Reorientation Teaching Guide: Season 3 Episode 4
Learning Objectives
Students will understand how the Vietnam War impacted student activism and protest on campus throughout the 1960s.
Students will understand the role of violence and non-violence in both protesting and responding to student protests.
Podcast Questions
How does the framing of the Vietnam War change the way someone understands it (i.e anti-communist, imperialist, etc.)?
How and why did protests evolve from smaller-scale, education-based protests to larger-scale, more civil-disobedience-oriented ones?
Why was the Dow Chemical protest such an important anti-War protest on campus and nationally?
How did the Sterling Hall bombing impact campus and the anti-Vietnam War movement?
David Maraniss said, “every protest movement is a combination of idealism and self-interest, and the more self-interest there is, the more intense the idealism and the more activism.” How did this relate to the Vietnam War? How does this relate to protesting in general? How do you see the relationship between self-interest and protesting?
Recommended Primary and Secondary Sources
We suggest websites, videos, and books that feature several primary sources that students can and should consult.
Maraniss, David. They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967. Simon and Schuster, 2003.
“Two Days in October” Documentary based on Maraniss book.
YouTube Video: “Photographers discuss memories of 1967 Dow protest”