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After the United States formally began sending troops to Vietnam in 1965, many Americans became increasingly frustrated with the war. The United States did not see the early successes they thought they would, and as a result, decided to institute a draft in 1969 to increase the number of soldiers available to fight in Vietnam. Many Americans opposed the war and the draft, but they had different ways of resisting the U.S. war effort in Vietnam.
What did activism look like in the Vietnam War?
D2.His.5.9-12. Analyze how historical contexts shaped and continue to shape people’s perspectives.
Students work in small groups to analyze six protest images, hypothesizing how each might influence American support for the Vietnam War. They then rank the images by persuasiveness, discuss their reasoning, and finally respond to an unsubstantiated claim by constructing a counterclaim supported by the sources. (For more download the Word or PDF version)
COLLABORATE: Students hypothesize how protest images might have impacted Americans’ feelings about the Vietnam War.
DELIBERATE: Students rank protest images based on their perceived effectiveness in persuading people to oppose the Vietnam War.
PRODUCE: Students produce a counterclaim to the claim, “Most Americans supported the Vietnam War because they believed the war was justified.”
Source Set: Vietnam War Activism Image Set, Library of Congress
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