GCSE History Edexcel: Conflict Home & Abroad - Kennedy Strategic Hamlet (Lesson 19)

This lesson examines the policies of President Kennedy such as the Strategic Hamlet Program, and how his actions increased the USA’s involvement in Vietnam between 1961-1963.

The lesson includes the following:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
Slide 3-4: Previous Learning Picture Clue Quiz with answers revealed
Slide 5: Previous Learning fill in the missing terms recap with answers revealed
Slide 6: Starter Discussion Activity
Slide 7-8: Background information about the events in Vietnam including the reasons for the increasing Vietcong threat
Slide 9: Learning task instructions
Slide 10: Printable student copy of the table needed for the main task
Slide 11: Another version of the student worksheet
Slide 12: Source showing a Vietcong poster against the USA’s actions in South Vietnam
Slide 13-14: Further background information about Diem’s religious persecution of Buddhists and the assassinations
Slide 15: Practice Exam Skill - Source Inference
Slide 16-17: Practice Exam Skill - Interpretation difference with student printout if required
Slide 18: Challenge Questions
Slide 19-20: Learning Review crossword with answers revealed
Slide 21-22: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel specification

I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.

Please note that all images (clipart/photographs/vectors) used in this presentation, to be best of my knowledge, are copyright free and in the public domain unless otherwise attributed in the links. A number of clipart images have also been purchased for commercial use from ‘Artsy Bee Kids’. If you feel any errors have been made please contact me directly in the first instance to resolve the issue. Thank you.