Annotated+Grunt

ANNOTATED GRUNT

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> Your annotations must cover the following topics: The challenges were large, you dont know when there coming and you dont know when they are coming and you dont know what they are going to do. The enemies had no fear, I remember the Viet Cong building these death traps. A couple of my army friends died from traps, once you get stuck there is not much you can to because you get infected most of the time. The tunnels were a larger than expected underground shelter. I remember, even if you know where they are you might not be able to find them. I remember chemicals, one was called Agent Orange it was used to clear the trees. It was not good, made many people sick, it helped us but in the long run not a good idea. The goal with these was to go on territories were we think there are enemies, then destroy them and leave. We had the Tet offensive, the purpose of this was to hit civilian and military areas throughout mainly South Vietnam. The esclation of the war hit us boys harder than walking through those forests, when we learned that the VC's were forcing us in armed combat. I wasn't here of my own will, I was drafted by the "lottery". Gave me nightmares for months, waiting and watching the draws, now I'm living one. I hated what I did out there, being there for months, not knowing if I'd be alive in the next ten minutes, let alone in the 247 days I had to get back home, missing my family. My enemy out there wasn't the VC's- it was the government for putting me here. Picture from: http://rosenblumtv.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/vietnam-soldiers-1.jpg
 * What was life like for the grunts in country, humping the boonies? Using the various resources in and out of class, your task is to give a voice to a Vietnam soldier. Your soldier will be in the form of a** [|**voicethread**] **that will be embedded in your Unit 8 notebook. You may work with up to two other people on the assignment, as long as you all work together! The expectations are …**
 * You have a **voicethread with images of soldiers** from Vietnam. You should have no more than four images or four slides on your voicethread. Please identify the source of each image.
 * Your annotations should all be completed in **first person** and should contain **detail and historical fact**.
 * One annotation about the **challenges** you faced in guerilla warfare
 * One annotation describing **the enemy** (the Viet Cong and/or NVA)
 * One annotation describing **the tunnels**
 * One annotation describing the **use of chemicals** by the military
 * One annotation describing **search and destroy missions**
 * One annotation describing the **Tet Offensive**
 * One annotation describing **escalation**
 * One annotation describing **the draft**
 * One annotation describing **your feelings** as a soldier
 * One annotation that is an actual meaningful quote from a soldier who served in Vietnam
 * "Today I am 21, far away but coming home older. " Larry Jackson
 * Two to three of your annotations **should be spoken**

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Use our class activities and video, Creating America (pp 840-845) and some of the links below for information. Looking for primary sources? Check out [|Vietnam Oral History Project from Texas Tech], [|The Vietnam War - Oral histories], [|Letters from Vietnam]
 * Vietnam - Combat sources
 * From ABC-CLIO - [|Tet Offensive], [|Agent Orange], [|tunnel rats], [|napalm]
 * [|Guerilla Warfare in Vietnam]
 * [|The Tet Offensive]
 * [|Vietnam Era Lottery Results]
 * animations - [|war in Southeast Asia], [|tunnels], [|Tet Offensive]
 * video - [|Underground Tunnels] and [|The Tet Offensive]

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Images of soldiers from the Vietnam conflict
 * [|www.**vietnamsoldier**.com]
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**VOICETHREAD INSTRUCTIONS - READ CAREFULLY!!!!!**

When you create your [|voicethread] and and your annotations and comments, click on "**PUBLISHING OPTIONS**" on the bottom of the screen and make sure you "**ALLOW ANYONE TO VIEW**" the voicethread. If you want a partner to comment on it, allow "**ANYONE TO COMMENT**". Embed your voicethread on a new page in your Unt 8 notebook by clicking on "**EMBED**" on the bottom of the voicethread, copying the code, clicking "Embed Widget" in wikispaces (the little TV set), and paste the code in the "Other HTML" section. Easy stuff.