mrbuddhistory.com
  • Home
  • Shop
  • iGCSE
  • IBDP
    • Paper 1
    • Paper 2 >
      • Topic 10: Authoritarian States
      • Topic 12: The Cold War >
        • 1. Causes of the Cold War >
          • 1. What role did ideology play in the Grand Alliance?
          • 2. How did wartime disagreements affect the alliance?
          • 3. Did Soviet expansionism end the alliance?
          • 4. Was US exceptionalism to blame?
          • 5. Did events in Asia exacerbate tensions?
          • 6. Were tensions over Germany the final straw?
          • 7. Summary: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
        • 2. Conflict & Confrontation >
          • 1. How did competition unfold in Asia?
          • 2. What conflicts emerged in Europe?
          • 3. How did the Cold War shape the Middle East?
          • 4. Were tensions in the Americas unexpected?
          • 5. Why did the Cold War spread to Africa?
          • 6. How did scientific change drive the conflict?
          • 7. Summary: Who won the global struggle?
        • 3. Detente and Coexistence >
          • 1. Did peaceful coexistence work?
          • 2. What did detente achieve?
          • 3. Why did detente fail?
          • 4. Summary: Was detente a failure?
        • 4. China and the Cold War >
          • 1. Why were Sino-Soviet relations so turbulent?
          • 2. How did Sino-American relations change?
          • 3. What other relations did China cultivate?
          • 4. Summary: When did China become a global power?
        • 5. End of the Cold War >
          • 1. Did the USSR decay from within?
          • 2. Did Ronald Reagan win the war?
          • 3. Was Mikhail Gorbachev to blame?
          • 4. What role did people power play?
          • 5. Why did the USSR finally collapse?
          • 6. Summary: Who, or what, ended the Cold War?
        • 6. Leaders, Crises and Nations >
          • 1. What was the impact of leaders?
          • 2. How significant were Cold War crises?
          • 3. In what ways were nations affected?
          • 4. Summary: What was the role of leaders, crises and nations?
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 3 - Asia/Oceania >
      • Topic 9: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912
      • Topic 11: Japan 1912-1990
      • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950
      • Topic 14: The People's Republic of China 1949-2005
      • Topic 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
        • 1. The Malayan Emergency >
          • 1. What triggered conflict in Malaya?
          • 2. How did the Emergency evolve?
          • 3. Why was the insurgency defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Emergency?
          • 5. Summary: Why was communism defeated?
        • 2. The Korean War >
          • 1. What caused the Korean War?
          • 2. How did the Korean War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Korean War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Korean War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Korean War a turning point?
        • 3. The French Indochina War >
          • 1. What caused the French Indochina War?
          • 2. How did the French Indochina War evolve?
          • 3. How was the war in Indochina resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Indochina War?
          • 5. Summary: What accounts for the French defeat?
        • 4. The Vietnam War >
          • 1. What caused the Vietnam War?
          • 2. How did the Vietnam War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Vietnam War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Vietnam War inevitable?
        • 5. The Cambodian Civil War >
          • 1. What caused the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 2. How did the Cambodian Civil War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Civil War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 5. Summary: Who can be blamed for events in Cambodia?
        • 6. The Soviet Afghan War >
          • 1. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan?
          • 2. How did the Soviet-Afghan war evolve?
          • 3. How was the Soviet Union defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Soviet-Afghan war?
          • 5. Summary: Why did the USSR withdraw?
        • Exam Questions
  • Links
    • is globalpolitics
    • is history
    • is humanities

4. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?

Activity 1 - The impact on Vietnam


  1. Research - In your groups, complete the relevant sections of this worksheet examining the impact of the French Indochina War. Use the following sources and the internet to help you explore and research:
    1. Mamaux, A. (2015). The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries, pp. 182-185
    2. Sanders, V. (2015). Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93, pp. 200-204
    3. Weist, A. (2002). Osprey Essential Histories: The Vietnam War, 1956-1975, pp. 85-92
  2. Present - When you’ve finished, present your findings back to the class in the form of an oral presentation. Make sure you take notes on the impact of the war on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the US.
  3. Write - Using your notes from the research task, answer the following question in an extended paragraph - “The outcome of the Vietnam War was mostly negative.” To what extent do you agree? 
  4. Watch - Watch Episode 10, ‘The Weight of Memory’ from the Vietnam War by Ken Burns. Make notes on the impact of the Vietnam War and add to your worksheets.

