Vietnam+I+-+G



Fortunate Son, Goodnight Saigon, Ballad of the Green Berets, Who'll Stop the Rain

Lesson Plan

-Objective: Entertainment + enable students to visualize the Vietnam War
 * Hook:** Video clip from the movie Forest Gump (5min)



-Teaching objective: Teach about patriotism during the Vietnam War + show how the gov motivated soldiers (Green beret & silver wings = Honor & patriotism) -Before song: Explanation about the Green Berets +Read an imaginary letter from a soldier. Students guess the theme of the song -During song: Listen to the song on the youtube video, point out the patriotic elements media type="youtube" key="LH4-tOqLH94" height="149" width="191" -After song: Discuss how soldiers were motivated during the Vietnam War + Q&A time
 * Ballad of the Green Berets** (reenactment + question and discussion time) 5~10 min

-Teaching objective: Learn about the poignance of the Vietnam War and how it changed people's lives -Before song: Show & explain photos portraying the horrors of the Vietnam War -During song: Show the music video that we made (discuss "why is that scene important?") -After song: Compare& contrast to the "Ballad..." as a class +Q&A time
 * Goodnight Saigon** (music video + question and discussion time) 10 min



-Teaching objective: Learn how men who were drafted felt about the Vietnam War (=unfair) -Before song: Give background knowledge about the political atmosphere during the Vietnam War +Students guess "who" would most likely have to fight in a war, and explain their reasons -During song: Listen to the song, point out the unfairness that the singer feels -After song: Discuss why songs against the Vietnam War would be popular (as a class) + Q&A time
 * Fortunate Son** (imaginary interview + question and discussion time) 10 min

-Teaching objective: Students use their knowledge about the Vietnam War that they learned through the lesson. This will measure if the students understood the meanings of each music and project it according to what they learned.
 * Closing:** Create our own songs (10 min)
 * Students will divide into 3 groups, and each group will perform a short reenactment or a dance along one of the musics that we selected.