About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: HOW DID LBJ WITHSTAND THE PRESSURES OF THE VIETNAM WAR?
Objectives: SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source complex text, videos, articles toward conceptualization and argumentation skill building for the AP American History exam.
Citations:
Beschloss, Michael (2018) Presidents of War: The Epic Story From 1809 to Modern Times. New York: Crown Publishing (Pgs. 492-586)
Video #1 – Michael Beschloss Chronicles American ‘Presidents of War’ –
October 16, 2018 (7:16 mins.)
Video #2 – Johnson in Vietnam (1:59 mins)
Video #3 – Rachel Maddow’s Betrayal: The Plot That Won The White House (44:13 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-8fQ1-oV8
Image Citations:
LBJ Over Desk
http://www.lbjlibrary.org/mediakits/vietnamwar/p.13.html
LBJ Tapes
LBJ Visits Cam Ranh Bay
Newspaper Articles:
The Second Half of Watergate was Bigger, Worse and Forgotten By the Public
What the Watergate Road Map Reveals About Improper Contact Between the White House and the Justice Department