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American Perceptions of the Vietnam War+election
This theme studies the perceptions of the Vietnam war and the upcoming US elections.
Vietnam War:
-It presents key events in the Vietnam war as well as crucial problems in relation to veterans' affairs, domino theory and international law in wars. Furthermore the theme has the ambition to point to how the war was also instrumental to and affected by new trends in the Western world and America in particular such as the youth rebellion, anti authoritarian ideas, hippie culture, singer-song-writers and rock music.
Students have made projects in groups on various topics concerning the Vietnam
war and the era:
• The Indochina war from 1946-1954 (= “The First Indochina War”): Aksel, Nicklas, Oscar
• Geneva Conference in 1954 on Vietnam: Zeeshan, William, Kai, Johan
• Other important cultural aspects from an American point of view – Black history: Mathilde, Thea, Victoria, Tanner
• Vietnamese experiences during the war: Sofie, Hannah, Alba
• Vietnam today: Cecilia, Helena, Natalee, Shirin
• The Pentagon Papers: Esther, Amalie, Emma
• Watergate Scandal: Ida, Ida, Ella, Lydia
Texts:-
“The Massacre at Mylai” in “Vietnam in our Hearts”, Madsen, Systime
-“The Concluding Confessions of Lieutenant Calley” in “Vietnam in our Hearts”,
Madsen, Systime
-“General Westmoreland on the Mylai Incident” in “Vietnam in our Hearts”, Madsen,
Systime
-“In Country”, Bobbie Ann Mason in “With God on Our Side”
-“Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien in “With God on Our Side”
-"Born in the USA", Bruce Springsteen (1984)
-“A Hard Rain”, Bob Dylan
-“The Times They Are a Changing”, Bob Dylan
-"The Post", Steven Spielberg, 2017
-"The Trial of the Chicago 7", Aaron Sorkin, 2020
-"Why veterans miss war", Sebastian Junger, (Ted-Talk),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZMSmcuiXM
- Ranks in the American Army: https://www.uap.org/post/a-complete-guide-to
military-ranks-and-insignias/?
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“Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa, poetryfoundation.org
"Camouflaging this Chimera" by Yusef Komunyakaa, poetryfoundation.org
“Vietnam Song lyrics”, Country Joe and The Fish
“The Washington Post” and “New York Times” here: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/
Nixon's voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh163n1lJ4M
”I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in” - Beatles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPBd8eHQqIw
"Geneva Conventions": https://www.icrc.org/en/document/10-things-rules-of-war-Geneva-Conventions
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US Elections:
We cover important issues in the elections for Congress, Presidency and State elections. This is done while important ideas about the American nation are presented.
"The US History Quiz": “Worlds of English”: p 98-99 Quiz
Map of electoral votes for Presidential election
“Being American”, Mette Holm, Gyldendal, 2. udgave, 2020, s. 38-58
“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, "Worlds of English" https://youtu.be/NaKUuk78L1A
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/antithesis?q=antithesis )
”Introductory questions” on”right and left” in "Angles", Anders Daugaard, Gyldendal. Page 275-279
"The Great 2024 American Election Game", boardgame
Who is who?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(painting)
Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org/Sample_Ballot_Lookup
Antal sæder i repræsentanternes hus pr stat (opdateret i 2020):
https://www.britannica.com/topic/United-States-House-of-Representatives-Seats-by-State-1787120 Fx har Ohio har 15
2 senatorer pr stat. Er der en på valg i staten?: https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_elections,_2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4773331-jd-vance-ohio-senate-trump-vp-pick-running-mate-rnc-2024/
"How are electoral votes allocated?" https://www.270towin.com/content/how-are-electoral-votes-allocated :Derfor har Ohio 15 (som antal i Repræsentanternes Hus) +2 (som antal senatorer) =17 electoral votes
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