What's in the Echoes From The Wall Teachers' Guide:
 

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Module 1:  Escalating Involvement in the Vietnam War
   
Activity: Jigsaw teaching method
Activity: Probing analogies about the Vietnam War
Team learning module 1: Escalating involvement in the Vietnam War
Team activity: Escalating involvement in the Vietnam War
   
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Module 2: Conflict on the Home Front
   
Activity: What songs about the Vietnam War say about support for the war
Activity: Pro-war and anti-war arguments
Activity: Historic precedent for civil disobedience
Activity: Interviewing eyewitnesses to history
Activity: The historical head, images from the home front
Activity: Learning log or guided classroom discussion module summary
Activity: Role of the media in the Vietnam War
Team learning module 2: Conflict on the home front
Team activity: Conflict on the home front
Team activity: Documentary about pro- and anti-war demonstrations
Team activity: Using primary sources to learn about pro- and anti-war positions
Team activity: Radio documentary about the war at home
   
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Module 3: Those Who Served
   
Activity: Choosing what to do, learning log assignment
Activity: Living history, choosing to serve or not to serve
Activity: Demographics of the draft
Activity: Letters home
Activity: Historical head
Activity: Learning log question
Activity: The lessons of My Lai
Activity: The POW experience
Activity: Poems of the Vietnam War
Team learning module 3: Those who served
Team activity: Hollywood goes to war
   
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Module 4: The Vietnamese and Vietnam
   
Activity: Key players in North and South Vietnam
Activity: Contrasting the official North Vietnamese view with the official U.S. view
Activity: The legacy of American attitudes toward Asians in previous wars
Activity: Tthe culture of Vietnam
Activity: Poem for a child from Hanoi
Activity: Understanding our allies in South Vietnam
Activity: The VC and the NVA
Activity: North Vietnamese POWs
Activity: The impact of the war on Vietnamese civilians
Activity: Vietnamese culture and the war
Team learning module 4: The Vietnamese and Vietnam
Team activity: The Vietnamese and Vietnam
   
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Module 5: The Wall as Healer
   
Activity: Comparing the veterans' welcome home in World War II to the Vietnam veterans' homecoming
Activity: The effect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Activity: Maya Ying Lin and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Activity: Poetry about The Wall
Activity: Maya Ying Lin
Team learning module 5: The Wall as healer
Team activity: Effect of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
   
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Module 6: The Legacy of the Vietnam War
   
Activity: The experience of the Vietnamese refugee
Activity: Comparing refugee experiences
Activity: Probing the analogy of fighting limited wars
Activity: The Vietnam Syndrome
Activity: The economic effect of the war on Vietnam and Southeast Asia
Activity: An American veteran returns to Vietnam
Activity: Regional cooperation in Southeast Asia
Activity: The legacy of PTSD
Activity: The legacy of MIAs
Activity: The war's deadly legacies
Team learning module 6: The legacy of the Vietnam War
Team activity: The Vietnamese boat people
Team activity: Living history interview
Team activity: Comparing immigrant experiences
Team activity: The impact of Agent Orange
Team activity: A virtual visit to Vietnam
Team activity: Legacy of peace and courage
Team activity: Keeping the peace at your school by starting a peer mediation program
   

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