Team 4

Lakeland Central Schools
Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School

Biography	John Kerry List 5 connections between Kerry and Vietnam conflict. Locate a picture. List the medals John Kerry was awarded? What does each of the medals represent? Why were they awarded to Kerry? Locate images of each medal. What controversial action did Kerry take with his medals? Explain. Locate famous quote Kerry uttered during his testimony to Senate Foreign Relations Committee in April 1971. What point is he trying to make? How would you respond to Kerry's quote? Where is John Kerry today after losing 2004 presidential election? Explain. http://www.johnkerry.com http://www.wikipedia.org http://www.johnkerry.com/about http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2004/story?id=123457&page=1 http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-04-26-kerry-medals_x.htm http://www.armyawards.com/awards.shtml http://www.wikipedia.org
Communism	China What is the origin of the Chinese Communist Party? (CCP) Why did it form? Define: egalitarian and revolution. Who is Mao Tse Tung? What were his education, profession, and his belief in peasantry? Locate an image. Using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast Soviet communism and Chinese communism (Maoism). Discuss why China supported the North Koreans during the Korean War and the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War. http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/MODCHINA/COMM.HTM http://www.wikipedia.org Grolier Online & Encarta
Impacts of Communism, Post World War II	Space Race Explain what Sputnik was and what advantage the U.S.S.R. gained with the launch of Sputnik. Explain what Explore I and Jupiter C were. Locate images. NASA - What does it stand for, why was it formed, and what was its goal? Using a T-Chart, list the roles Khrushchev and Kennedy played in the Space Race. http://history.nasa.gov/ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/ http://www.geocities.com/gbinguy/Forty-years-of-space-travel.html http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/sputorig.html#birth http://www.wikipedia.org Grolier Online & Encarta
History of Vietnam	Expulsion of the French List what countries made up Indochina. Discuss the First Indochina War and why it took place. Who were the leaders of Vietnam in the North and the South during the First Inodchina War? Using a T-Chart show their political positions. Explain how the outcome of the First Indochina War affected the United States. http://home.att.net/~r.hodgeman/history1.html www.viettouch.com/hist/ www.geocities.com/Tokyo/5673/history.htm http://www.wikipedia.org Grolier Online & Encarta
Vietnam War	Guerilla Warfare Define: guerilla warfare and asymmetric warfare. Discuss who Ernesto “Che” Guevara was and what his relationship was to guerilla warfare. Include a quote from Che Guevara that demonstrates his beliefs. Locate an image. Discuss what makes guerilla fighters employ these tactics. Why has this warfare been the most common form of warfare since 1945? Collect pictures of guerilla warfare in action. Describe a conflict in U.S. history when guerilla tactics were used and why? http://www.wikipedia.org www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/26.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Asymmetric-warfare http://chehasta.narod.ru/guerillaeng.htm Grolier Online & Encarta