Vietnam Stations Project

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Vietnam Stations Project

• Portfolio Requirements

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Step 1 Organizing Your Work

• Portfolio should be placed in one of the
  following formats
• Spiral bound
• 3 ring binder
• Report cover
• Gather all of your materials and organize into
  the order of the stations

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Step 2 The Cover Page

• Find at least one appropriate image to use on the
  cover
• Created by you, downloaded, photocopied
• If you took it from somewhere, give credit on the
  back of the cover
• If you have a Report Cover thats not
  transparent, the Cover Page will be the first
  page the viewer will see.

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Step 3 Table of Contents

• Your Portfolio must contain a Table of Contents
  that lets the reader know where your reflections
  for each station are located
• So, you need to number your pages

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Step 4 The Station Assignments

• Work that you have created will appear in your
  portfolio for each station
• Each Station should have an individual title page
• These pages do not have to have images on them,
  but it is encouraged
• If you do include images, creativity points will
  be awarded

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Station 1Songs of the Vietnam War Era

• Prepare a compare/contrast response (about a
  page long) using your responses to the questions
  on the Song Analysis Worksheets for the two songs
  you did in class
• Minimum of one page, double spaced
• Prepare your homework essay about the popular
  song from your lifetime
• You must also include, on a separate page, a copy
  of the complete lyrics of the song youve chosen

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Station 2Women In Vietnam

• Using the worksheets from the two sources you
  chose, create a fluent response (about a page
  long) which addresses the questions on each sheet
• Include your reflection on the significance of
  the role of women in Vietnam
• Creativity points for including a visual element
  relating to women in Vietnam, with an explanation
  of its relevance to the topic

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Station 3Soldiers Who Served

• Using the worksheets from the two video clips,
  create a fluent response (about a page long)
  which addresses the questions asked.
• Write another response for Judge Me by the
  Footprints I Leave Behind, being careful to
  address the questions on the Document Analysis
  Worksheet

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Station 4Poetry of Vietnam

• Place copies of the two poems you analyzed in
  your portfolio
• Include your reflection, following 3 on the
  assignment sheet

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Station 5The Wall

• Write a fluent response (about a page long) which
  addresses the questions on the Document Analysis
  Worksheet for the remarks by General Haig
• Write a fluent essay on your reflections from the
  artifact analysis of the sculptures and the wall

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Station 5The Wall

• Based on what you have learned throughout this
  experience, develop a short message to the
  soldier whose rubbing you made from the virtual
  wall. Some ideas
• A letter to him or his family
• A brief statement, poem, etc..be creative
• For extra credit, you can mail a letter to any
  surviving relatives he may have. Of course, I
  will preview it first

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