Anti-Vietnam War | Educating with Evidence | SIU

Anti-Vietnam War Introduction

In the 1960s and 1970s, the war in Vietnam continued to grow as a controversial issue in the United States, buy why? Speeches by Civil Rights leader Martin Luther, Jr. and Vietnam veteran John Kerry from the Digital Inquiry Group’s lesson reveal two anti-war perspectives. 

Your Task: Use the rhetoric vocabulary adapted from Patricia Roberts-Miller’s book to analyze the documents below and argue which 2-3 strategies (e.g., societal barriers, labeling) were used to argue against the war effort. Use the graphic organizer to help you document your evidence from the sources.