1. March 24th
Learning Target
I can analyze images for social, political or economic tensions related to the Vietnam War.
Opener
Brainstorm a list of tensions that existed in the U.S. during the Vietnam War.

2. This political cartoon depicts the strain that government spending on the Vietnam War put on funding for Johnson’s Great Society programs.

3. This photograph shows demonstrators protesting the draft.

4. In this photograph, protestors clash with police outside of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The protestors were calling for the Democratic Party to officially adopt an anti-war position during the up-coming presidential elections.

5. This political cartoon depicts what the author believed was hypocrisy by anti-war protestors who sometimes used violence and rioting.

6. This photograph comes from a joint anti-war and civil rights protest.

7. This photograph is from the Kent State Shooting
This photograph is from the Kent State Shooting. On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen fired into a crowd of anti-war protesters at Kent State University in Ohio.

8. This political cartoon makes fun of both the pro-war and anti-war movements.

10. Closure
How did the Vietnam War affect economic, social or political (chose one category) tensions that existed in the U.S.?