Vietnam War Films in the Classroom

By Leonard Ornstein
Baldwin Senior High School, Queens, NY

This collection of lessons based on the Vietnam war films can be used as a unit or as separate lessons. The lessons consist of a general framework for using film in the classroom, lesson suggestions, as well as movie-specific follow up analytical questions, that students will answer after viewing the suggested 9 movies.

CONSIDERATIONS before using films in the classroom

LESSON SUGGESTIONS - scenes, supplementary readings, purpose, activities, etc.

REFERENCE MATERIALS - bibliography, filmography on Vietnam War


QUESTIONS

Green Berets
Go Tell the Spartans
Apocalypse Now
Platoon
Bat-21
Good Morning Vietnam
Full Metal Jacket
Dead Presidents
Heaven and Earth

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