Activating Prior Knowledge and Building Background
READY
What do I know?
Students will need to bring any
information about the Vietnam
war. Anything at all to describe
the war.
We want an open ended
conversation to start off about
what all the students know
about the Vietnam war.
Having students open up will
have them more prepared to
learn about the Vietnam war.
SET
What new information do I
think I will gather?
The students will gather the
important issues about the
Vietnam war and how it
affected people.
The students will be informed
about some of the major
battles and conflicts during the
Vietnam war.
What time period did the
Vietnam war happen in?
When did the war take a big
turn of events?
GO
What new information do I
have?
That the 17th parallel North
divided the Vietnam war. This
is an important idea.
Lieutenant John Borling was
caught on his 97th mission and going for so long?
a prisoner for six and a half
years.
The students should have new
information from their own
work so it might be more than withdrew the American troops?
this.
The Information that the
students found most
interesting would be of their Vietnam war?
own investigation and
interests.
What year did America
withdraw from the Vietnam
war?
WHOA
What questions do I still have?
Why did the Americans
withdraw from the Vietnam
war?
What was the cause of the war
Why did the war last of so
long?
Who was the one that
Would South Vietnam and
American win if American
never withdrew from the
How many more people would
we have lost if we stayed in
the war?
How does the South Vietnam
people feel about the
Americans after withdrawing
from the war?
Students might find different
questions as well so we might
want to take a look at those
and try and bring them to
class.