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Homeschool Dad-some questions
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Question:
- My wife and I are planning to do some reserch on the war in Southeast
Asia. We would like to prepare ourselves as completely as we can so we
can deal with the issue next year in our U.S. History class.(We
homeschool our kids) We went to the library and found out that the
volume of information is overwelming. We also do not know how much
info out there is solid.
Can anyone here suggest good factual reference material that we can
use? Something short of an entier wall of books? We have a year or so
to prepare.
Answer:
- Time Life Series, The 10,000 day war on video for checkout at quite a
few places I have seen are places to start.
I would not give a whole lot of credence to the American War Library.
You see a lot of that, and probably even some in your mailbox, but it
is bogus. I would give Cannon Fodder, growing up for Vietnam a very
wide birth unless you need to be amused once in awhile or to see what
didn't happen over there.
If you want to be impressed at the same time as you learn, do any web
search engine for "USMC+Vietnam" be sure and use the qoutes.
- There is alot of info out there about Vietnam, to say the least.
You might like to check out the website in my signature. It contains much
information and presents a well balanced point of view for beginning students.
I would suggest, after your students become familiar with the topic, that you
have them do an oral history by asking vets of their experiences. I have done
many over the years and would be glad to help you.
- A good reference is:
Vietnam War Almanac by Harry G. Summers, Jr. (published 1985).
It includes background (history, geography, chronology), as well as the
Vietnam War from A to Z. It's focused on the military aspect of the Vietnam
War, but I find it very handy.
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