A&HW 5050SPECIAL TOPICS:

VIETNAM NOW!June 29- July 2, 2008 Monday – Thursday 9AM – 4PM

GDH 281

Professors Margaret S. Crocco and William Gaudelli

Office: 420 Zankel BuildingOffice Hours: After class, and by appointment

212-678-3174/3150Box 80

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Course Objectives:

This course aims at the following:

1. To provide content knowledge about the Vietnam War for pre/in-service teachers at the secondary level and for college faculty interested in using digital media in teaching this subject.

2. To develop critical reading capacities of teachers for visual texts, such as comparison/contrast of narratives/information, examination of editing, framing, and voicing, evaluation of source credibility, and understanding of visual texts in context.

3. To create classroom materials educators can employ to enhance and develop student knowledge of the Vietnam War and capacity for critical reading of historical visual texts.

Course Requirements:1. Attendance and Active Participation: It is required. You are responsible for all

materials presented in class, including announcements about course procedures, requirements, and any changes in them.

2. Required Work: Non-credit students: Attendance and completion of assigned course readings. One-credit students: Attendance, completion of assigned course reading, plus

a 3-5 page paper analyzing the depiction of the Vietnam War through one-hour’s worth of the documentary or its outtakes. Incorporation of digital media into the paper is suggested but not required.

Two-credit students: Attendance, plus a curriculum project related to teaching about the Vietnam War through the use of digital media. This project should roughly equate to the development of three (3) comprehensive lesson plans, though students are encouraged to propose a project that has great utility for their professional situation. Projects must incorporate a minimum of one digital media approach used in the course and must be approved by instructors at the outset of the course.

Three-credit students: Attendance, plus a curriculum project related to teaching about the Vietnam War through the use of digital media. This project should roughly equate to the development of five (5) comprehensive lesson plans, though students may propose a project that has great utility for their professional situation. Projects must incorporate a minimum of two digital media approaches used in the course and must be approved by instructors at the outset of the course.

.NB: We are happy to customize a requirement to your particular needs should the above plans not be suitable for your situation.

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Student Evaluation: Final course grades will depend on the quality of all the above items as well as class participation.

Students are strongly encouraged to make use of the wiki space and lesson builder materials.

Readings:

The following recommended books are available at the bookstore. Articles and selected chapters from additional books are available on ClassWeb.

Books:

Bradley, M. & Young, M. (2008). Making sense of the Vietnam Wars: Local, national, and transnational perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Bookstore)

Gitlin, T. (1993) The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage. Bantam Books. (Bookstore)

Lawrence, M. (2008). The Vietnam War: A Concise International History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. (Bookstore)

Young, M., Fitzgerald, J. and Grunfield, A. (2002) The Vietnam War: A History in Documents. New York: Oxford University Press. (Bookstore)

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Presenter Bios

Jeremy Stoddard

Jeremy Stoddard is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the College of William & Mary, where he directs the secondary history and social studies education program. He is a former middle school teacher and curriculum and technology professional development specialist. His research focuses on the intersection of media, pedagogy, and ideology and its impact on teaching and learning history and social studies and democratic education. He is currently working on a co-authored book on

teaching history with film.

Charles Armstrong

Charles K. Armstrong is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. A specialist in modern East Asia, with particular interests in Korea, the Vietnam War, and US-East Asian relations, Professor Armstrong has published numerous books and articles on these subjects. His current book projects include a study of North Korea’s foreign relations in the Cold War era and a history of East Asia since 1800. Professor Armstrong holds a B.A. in Chinese Studies from Yale, an M.A. in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in History

from the University of Chicago. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1996.

Judith Cramer

Educational Technology Specialist and Instructor, Department of Math, Science and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University. Judith Cramer holds degrees from Cornell University, Yale University and Parsons School of Design. She has extensive experience in the classroom, from elementary through graduate school, including work as a museum educator (Bronx Museum of the Arts). Her current research focuses on the connections between citizen journalism, media literacy and democratic education. She has written a book chapter on blogs and

collaborated with colleagues on articles for JCTE, CITE, METJ, L&L and Social Education.

Tracey Weis

Tracey Weis is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Millersville University. She also coordinates the university's Women's Studies Program. She is also the author of an article entitled “Writing Autobiographies on Brown in the History Classroom” available online.

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Ronald Frankum

Ron Frankum is an associate professor of history at Millersville University where he teaches courses on American Foreign Policy and Military History with a specific interest in the Vietnam War.  He is the author of four books on the Vietnam War (Silent Partners:  The United States and Australia in Vietnam, Vietnam War for Dummies, Rolling Thunder:  The Air War in Vietnam, and Operation Passage to Freedom:  The United States Navy in Vietnam, 1954-1955.)  He has also published work in Australia and recently for BBC World Services.  He is currently

working on a biography of Ngo Dinh Diem, president of the Republic of Vietnam (195-1963) and the Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War, which is schedule for release in 2011.

