HollyDay Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 We are finishing up WWII this week. My main problem there was which books to exclude. Way too many... I'm having trouble chosing books/dvds for Korea and Vietnam. Suggestions appreciated.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Perhaps not quite what you're looking for .... It's described as a pseudo documentary, but my daughter (and husband) enjoyed watching it when she studied modern history. The Atomic Cafe A book we enjoyed for that time period was The Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley written in 1955. A movie of the same title came out in 1959 with Peter Sellers.Here is a link to the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia....use_That_RoaredOr how about Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (preview for content)Regards,Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Back again ~ I'll post below the resources my daughter used in 9th grade when she was studying the time frame you mentioned. These include documentaries, movies, music, and written works. North to Freedom by Anne HolmShane (video)Frank Sinatra, Come Swing with MeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little World of Don Camillo by Giovanni GuareschiEd Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics, Volume 8: Legends of Rock (video)Beatles, Beatles for SaleAtomic Café (video)Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited“I Have a Dream†by Martin Luther King, Jr.All the President's Men (video)Forrest Gump (video)Judy Collins, Whales and NightingalesHair (video)The Vietnam War by Marilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald and A. Tom GrunfeldSingers and Songwriters, 1974-1975Good Morning, Vietnam (video)Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. LewisThe Mouse that Roared by Leonard WibberleyThe Mouse that Roared (video)Abba, The Definitive Collection Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted November 2, 2016 Author Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) thanks any suggestions specifically about the Korean War? Edited November 2, 2016 by HollyDay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Here's an older thread with a few suggestions ~ Korean War Historical fiction books? Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 A good movie for the Korean war is "Welcome to Dongmakgol." It was on Netflix a while back but you may be able to find it on the internet. It's an interesting perspective on the whole thing since war kind of stumbles upon a village that is so remote and they are still rooted in the old ways. "71: Into the Fire" is also an awesome movie set during that period and based on true events of teenage boys who held off the N. Koreans and pretty much helped turned the way things went in the war. It will make you cry like a baby but the fact that these kids did this. I put the link in for that one. A good one that I think is still on Netflix for recent N & S problems is "Northern Limit Line." In the South men have to serve about 20 months in the military and this one is a true story about a navy ship that encounters problems. Again, you will cry and the incident in the movie happened in 2002. I don't really have an ideas for books but sometimes watching people act things out have a rather powerful impact and all of these were done by South Korea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Not sure the age of your student, but The Things They Carried was amazing and devastating (about Vietnam). I'd hesitate to give it to my 9th grader, but an older student might be fine with it. I know it is pretty commonly used in high schools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 What grade level? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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