Vietnam War - Origins & Causes - USA Conflict Home & Abroad - GCSE Edexcel - Lesson 17

This is the first lesson in this topic to cover the USA’s involvement in Vietnam. The lesson covers the background to the Vietnam War with a focus on the French withdrawal from Vietnam after the Battle of Bien Diem Phu and the 1954 Geneva Agreement/Accords.

The lesson includes the following slides:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Lesson Key Questions
• Slide 3: A basic map activity introducing students to the location of Vietnam
• Slide 4: A further background information slide about the location of Vietnam
• Slide 5 - 10: Animated background information about the events which led to the involvement of the US in Vietnam with student friendly discussion questions included.
• Slide 11-13: An outline and all the resources needed to complete a timeline activity covering the main events until 1960. Timeline print outs included.
• Slide 14-15: An optional practice exam question based on the 12 mark question ‘Explain why…’
• Slide 16: Follow Up questions for further challenge
• Slide 17-18: Key term match up activity with answers revealed.
• Slide 19-20: Two 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.

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