Activity 2 - The Impact on Laos


  1. Research - In your groups, complete the relevant sections of this worksheet examining the impact of the French Indochina War. Use the following sources and the internet to help you explore and research:
    1. Sanders, V. (2015). Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93, pp. 200-204
    2. Laos and the legacy of Vietnam
    3. Laos during the Vietnam War - alphahistory.com
    4. Why Laos Has Been Bombed More Than Any Other Country
    5. Laotian Civil War - Wikipedia   
    6. Weist, A. (2002). Osprey Essential Histories: The Vietnam War, 1956-1975, pp. 85-92
  2. Present - When you’ve finished, present your findings back to the class in the form of an oral presentation. Make sure you take notes on the impact of the war on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the US.
  3. Write - Using your notes from the research task, answer the following question in an extended paragraph - “The outcome of the Vietnam War was mostly negative.” To what extent do you agree? 
  4. Watch - Watch Episode 10, ‘The Weight of Memory’ from the Vietnam War by Ken Burns. Make notes on the impact of the Vietnam War and add to your worksheets.

Activity 3 - The impact on Cambodia


  1. Research - In your groups, complete the relevant sections of this worksheet examining the impact of the French Indochina War. Use the following sources and the internet to help you explore and research:
    1. Sanders, V. (2015). Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93, pp. 217-234
    2. Weist, A. (2002). Osprey Essential Histories: The Vietnam War, 1956-1975, pp. 85-92
    3. Vietnam's forgotten Cambodian war
    4. The war overflows into Cambodia
    5. Agent Orange's Continued Legacy in Cambodia and Laos
    6. An Analysis of US Policy Towards Cambodia Between 1969-1973    
  2. Present - When you’ve finished, present your findings back to the class in the form of an oral presentation. Make sure you take notes on the impact of the war on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the US.
  3. Write - Using your notes from the research task, answer the following question in an extended paragraph - “The outcome of the Vietnam War was mostly negative.” To what extent do you agree? 
  4. Watch - Watch Episode 10, ‘The Weight of Memory’ from the Vietnam War by Ken Burns. Make notes on the impact of the Vietnam War and add to your worksheets.

Activity 4 - The impact on the US


  1. Research - In your groups, complete the relevant sections of this worksheet examining the impact of the French Indochina War. Use the following sources and the internet to help you explore and research:
    1. Sanders, V. (2015). Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93, pp. 217-234
    2. Weist, A. (2002). Osprey Essential Histories: The Vietnam War, 1956-1975, pp. 85-92
    3. The Vietnam War and Its Impact
    4. How the Vietnam War Fused the Modern American Right 
    5. Effects of the Vietnam War on American Policy - World History Class (Video)
    6. 50 years later: Impact of Vietnam War still felt today
    7. Reexamining the Vietnam War, four decades after America's defeat | Penn Today    
  2. Present - When you’ve finished, present your findings back to the class in the form of an oral presentation. Make sure you take notes on the impact of the war on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the US.
  3. Write - Using your notes from the research task, answer the following question in an extended paragraph - “The outcome of the Vietnam War was mostly negative.” To what extent do you agree? 
    Watch - Watch Episode 10, ‘The Weight of Memory’ from the Vietnam War by Ken Burns. Make notes on the impact of the Vietnam War and add to your worksheets.

Further Reading


OBLIGATORY READING
  1. Sanders, V. (2015). Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93, pp. 187-204
RECOMMENDED READING
  1. Weist, A. (2002). Osprey Essential Histories: The Vietnam War, 1956-1975, pp. 80-84
SUPPLEMENTAL READING
  1. Hopkins, G. (2000). Historians and the Vietnam War: The Conflict Over Interpretations Continues. Studies in Popular Culture, 23(2), 99-108.