W. D. Ehrhart

W. D. Ehrhart holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Wales at Swansea, and teaches English and history at the Haverford School in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ehrhart enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966 at age 17, and fought in Vietnam with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, receiving the Purple Heart Medal, the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, and two Presidential Unit Citations. The author of fourteen books of

prose and poetry, and editor or co-editor of four anthologies, he has been honored by organizations as diverse as Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans of America.

Todd Gitlin

Todd Gitlin is the author of twelve books, including, most recently, The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American. He holds degrees from Harvard University (mathematics), the University of Michigan (political science), and the University of California, Berkeley (sociology). He was the third president of Students for a Democratic Society, in 1963-64, and coordinator of the SDS Peace Research and Education Project in 1964-65, during which time he helped organize the first national demonstration against

the Vietnam War. He holds degrees from Harvard University (mathematics), the University of Michigan (political science), and the University of California, Berkeley (sociology). He was the third president of Students for a Democratic Society, in 1963-64, and coordinator of the SDS Peace Research and Education Project in 1964-65, during which time he helped organize the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War. He is now a professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the Ph. D. program in Communications at Columbia.

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Course Calendar and Assignments

Day One, June 29

ObjectivesOverview of the course, documentary filmsTopics

1. Overview of class, syllabus, and logistics for the week2. Finding out what participants’ interests in the class are3. Finding out how participants use media4. Finding out what participants know about Vietnam—brainstorming exercise

5. Review episodes from the Vietnam Series and discuss the problematic nature of documentary film making- Dr. Stoddard

Times and Schedule9:00-11:00 Dr. Crocco and Dr. Gaudelli introduce course, show clips of the documentary, Review of NCSS Position on Media Literacy, introduce Wiki

11:00-12:00 Maria Janelli and Mark Phillips introduce lesson builder

12:00-1:00 Lunch break

1:00- 3:00 Dr. Stoddard lecture

3:00-4:00 Work time at computers

Recommended Readings: (Note- Please read all material PRIOR to class and bring a copy of the material to discuss.)

Aufderheide, P. (1990) Good Soldiers. Seeing Through Movies. Ed. Mark Miller. pp.81-111. (ClassWeb).

NCSS (2009). Media Literacy: A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies. Social Education. 73(4) pp. 187-189. (ClassWeb).

Stoddard, J. (2009) The History Channel Effect. In press. (Classweb)

Wineburg, Mosborg, Porat and Duncan (2007). Common belief and the Cultural Curriculum. American Educational Research Journal 44(1) pp. 40-76 (ClassWeb).

Supplementary Resources:

Schlene, V. (1996) Teaching about Vietnam and the Vietnam War - http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/vietdig.htm

Teaching the Vietnam War Author(s): Sandra C. Taylor Source: The History Teacher, Vol. 15, No. 1, (Nov., 1981), pp. 57-66 Published by: Society for the History of Education Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/493777 Accessed: 29/07/2008 14:29 

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A Walk in the Sun: Reflections on Teaching the Vietnam War Author(s): Christopher C. Lovett Source: The History Teacher, Vol. 31, No. 1, (Nov., 1997), pp. 77-92 Published by: Society for the History of Education Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/494182  

Wineburg, S., Mosborg, S. and Porat, D. (2001). What can Forrest Gump Tell Us About Students’ Historical Understanding? Social Education 65(1), pp. 55. (ClassWeb).

Winterstein, S. (2000) Teaching about the Vietnam War - http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/064.200007.winterstein.teachingvietnam.html

Day Two, June 30

ObjectiveThe history of the war in a global context and digital media materialsTopics

1. Dr. Charles Armstrong- The Vietnam War in the context of Asian history

2. Judith Cramer, Educational Technology Specialist, introduces Flickr, Comic Life, WQ

3. Students review digitized materials as an introduction to thinking about their projects.

Times and Schedule9:00 – 11:00 Dr. Armstrong’s presentation

11:00-12:00 Dr. Crocco and Dr. Gaudelli show video clips and source material on the war in Cambodia/Laos

12:00-1:00 Lunch break

1:00-4:00 Judith Cramer’s presentation, including work time on the computers

Recommended Readings: (Note- Please read all material PRIOR to class and bring a copy of the material to discuss.)

Armstrong, C. (2001). America’s Korea, Korea’s Vietnam. Critical Asian Studies. 33:4, pp. 527-539. (ClassWeb, pdf)

Farrington, T. (2005). Lizzie's War. New York: Harper Collins. (Selected chapters, pdf)

Huong, D. T. (1988). Paradise of the Blind. Trans. Phan Huy Duong and Nina McPherson. Penguin Books. (Selected chapters, pdf)

Ninh, B. (1991). The Sorrow of War. New York: Riverhead Books. (Selected chapters, pdf)

O'Brien, T. (1989) The Things They Carried. New York: Broadway Books. (Selected chapters, pdf)

Walker, K. (1985). A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam. New York: Ballantine Books. (Selected chapters, pdf)

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Supplementary Resources:

Digital History: using new technologies to enhance teaching and research- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/vietnam/index.cfm

Digital Video Tutorial http://www.umw.edu/training/inte/multimedia/video/tutorial/index.htm

iMovie Tutorial- http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#imovie

Lowensohn, J. (2007) Newbie's Guide to Flickr - http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9703620-2.html

The Vietnam War- http://www.vietnamwar.com/

Flickr Resources:

Giles, R. How to Use Flickr: The Digital Photography Revolution. Boston: Thompson Learning

Lowensohn, J. (2007). Newbie's Guide to Flickr. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-9703620-2.html

University of Manitoba Learning Technologies Centre (2009). LTC Wiki: Flickr- http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Flickr

Comics Resources:

McCloud, S. (1993). Understanding Comics. Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press.

