Annotated+Grunt

ANNOTATED GRUNT 
 * 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**.
 * Your annotations must cover the following topics:
 * 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
 * Two to three of your annotations **should be spoken**

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]

Want to spice up your annotations with some grunt language? Check out []

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.