PREVIOUS LESSON - HOW was the vietnam war resolved?
NEXT LESSON - summary: was the vietnam war inevitable?
MRBUDDHISTORY.COM was created in 2012 in order to support the learning of students in History. The site is devoted to creating high-quality and accessible teaching and learning resources for history education and other humanities subjects. 
  • Home
  • Shop
  • iGCSE
  • IBDP
    • Paper 1
    • Paper 2 >
      • Topic 10: Authoritarian States
      • Topic 12: The Cold War >
        • 1. Causes of the Cold War >
          • 1. What role did ideology play in the Grand Alliance?
          • 2. How did wartime disagreements affect the alliance?
          • 3. Did Soviet expansionism end the alliance?
          • 4. Was US exceptionalism to blame?
          • 5. Did events in Asia exacerbate tensions?
          • 6. Were tensions over Germany the final straw?
          • 7. Summary: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
        • 2. Conflict & Confrontation >
          • 1. How did competition unfold in Asia?
          • 2. What conflicts emerged in Europe?
          • 3. How did the Cold War shape the Middle East?
          • 4. Were tensions in the Americas unexpected?
          • 5. Why did the Cold War spread to Africa?
          • 6. How did scientific change drive the conflict?
          • 7. Summary: Who won the global struggle?
        • 3. Detente and Coexistence >
          • 1. Did peaceful coexistence work?
          • 2. What did detente achieve?
          • 3. Why did detente fail?
          • 4. Summary: Was detente a failure?
        • 4. China and the Cold War >
          • 1. Why were Sino-Soviet relations so turbulent?
          • 2. How did Sino-American relations change?
          • 3. What other relations did China cultivate?
          • 4. Summary: When did China become a global power?
        • 5. End of the Cold War >
          • 1. Did the USSR decay from within?
          • 2. Did Ronald Reagan win the war?
          • 3. Was Mikhail Gorbachev to blame?
          • 4. What role did people power play?
          • 5. Why did the USSR finally collapse?
          • 6. Summary: Who, or what, ended the Cold War?
        • 6. Leaders, Crises and Nations >
          • 1. What was the impact of leaders?
          • 2. How significant were Cold War crises?
          • 3. In what ways were nations affected?
          • 4. Summary: What was the role of leaders, crises and nations?
        • Exam Questions
    • Paper 3 - Asia/Oceania >
      • Topic 9: Imperial Decline in East Asia 1860-1912
      • Topic 11: Japan 1912-1990
      • Topic 12: China and Korea 1910-1950
      • Topic 14: The People's Republic of China 1949-2005
      • Topic 15: Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
        • 1. The Malayan Emergency >
          • 1. What triggered conflict in Malaya?
          • 2. How did the Emergency evolve?
          • 3. Why was the insurgency defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Emergency?
          • 5. Summary: Why was communism defeated?
        • 2. The Korean War >
          • 1. What caused the Korean War?
          • 2. How did the Korean War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Korean War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Korean War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Korean War a turning point?
        • 3. The French Indochina War >
          • 1. What caused the French Indochina War?
          • 2. How did the French Indochina War evolve?
          • 3. How was the war in Indochina resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Indochina War?
          • 5. Summary: What accounts for the French defeat?
        • 4. The Vietnam War >
          • 1. What caused the Vietnam War?
          • 2. How did the Vietnam War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Vietnam War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Vietnam War?
          • 5. Summary: Was the Vietnam War inevitable?
        • 5. The Cambodian Civil War >
          • 1. What caused the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 2. How did the Cambodian Civil War evolve?
          • 3. How was the Civil War resolved?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Cambodian Civil War?
          • 5. Summary: Who can be blamed for events in Cambodia?
        • 6. The Soviet Afghan War >
          • 1. Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan?
          • 2. How did the Soviet-Afghan war evolve?
          • 3. How was the Soviet Union defeated?
          • 4. What was the impact of the Soviet-Afghan war?
          • 5. Summary: Why did the USSR withdraw?
        • Exam Questions
  • Links
    • is globalpolitics
    • is history
    • is humanities