Saraceni, Mario. (2003). The Language of Comics. New York: Routledge.

There is now a PC as well as a Mac version of Comic Life. Obtain a 30-day free trial of WIN/MAC Comic Life, or purchase the whole program ($19.95 for educators) here: http://plasq.com/downloads/

Six Early teaching videos from ExpertLife on You Tube. Note that “Mac only” no longer applies

How to Use Comic Life Software : What is Comic Life Software?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKKcly3utpE (follow You Tube links to five additional videos)

Day Three, July 1

ObjectiveThe soldier’s perspective Topics

1. Dr. Tracey Weis on the use of visual media in teaching history and Dr. Ron Frankum, Vietnam war expert

2. Continuing review of digital resources.8

3. Dr. William Ehrhart, Vietnam War veteran, on the Vietnam War

4. Workshop on analyzing primary sources, film, and oral history Times and Schedule9:00 – 11:00 Dr. Weis & Dr. Frankum presentation

11:00-12:00 Hour with students- Dr. Crocco and Dr. Gaudelli review digital resources

12:00-1:00 Lunch break

1:00-3:00 Dr. Ehrhart presentation

3:00-4:00 Computer work time

Recommended Readings: (Note- Please read all material PRIOR to class and bring a copy of the material to discuss.)

Read through Dr. Ehrhart’s website: http://www.wdehrhart.com/index.html

Supplementary Resources:

Krepinevich, A. (1988) The Army and Vietnam. John Hopkins University Press.

Maas, P. (2004) Professor Nagl's War. New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/magazine/professor-nagl-s-war.html

McMaster, H.R. (1997) Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam. Harper Collins Publisher.

Nagl, J. (2005). Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam. University of Chicago Press.

Seeing images in history- http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2006/0602/0602med1.cfm

Teaching with Primary Sources- http://www.smithsoniansource.org/tea/viewdetails.aspx

Visual literacy in Classrooms -http://www.zardec.net.au/keith/visual.htm

Day Four, July 2

ObjectiveThe Vietnam War on the Home FrontTopics

1. Dr. Todd Gitlin on the protests movements against the war2. Continued review of digitized Vietnam resources

3. Afternoon workshop- projects due

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Times and Schedule9:00 – 11:00 Dr.Gitlin presentation11:00-12:00 Dr. Crocco and Dr. Gaudelli- Review Digital Resources

12:00-1:00 Lunch break

1:00-3:00 Work time on computers

3:00-4:00 Turn projects in

Recommended Readings: (Note- Please read all material PRIOR to class and bring a copy of the material to discuss.)

Gitlin, T. (1993) The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage. Bantam Books. Selected chapters 7. 10, 12, 14, and 17. (Bookstore)

Supplementary Resources:

The Anti-war Movement in the United States -http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/vietnam/antiwar.html

Reflections on Protest by Kenneth E. Boulding, Social Education 1966, p. 28

 Social Activism Sound Recording Project: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificaviet/

Accommodations: The College will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students are encouraged to contact the Office of Access and Service for Individuals with Disabilities for information about registration (Richard Keller, Director, 212-678-3689, 166 Thorndike Hall). Services are available only to students who are registered and submit appropriate documentation. As your instructors, we are happy to discuss specific needs with you as well.

Incomplete Policy: No incompletes will be given in this course except for medical emergencies, which will need to be substantiated by a doctor’s note.

Plagiarism Policy: Courses in the Program in Social Studies are intended to provide students with experiences in conducting research, finding suitable educational resources, and writing curriculum. It is reasonable, even expected, that you consult on-line resources and gain inspiration from the better ones. It is also expected, however, that all assignments submitted to fulfill course requirements in the Program will be substantially the product of

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students’ own original thought and effort. Any ideas, materials, documents, etc. taken from the Internet, as has long been conventional with materials from published sources, need careful documentation. Plagiarism is an affront to academic integrity and the high standards of the teaching profession and will be treated accordingly.

Email Communication Policy: Teachers College students have the responsibility for activating the Columbia University Network ID  (UNI), which includes a free Columbia email account. As official communications from the College - e.g., information on graduation, announcements of closing due to severe storm, flu epidemic, transportation disruption, etc. -- will be sent to the student's Columbia email account, students are responsible for either reading email there, or, for utilizing the mail forwarding option to forward mail from their Columbia account to an email address which  they will monitor.

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