DOCUMENT RESUME ED 337 409 SO 021 577 AUTHOR Starr, Jerold M., Ed. TITLE The Ussons of the Vietnam War. INSTITUTION Center for Social Studies Education, Pittsburgh, PA. REPORT NO ISBN-0-945919-15-8 PUB DATE 91 NOTE 361p. AVAILABLE FROM Center for Social Studies Education, 3857 Willow Averae, Pittsburgh, PA 15234 ($19.95). PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Guides - Classroom Use - Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) -- Guides - Classroom Use - Instructional Materials (For Learner) (051) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Curriculum Guides; High Schools; Instructional Materials; Learning Activities; *LearniLg Modules; Secondary Education; Social Studies; Teaching Guides; Teaching Methods; *United States History; *Vietnam War ABSTRACT This text book on the Vietnam War is to be used in teaching high students. Each of the volume's 12 chapters is a self-contained unit on an aspect of the War. The chipters are: (1) Introduction to Vietnam: land, history, and culture; (2) America at war in Vietnam: decisions and consequences; (3) Was the Vietnam War legal? (4) who fought for the Uaited States; (5) How the United States fought the war; (6) When var becomes a crime: the case of My Lai; (7) Taking sides: the war at home; (8) How the war was reported; (9) Women's perspective on the Vietnam War; (10) The wounds of war and the process of healing; (11) Boat people and Vietnamese refugees in the United States; and (12) The Vietnam War: lessons from yesterday for today. (Approximately 240 references) (DB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************r**************
