Today's lesson is going to be on the war in Vietnam and the anti-war movement. Start off, we're going to have a little discussion. This is sort of stress thinking about the material we're going to tell. You guys wanted to change something about your community. You can think of that in terms of if you're all in school living anymore, communities in real life, how would you do that? What are some ways that you could do that? For? Whatever thing you want change, you can start a peaceful protests. Let's write up your, Anybody else. Okay. How would you guys define protests? People who have their first column constraints to advocate for something or good. Anybody want to add to that guy's name? So examples of process that you've seen either maybe a history class before or something maybe you see recently on the news or anything like that. The aids and HIV there says during the 1980s. Very specific. I like, thank you. Anybody else? There's been a lot recent. Black Lives Matters. Exactly. What is the reasons why people chose us? We sort of hinted at with the first question, but elaborate on that. Cause chaos comes down. Okay, well, how about simpler maybe constructive reasons? Maybe that's the reason why people maybe. Yeah. Okay. I like that a little bit better. As soon as she changed. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's at the heart of most professors. I like. What do you guys think makes the difference between a successful and unsuccessful movement? Or what makes it successful? Solve it. Just like John of attention. Like how many people were getting right into it? Because I got your hand up. No. I think I like everyone that shows that it's in news, but it is. And why? So almost like some sort of group cohesion exam. I agree. So this is just some things to think about as we go through this lesson. How the anti-war movement developed as a result of reactions to US foreign policy during Vietnam War. That sounds like a lot of big ways will help them break down what that means. I'm having anti-war movement was influenced by his record counterculture. Maybe you guys have heard that in a second. And then why the draft increased the zone lead to increase process. And just why Americans from different groups in different parts of society opposed the war overall. So just for starters for you that every day provide some background. But it is important to please pay attention that provides a lot of contexts on to why things are going on. Next week for the Gulf of Tonkin incident to just kinda open the United States involvement in Vietnam. And then 70 United States increase their size quite a bit. Men, 68 said offensive was broadcasted to America, to Pollock really. And they were kind of what you would say, caught off guard to what was actually happening within Vietnam. And some of the violent taxes. Again, we said, caught off guard who was contradicting what the government and signaling to people. Why? Why might this may prompt? Well, when you haven't broadcasted in front of your face, it kind of makes you resonate with your family and size when you think about erasing them, sign husband Kevin worn gametes that mess. You know. Any other possible reasons? Potentially. And then in November of 1969, plus four squared. My Lai massacre, which we will discuss. 300, 500 Vietnamese civilians were killed by the United States troops. Civilians are just common people. They are not people involved. Why would why was this the first you heard about this? Kept everything on the reps. They basically gave the public TV broadcasts. And yes, it occurred the previous year. And that might contribute, in what way? Too boring. But the public perception of boredom. The answer, is already in a bad place, right? Because of the televising until events. And hear about this one line. That's correct. Well, if it happened a year later and you hear about it that your land in April 1976 strands coming to Cambodia. So it doesn't get much better. Results, some secrecy and violence, just getting the public distrust. Here's a little video on the war. Vietnam War. Controversial military. United States. It wasn't one popular at the time due to first and foremost, United States had not clearly articulated its objectives in Vietnam. Secondly, there was no fear declaration of media coverage of Vietnam also turned public opinion. Did daily body counts provided by newspapers on three major networks alerted Americans to the fact that the Vietnam conflict might very well be. Anti Vietnam War protests actually began as a relative. Smoking among intellectuals in small circles in college. Prior to 1960 wasn't until the war escalated in 1965. That's what a widespread anti Vietnam War protests that most Americans are familiar. I came from the largest and most famous anti Vietnam War protests took place in October. When more than 100,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial. To contrast them or via one of the darkest protests that occurred in 1970 can speak of National Guardsmen fired. First. The first of its kind. Since move on to misled many young men. To avoid this person. By 1973, all of these have a cumulative effect, forcing the Nixon administration to, meaning it's not you. Nixon announced the people in large numbers. Keep out what became known as the this video is going to recapitalize what we had just talked about. Top of the Pentagon Papers, which was leaked by a man named Daniel Ellsberg, who had previously worked for the American government military and lunch. So he was knee deep and all the information that was being discussed in enacted upon. But he thinks it's a dress. And so I don't know if you guys have copies of the time period, but 1960s '70s press really kind of picked up around this time period. And this was the first war that was really able to be broadcasted in real time. And within a couple of days and the public was able to kind of get the information out there to the people. But as we talked about earlier, they don't say, suppose and very forthright with what they had given the public. So when the United States public saw this, they were quite coverage. And it kind of detail the extent of the involvement in Vietnam. So today we're going to watch just a couple of minutes on the whole video of the Pentagon Papers, which is kind of a sudden he jumped in 1971. Each time it's published. A military battles between 1960, 799, Ellsberg, United States, 1945. A study from here by the Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg research showed that there were many military tabulations by politicians. He was involved in the papers. He realized he could no longer supporting documents. But none of the courses. And the Washington. Depending on the presence on the notes to the very end of inspiration, the military aid to phrase, it gets, in 1974, President Eisenhower sent aircraft and military be. Covering the percentage military expenses. Kennedy adopted a policy of broad commitment to the war in Vietnam, even