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Article: Remembering the fall of Saigon: thirty years ago, the end of the Vietnam War marked the worst defeat in U.S. history.(INTERNATIONAL)
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- Junior Scholastic
- Article date:
- May 9, 2005
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* OBJECTIVE
Students should understand
* what happened 30 years ago, in the final days of the Vietnam War.
* WORD TO KNOW
evacuation: the removal of people or things to protect them from impending harm.
* TEACHING STRATEGY
After students have read both this news item and the American history play (pp. 12-15), help them recognize connections between the two. The news item describes the final days of the war that had such an impact on the life and legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson.