Eighth-Grade Social Studies

Vietnam War Talk Show (homework)
March 18, 2009
Vietnam War Talk Show
Guest Panel: Members must be prepared to answer all questions concerning their involvement and opinions in the Vietnam War.
1.President Johnson
2.General Westmoreland
3.Sec. of Defense Robert MacNamara
4.Ho Chi Minh
5.Walter Cronkite
6.American citizen pro-war
7.American citizen anti-war
8.American soldier serving in Vietnam
Audience members are required to create two questions for each member of the guest panel = one to ask and another to use as a backup in case someone else uses your question.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT:
Consider yourself an audience member and create two questions for each member of the guest panel. These questions must be open-ended (as in questions that can’t be answered with a YES or NO). Focus on questions that begin with “How” or “Why” or “What do you think about”?