though the American people had been told that he wasn't involved with very limited then President Lyndon B. Johnson military operations against North Vietnam. He began planning for 1964 of us involved was revealed in 1971 when the New York Times wrote the story. Court injunction. To stop there. This really details why the public was upset at the time period. These Pentagon Papers gave us on bottom inflammation and we've really been tipping point where it's on Sunday, June 30. Okay. What do you believe counterculture is? What do you think this is kosher or anything during its regular norms he basically trying to combat it with regular protesting. A way of life in opposition to social norms is the dictionary definition. Friday, there was a group called the beaker. And this was just a group of people that, you know, just did their own thing and they did not want to be bothered with your definition of how we should act and we proceed. They adopted Eastern religions and they gave her lose her sexuality and experimented with drugs. Because at the time period, 1960s, there was no such thing. That's really weak new wave of counterculture hippies. Yes, Mine. They were seeking what they would call spiritual perfection. Which isn't freedom, free love, drugs piece within the world, which is kind of a important theme for them. As we continue. Universal brotherhood just kinda everybody free these stereotypes, but definitely not in conjunction. Their ideals are not in conjunction is before. But in this important, just to note that some of the other counterculture movements going on at the same time, they're expressed. Mainly white, middle-class people who felt alienated from society. Knee joint rural communes with people that draft dodgers and political radicals. Again, not in conjunction with the communist embrace free love, marijuana, ankles, the medicine. Based on what we've talked about, why would they confuse another counter-culture groups? Yes. But more specifically, what qualities do they have that are not in conjunction with their free love? There's no such thing as love, war. And they kind of just say, can arise like sushi. Every, when their main piece of mind is freedom, wanting to do it everyday, having to love each and every single person anymore that does. No, ma'am. Okay. So our country's involvement with radicals in to show their opposition for the war, their affinity for the civil rights movement that was also going on. Around the same time. Movement declined as the antiwar movement picked up. And then the loved generation also as the handpiece. I'm angry, kind of ending the war movement that was happening at the time. So, you know, these protests and things like this, we're in a kind of, you know, they were against the war in the painting and all these things going on because the best these hippies were love and peace and all that. But we just said that was kind of against what they had and against what they were doing. So as the antiwar sentiment started to move forward, as the antiwar movie started to pick up this hippie and free love and peace movement kinda went down. And then move on to touch on the civil rights movement here. Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This allowed for the speed. There's quotes there for a reason to be fully integrated. I said there's missing on paper. So by law and stuff, they were fully integrated, but there was obviously workarounds that were coming into play to disproportionately treat them. They're just fortunately drafted as well. So if we look at the two numbers there, they were more than double of eligible white Americans. And then the death rate African-Americans and Latinos with more than doubled as well. This is an outrage and the community, Martin Luther King was assassinated. The Kent State and Jackson State shooting into all of these are culminating and it's the water is boiling and you're kind of coming to a point where they can't take it anymore. That is when an ultimate music festival. This is when we see the November 1997, the orange again step. So this was a widespread movement. It was the largest anti-war demonstration of the United States history. Approximately 500,000 people gathered his work. And then the people that could not be there were gathering in small groups across the country. Media coverage was gruesome. Things you want to stay on television the first time who was able to be seen. And this created kind of a moral compass for the American public. And they were able to be given the decision to decide what is right around me are being told explicitly and obviously being upset about being lied to and things like that. They were going to be upset. So it was kind of a social justice and moral justice. Really good awakened by log n, but it is 134417. Homework. First question is, what is culture? Seeking blank, experimented with these works, rise of race. So close balls when seeking a better place to live, they joined. How's political radicals? These were rural communes. Out from the normal public. They were not within the social norms of suburban areas. Which to institution. And if violence occurred to the protesters on again, African-Americans were just personally drafted and Vietnam War approximately wish ratio or they are sent to the American public was alerted to what was going on and get MountainBike resume on 77 images, videos. Blood was the main catalysts for racist true or false. Then the death rate of African-Americans during the Vietnam War was nearly double that of their white. First one. True or false. Dad had approximately 500,000 people. There's four. What was the largest anti-war demonstrators? Secretion in verse? Seven points. Who leaked the Pentagon Papers? It was a great table and attention. 14. Okay, So now the next section where we talked about the reactant foreign policies for Pentagon Papers, newsreel as we talked about our culture and how that influences. Now we're talking about draft and the effects that, that was in place from 1960, 4.19, 73 drafted to point to the people. 