a treaty is a formal agreement between countries

unification means to join together or make something whole

a ceasefire is a temporary stoppage of a war, in which both sides agree to pause aggressive actions

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

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?

French Indochina

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

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

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

What did Nixon promise South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu if he would resume peace talks in December 1972?

Complete the sentence: Operation Linebacker II is also known as the {{ }} Bombings, after the time of year when it took place.

Match the keywords to the correct definition.

Under the terms of the peace treaty, how long did American troops have to leave Vietnam?

Roughly how many US prisoners of war (POWs) were returned once the peace treaty was agreed?

When did North Vietnam begin their final offensive against South Vietnam?

What year did President Johnson begin peace negotiations between North and South Vietnam?

what the menu would be during the negotiations

what shape the negotiating table would be

Which issue prevented negotiations from beginning quickly?

Who was Nixon in secret contact with during the 1968 presidential election?

Johnson begins peace negotiations with North and South Vietnam.

Nixon begins secret negotiations with North Vietnam.

North Vietnam begin the Easter Offensive.

Which countries did Nixon make trips to in order to improve relations with whilst the peace negotiations were ongoing?

Complete the sentence: Henry Kissinger publicly announced that "{{ }} is at hand" in reference to the draft peace treaty that he had helped to write.

The Paris Peace agreement, 1973

Lesson outcome

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