a colony is an area controlled by an empire

a communist is somebody who believes all property should be shared equally

a nationalist is someone who identifies positively with their own country and support its interests

the Viet Minh were a communist nationalist group that fought for Vietnamese independence

French Indochina

History

Segregation and discrimination in the USA

Civil rights organisations in the 20th century

Progress in education, 1954-60

The Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-6)

Martin Luther King Jr and the early civil rights movement

Early opposition to the civil rights movement

The changing position of black Americans by 1960

Greensboro and the sit-in movement

Freedom rides: protests and progress for civil rights (1961)

The James Meredith case (1962)

The peace marches (1963) and Freedom Summer (1964)

The Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)

Reasons why the civil rights movement was more successful from 1960 to 1965

The role of Malcolm X in the civil rights movement

The emergence of the Black Power movement

The Black Panther Party

The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report (1968)

King's campaign in the North

How successful was the civil rights movement by 1975?

Containment and the Domino Theory

Vietcong resistance

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Tet Offensive

US involvement in Vietnam

The effect of Vietnamisation on US policy in Vietnam

The expansion of the war into Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam, 1969-1972

Opposition to the Vietnam War in the US

Support for the Vietnam War in the US

Changing US policy in Vietnam, 1969-1972

Peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War, 1968-1972

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

US weaknesses in the Vietnam War

North Vietnamese strengths in the Vietnam War

Impact of the Vietnam War

In this unit, pupils study a modern society and the issues that affected it in great depth over a shorter period. They learn about the key events, developments, people and stories that shaped this modern society over a period of around twenty to thirty years.

Modern depth studies

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which three countries made up French Indochina?

Which country controlled French Indochina during World War Two?

What was the name of the Vietnamese communist nationalist group that fought the Japanese and then the French for control of Vietnam?

Why did the U.S. support France in its conflict against the Viet Minh?

Which battle saw the Viet Minh defeat the French and drive them out of French Indochina in 1954?

Complete the sentence: Vietnam was divided into North and South Vietnam at the {{ }} Conference in 1954.

Match the member of the 'Big 3' to the country they led at the Yalta Conference.

Which political ideology did the Soviet Union follow?

Which political ideology believes in private ownership and encourages its citizens to make a profit from the work they do?

Which two countries switched sides during the Second World War?

Which event marked the end of World War Two?

French Indochina

Lesson outcome

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