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Vietnam war films

Screen Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now for the class (note: there are inappropriate parts and language in these films that may need to be skipped).

Favorite Prez

Which President's policies, beliefs, and actions did you most agree with in this book, and why?

Vietnam, the musical

Compose songs and choreograph dance numbers for the musical version of "The Best and the Brightest."

Assembling a cabinet

Who would you ask to serve with you, if you were in charge of running the country? If you were planning a big event?

Compare and contrast with Iraq and Afghanistan

Bring in accounts of the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and compare and contrast America's strategies in these wars.

Jackie Kennedy fashion

Bring clippings and photographs of Jackie Kennedy's fashions, or the fashions of the Kennedy administration. Ask students to come to school dressed in that fashion...

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