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.