25% of Americans in combat were drafting. So not the majority is some people who believe, but still significant amount. Both President Johnson and Nixon expanded the conflict and the amount of fuel drafted despite making campaigns to end the war. How do you think that these things taken together are going to impact how drafts proceed by what are people going to think of this if after two presidents in a row campaign of these and then a quarter, a quarter of Americans still end up being drafted against their will on that. What do you think? Your chest? Yeah. Anybody else? Okay. So they're not going to trust the government. How is that going to influence what they think of before? Probably going to be against distrusted government through his high level of drafting and draft your will, it's all going to build into a overall negative perception or what is already very high as a result. I'm awake but finding out about things through the press and stuff like that. So at this point, towards the late '60s that the protests we call full fledged sharp mass resistance. And a lot of it is students like people our age or your age. I'm a teacher in this scenario. Why do you think that would be like, what reasons specifically do students have to be against? Warn against the drafts? Again, just because like this is probably one of the first thing they're really like being aware of in terms of news and it's kind of the first really big event in their lives. So I think there's a lot more with passion is like more of it also like they have a lot more free time to actually building off. Everyone that's got two is also there to gauge. The only reason is because there I was like, But you might know people that are powering it becomes when the stable one and work with students be upsetting for students age. So kind of like what Manny said, it's sort of like a for the first time, for many students are from India people is the first time they really had come to terms with something like this and also really picked up on, but they have their whole life. Stis, young people, they have a, they have a lot at stake in that. There's no end in sight to this conflict and they're the ones that have to go fight. So have a look. There are lots of also we talked about earlier that minorities were disproportionately drafted. So this leads to widespread condemnation of the draft by civil rights leaders as well. We already talked about that. Now we're going to do a little activity. Scan this QR code. It'll take you to a website. I believe it said USA Today and they posted they had this thing. All you have to do is put it in your birth date and it will show what day you would have been drafted or maybe if you would've been spared. Because as you said earlier, 1969, it was decided on a lottery system. And in the lottery system works based on your birthday. We won't spend too long on this because it's only putting your birthday and it'll spit out a number. My birthday was just really my dress. Was three dancer. There wasn't anyone. Did anyone actually would they have been called? Now, I'm actually I 0 u where it says ten days really, my job number would not would not have been okay. I would be at what date does it say? It says it's in in 1970 but it does not give me my draft number is 16. Okay. But yes, that's the one. Yeah, You've been drafted. So for those that weren't are those that weren't drafted or like didn't still give you a number of how close you were? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So like how does that make you feel that you weren't drafted? You were only so many days away from having to serve in a conflict that you might not necessarily agree with at all. Because for the stemming from this exit, you were asking the lady, just pretend and in real life, you wouldn't you wouldn't been exempt, but yeah. What do you think this would have generated? What their responses would have generated from students back in the '60s and '70s. So let me just use your thinking about it now. How do you think it would have felt for students back then? It's a little bit more pressing. My reaction would have people at home that gave out. He's like, I don't know. So as we sort of hinted on video and President Nixon in US would be enduring involvement in the conflict. Now, we're going to listen to this video because this is a primary source analysis activity. I don't know if you guys ever thought about it this way, but in the right context and use it can be a primary source on events. So we're going to listen to this song. There's a slight, slight amount of vulgar language, but I think we're all adults here. Okay, How's that so that you guys can think about these questions. What attitudes Jews are in-video, both mostly from the center but their seat you tries to involve the crowd as well. You guys might have seen his video. And how do you think the sort of additives might've been influenced by the dress? Just keep that in mind. We might not necessarily listen to the whole thing because the VS for aids. So basically there is pretty much repeat it one more time. So we will have some reactions from you guys. What attitudes do you observe in the video? Maybe about the war, the draft, and how do you think might influence those? Like, I feel like people that felt like cry. Yeah. I agree yesterday about the whole thing play because then you do get to see anybody else. Like the lyrics are about, like not wanting to, not wanting to have to care about work because it's like nobody the people that he's having to deal with. Anybody else has a staple. What perception of awardees that you're getting from wherever or the cause of their body for when you think that these people have reacted to it? Yeah, exactly. And how do you think that that's influenced by his draft, like why would the draft prompt in the fight against it? Yeah, exactly. It's the element that then directly involves young people in this conflict. Okay? So yeah, the draft really, it's increasing resistance, especially for young people and students because they're the ones that are adverts. Okay, now, we're going to do a little bit of review activity in your groups you're going to make will do. I think we will have you guys be students, you guys be obese. You won't role-play as them, but you're just going to talk in your group. So what are some reasons why your work or just didn't give it a minute or two. And then I'm going to have a response for each combination. Just a minute or two. All right. Here is your answer. We'll start with the state. One of the reasons you like jobs and what they can't do that. So we have hippies, like the freedom aspects they want to be able to do wherever it is. And can you didn't want all my hands when I'm outraged. My background knowledge, they actually are all great responses. Pretty much exactly what we're looking for. Now again, your group to assign to civil rights activists. But does anyone want to, want to take a stab at that real quick at why they were opposed to the drafted the war effort. Because the draft disproportionately people of color, there definitely was also much higher. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay. Now we're going to move into our individual activity. You can scan this. It'll take you to the Google form where you have to sort of interesting questions to review what we learned. It's a lot like what we just see groups. Hi. You guys have done, we do have the briefest of closing activities. Your responses. Just really quickly here. And maybe go around the room once. What is something you might have learned? Surprised you. Referring to Valerie Martha, curious about learning more things or one of the free there's a big distinction. Draft. Draft, but like when they're at war, casualties between races or different I squared culture, they don't necessarily get ready. Good.
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