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