March 14

IB 20

We continued looking at the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights today by watching a video on that very topic. Be able to distinguish between the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan and the Connecticut Compromise. Also, remember whole the issue of whether slaves would count in a state's population to determine the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. The issue of slavery was very much a "deal breaker" at the Constitutional Convention and as it was a sensitive topic the delegates dealt with it with the 3/5ths compromise. Please continue reading your United States Constitution graphic novels, I'll be asking for them back tomorrow. You do have a homework assignment tonight out of your History of the Americas book. On pages 71-73 you will find five different sources, you were assigned one of these sources (A-E) and you are to make an OPVL chart based on that source. Additionally, you are to answer the questions on page 73 related to these sources. This assignment is due tomorrow. For today's homework, I didn't collect it, but rather I would like to see you build the chart collaboratively on the wiki in the collaborative notes section. I also told you about some important upcoming dates (please see below). Use your IB Skills Handbook for help with the OPVL chart or the OPVL Document Analysis section of the IB 20 wiki.

Upcoming Important Dates for IB 20:

• American Revolution Test is on Friday, March 16th
• Paper 1 on the American Revolution is on Monday, March 19th

IB 30/35

Most of today's class was spent watching an excerpt from the movie "Born on the Fourth of July" which tells the story of Ron Kovic, a high school student from Massapequa, New York who enlists in the United States Marines and is wounded in the Vietnam conflict. As unsettling as this movie was you can see recruitment techniques, the fears of the times ("communism is all around us, they're moving in everywhere"), the techniques of warfare in Vietnam (how the war was fought: use of helicopters, dropping troops near villages, engaging the enemy/luring them out and then calling in air strikes) and the aftermath/impact that the war had on young men like Ron Kovic (issues of drug use, post-traumatic stress disorder). Please remember that your Vietnam War Assignment is due tomorrow (please see it below). IB Diploma students: please submit your TOK Essays electronically today. If you have any problems with this, please contact me by e-mail.

Vietnam War Assignment

A. PEOPLE
Identify and explain the role each played in the Vietnam War
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Ngo Dinh Diem
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Richard M. Nixon
5. Viet Minh
6. Viet Cong
7. Le Duc Tho
8. Henry Kissinger
9. William Westmoreland
10. "Draft Dodger"

B. CONCEPTS/TERMS
Explain the significance of the following with regards to the Vietnam War (identify participants or individuals if appropriate)
1. Ho Chi Minh Trail
2. defoliation
3. "search and destroy" mission
4. "Vietnamization of the war"
5. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
6. My Lai Massacre
7. domino theory
8. Kent State University protest (May 4, 1970)
9. Tet Offensive (January 1968)
10. Geneva Agreement (1954)

C. ISSUES
Provide the information requested
1. The predominant religion of Vietnam
2. The battle which marked the end of French colonial rule in Indo-China
3. The scandal which led to the only resignation of an American President
4. The Vice President who replaced the President after his resignation
5. Why was November 1963 a "bad month" for the governments of South Vietnam and the United States?