Join us March 29th for Vietnam Veterans Awareness Day in Enid, Oklahoma

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The ml becker educational Center

Our Goal as Educators

Our goal is to educate the citizens of the world, especially future generations and today's elementary through high school students.  We want to teach about the rich military history of the United States and the role of men and women in the military, not forgetting the sacrifices made by our war dead. This will be accomplished through interactive programs that round out today's classroom curriculum.


Programs are developed to enhance the classroom learning experience and will be tailored to the needs of the individual teacher. This includes outreach programs.


Educational programs include exhibits, tours, briefings, publications, audio-visual projects and assorted other public programming.


A guided tour for school groups is highly recommended and reservations must be made at least three weeks in advance. School groups that wish to tour the veterans park on their own are welcome to do so, but advance reservations are still required. One teacher or chaperon for every ten students will be required. Chaperons must stay with the group to help ensure appropriate student behavior. It will be recommended that student tour groups allow a minimum of two hours up to a maximum of four hours for a visit.

Heritage Speakers & Docent Tours

Museum staff and docent volunteers will provide programs to schools, veterans groups, military units, and other civic organizations upon request.  We are available, by appointment, to schedule school tours which include STEM Education.  Volunteers, military history buffs, and students will be recruited to help with conducting interviews and typing/transcribing. We encourage teachers to support this project by giving student volunteers some academic credit for participation.

Teaching about Vietnam

 

Almost 50  years ago in Vietnam on April 29, 1975, Irving Berlin's seasonally uncharacteristic, White Christmas hit the airwaves via Saigon's Armed Forces Radio. The North Vietnamese offensive against Saigon advanced, and the musical selection was a pre-arranged code to trigger a massive, dramatic American evacuation. 


It became the largest helicopter evacuation in history – for 18 hours, heavily loaded Marine helicopters ferried 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese evacuees from the American Embassy compound to the Tan Son Nhut airfield, ultimately to ships of the Seventh Fleet. Thousands more thronged the gates of the compound, hoping for a place on the airlift.


On April 30, Saigon fell, and in one sense, America's almost thirty-year involvement with war in Vietnam ended.

Available Education Resources for Teachers prior to School Tours

TG_Module 1 Escalating Involvement in the Vietnam War (pdf)

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TG_Module 2 Conflict on the Home Front (pdf)

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TG_Module 3 Those Who Served (pdf)

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TG_Module 4 The Vietnamese and Vietnam (pdf)

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TG_Module 5 The Wall as a Healer (pdf)

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TG_Module 6 The Legacy of the Vietnam War (pdf)

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Appendix for Module 1 (pdf)

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Appendix for Module 2 (pdf)

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Appendix for Module 3 (pdf)

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Appendix for Module 4 (pdf)

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Appendix for Module 5 (pdf)

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The Echoes From The Wall Teachers Guide (pdf)

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worksheets

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Using and Evaluating Material From Electronic Databases (pdf)Download
written_document_analysis_worksheet (pdf)Download

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCES & LINKS

US Dept of Defense - Vietnam War Commemoration

 https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/education/ 

Discovery Education, Lesson Plan Library

 http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/opposing-views-on-the-vietnam-war.cfm 

Vietnam Center and Archive, Teachers' Resources

http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/teachers/ 

PBS American Experience

https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/amex/

PBS Frontline World - Teaching About the Vietnam War in Vietnam

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/educators/history_vietnam.html

Vassar College, The Wars for Vietnam 1945-1975

https://www.vassar.edu/vietnam/

PBS - Teaching the Vietnam War

https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/teaching-the-vietnam-war/

We are Teachers

https://www.weareteachers.com/vietnam-war-teaching-resources/


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