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Essay Assignment |
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Corresponding Peer
Critique Worksheet |
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Essay 1 Assignment:
Please print the text of
Crito and these Analysis Worksheets and other notes:
Print and study this
sample student essay
- Essay 1 Wrap-up Notes
[PDF]
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Essay 1:
PC Worksheet in
PDF or
MS Word Format
For the PC Workshop,
print, study, and bring to class these 3 items:
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Essay 2 Assignment:
Analyzing
the Propaganda of War
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The Green Berets [ Flash ] [
Quicktime ]
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Platoon [ Flash ] [ Quicktime ]
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"Six Questions for Deborah Nelson on Vietnam War Crimes, and Why
They Matter Now"--Harper's Magazine article by Ken
Silverstein in which he interviews Deborah Nelson about her 2008
book,
The War Behind Me: Vietnam Veterans Confront the Truth About U.S.
War Crimes. (Basic Books).
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If you think depictions of village massacres in Platoon and
historical incidents, such as the My Lai massacre in 1968 Vietnam
were limited to a "few rogue units," read this book review,
"Many My Lais" by Tara McKelvey in the Sunday Book Review
section of The New York Times about Nelson's book, The
War Behind Me.
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Renata Adler's June 20, 1968
New York Times movie review of The Green Berets.
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"A Massacre by US Army (1 of 7): Four Hours in MyLai, Viet Nam"--YouTube
Video. Watch the whole series.
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"Rape and Murder in the Vietnam War--YouTube Video
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"State Rape: Representations of Rape in Viet Nam"--Karan
Sthuldreher (commentary)
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"The
Vietnam Crimes You Never Heard of"--Nick Turse (journalism
article on the Tiger Force atrocities)
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"Uncovered"--New Yorker article by Seymour Hersh about
the Tiger Force atrocities.
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"Duty, Honor, Rape: Sexual Assult Against Women During War"--Kevin
Gerard Neill, commentary in the
Journal of International Women's
Studies
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Essay 2: PC Worksheet in
PDF Format
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Essay 3:
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Essay 3: PC Worksheet in PDF Format |
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Final Exam:
Take-home Final Exam |
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