessment

To help you plan for part A of your controlled assessment I have added a link below to the PowerPoint we used in class. This is only a starting point but you may find it useful.

Preparing for Part A

The mark scheme for part A can be found below

Student Mark Scheme (Part A)

I have also added a link to some general information about how the Vietnam War ended. This is to support your knowledge rather than to be used as a source in your essay

Final Phase (1968-75)

And finally I have added a link to the hand out we asked you to print at the start of this course. The reference is Ben Walsh and Christopher Culpin "GCSE Modern World History Edexcel Unit 4 Controlled assessment CA5: Vietnam,1960-75" Hodder Education, 2009.

Handout Link

Agent Orange

The website and YouTube clip below are a good source of information of the impact and legacy of Agent orange in Vietnam. You must remember that Agent Orange is not the only herbicide used in Vietnam but it is the most common and has had the longest lasting effects.

Make Agent Orange History

YouTube clip

US to Clean up Agent Orange clip

Vietnam Soldiers still suffer from Agent Orange

Search and Destroy Revision

Below are a few clips and resources that will be useful to help you revise search and destroy

Marines: Search and Destroy
Vietnam in HD: Search and Destroy

When search and destroy goes wrong : Four Hours in My Lai (part 1)

The Tet Offensive and the Media (quite a tough read but some excellent points)

Tet Offensive revision lesson

This lesson we will be researching the Tet Offensive. You will need to use Google drive to make a PowerPoint/ document explaining the key points of the Tet Offensive. The links below will help your research:

US History
Marxist History
BBC Bitesize
BBC Class Clips
Vietnam War

The questions you will need to answer are:

When did the Tet Offensive happen?
What were the main aims of the VC?
What happened during the Tet Offensive?
What was the impact of the Tet Offensive?
Who was winning the war after 31st January 1968?

You will then need to "share" the document with me on Google drive.

Tet Offensive

For next lesson you need to watch the clip on Youtube about the Tet Offensive and make notes.

Vietnam in HD: Tet Offensive

Think about including when, where, how, key dates and key facts.

Operation Rolling Thunder

This is a nice nine minute documentary on Operation Rolling Thunder. There are some really detailed facts in this clip which will help you develop your knowledge.

Vietnam Rolling Thunder

Revision session 19.09.13

As promised here is the link to the documentary on the Cu Chi tunnels. This documentary is from the Vietnamese guerrillas point of view rather than the American view.

Cu Chi Clip

Revision materials for Vietnam

There is a huge amount of research material available online that will help you prepare for your controlled assessment. To get you started have a look at the link below. It is not the most detailed source but there are some good sections and overall it provides a nice overview.
Libguides
The six part series on Vietnam on HD is also excellent and available on YouTube

Search and Destroy Revision Session 12.9.13

For all of those who couldn't come to Thursday's revision session after school or want to another look at the documentary we showed I have attached the link below.

Vietnam in HD: Search and destroy

Next week we will move on to look at US tactics and the tactics used by the Viet Cong.

Some iconic images from the Vietnam War era

Summer clips, links and music

Have a look at the following links ....the Hendrix link is cracking!

Kennedy on Vietnam

LBJ on Vietnam

Nixon on Vietnam

Martin Luther King ANTI WAR

Lost Films TET OFFENSIVE

CCR Music

Music

Hendrix

Summer Viewing

Here goes, for my second attempt at blogging some summer films for a summer of popcorn and `Nam, enjoy!

Apocalypse Now 1979
Platoon 1986
Full Metal Jacket 1987
The Deer Hunter 1978
Born On The Fourth of July 1989
We Were Soldiers 2002
Casualties of War 1989
The Green Berets 1968
Good Morning Vietnam 1987
Coming Home 1978
Heaven and Earth 1993
Forrest Gump 1994
Tigerland 2000
First Blood 1982
The Boys in Company C 1978
Hamburger Hill 1987
Rescue Dawn 2006 

Summer reading

Hello Everyone,

To give you access to all the resources for the controlled assessment we have decided to set up this blog. The link below will allow you to download and print the Ben Walsh Vietnam Pack.

Download here