Vietnam War Movies

 

There are some GREAT Vietnam movies.  Most are Rated R so get permission from your parents before you watch.  The BIG thing you need to know is the Home Front and protests.  But these movies will give you a great visual/image of what our troops went through in the jungles of Vietnam.

This Day In History

 

Cuban leader Fidel Castro's forces repelled the Bay of Pigs invasion, which was led by recent Cuban exiles and financed by the U.S. government during the Cold War.

April 17, 1961

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-17

This Day In History

 

Cronkite broadcasting in Vietnam

American journalist Walter Cronkite became anchor of the CBS Evening News, a position he held for nearly two decades, during which time he became known as “the most trusted man in America.”

April 16, 1962

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-16

Announces to the nation President Kennedy was shot!

Announces to America that America is losing Vietnam 

This Day In History

 

Sinking of the Titanic

On this day in 1912, the British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank en route to New York City from Southampton, Hampshire, England, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage; some 1,500 people died.

April 15, 1912

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-15

Lincoln Memorial

 

This Day In History

 

Abraham Lincoln shot

On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning.

April 14, 1865

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-14

This Day In History

 

The Thomas Jefferson Memorial was dedicated in East Potomac Park on the south bank of the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.

April 13, 1943

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-13

This Day In History

 

Fort Sumter, one of the few military installations in the South still in Federal hands, came under fire from Confederate guns in Charleston, South Carolina, thus initiating the American Civil War.

April 12, 1861

Taken from:https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-12

Houston We Have A Problem!

 

This Day In History

 

Apollo 13 was launched from Cape Kennedy (now Cape Canaveral), Florida; although scheduled to be the third lunar landing, the mission was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded en route to the Moon.

April 11, 1970

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-11

This Day In History

 

The courtroom classic 12 Angry Men was released in the United States; it starred Henry Fonda as a juror who tries to convince the others that the accused murderer may be innocent.

April 10, 1957

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-10

This Day In History

 

Fall of Baghdad

Baghdad fell to U.S.-led forces on this day in 2003, several weeks after the start of the Iraq War, a conflict begun to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein because of his supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.

April 9, 2003

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-9

Participating in YOUR Democracy

 

Civil Disobedience was on full display this weekend. An estimated 3.5 Million Americans assembled and rallied against Trump and Musk.  That is what is hard about America!  Everyone has a voice and the constitutional right to assemble and protest even if you do not like it.  

Henry David Thoreau wrote and came up with the idea of Civil Disobedience.  Non Violent Resistance.  Thoreau was upset about the Mexican American War, and refused to pay his taxes.  He did not want to give one dime to the war so he did not pay his taxes.  He was thrown into jail.  Do NOT forget there are consequences for your actions!

Here are some famous Disobedience moments:

Sit - ins of the 1960s

Dr. King Jr. went to prison 29 times!

This Saturday, April 5th, at the Hands Off Rally!  Americans participate in their democracy:

This Day In History

 

Venus de Milo, an ancient statue commonly thought to represent Aphrodite, was found in pieces on the Aegean island of Melos; it was later reconstructed and put on display in the Louvre, Paris.

April 8, 1920

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-8

This Day In History

 

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall secretly leased federal oil reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company in return for cash gifts in the Teapot Dome Scandal.

April 7, 1922

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-7

This Day In History

 

American basketball player Michael Jordan, widely considered the game's greatest all-around player, was elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

April 6, 2009

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-6

Extra Credit Opportunity

 

You will get Extra Credit if you:

Go to Chipotle on Cherry Street (15th and Utica)

on Saturday, April 5, 2025 from 4 pm to 8 pm

Remind them of the fundraiser!

On Monday bring me a receipt proving you bought something (that is your evidence) with your name on it.

This is for the Football Team!!! 

This Day In History

 

American educator and reformer Booker T. Washington, who notably was the first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now Tuskegee University), was born in Virginia.

April 5, 1856

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-5

A Broken Record!

 

This Day In History

 

Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated

On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement who was in Memphis, Tennessee, to support a strike by the city's sanitation workers, was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

April 4, 1968

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-4

This Day In History

 

Implementation of the Marshall Plan

On this day in 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed into law George C. Marshall's post-World War II plan to revive the economies of western and southern European countries so as to foster democracy in the region.

April 3, 1948

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-3

This Day In History

 

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.

April 2, 1917

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-2

Oppenheimer

 

A great movie about the creation and building of the Atomic Bomb is Oppenheimer.

This Day In History

 

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Computer Inc., and it became one of the world's leading tech companies.

April 1, 1976

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-1

This Day In History

 

• March 31, 1888: The National Council of Women of the U.S. was organized by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sojourner Truth, among others, becoming the oldest non-sectarian women's organization in the U.S. 

Taken from: https://www.google.com/search?q=what+happened+on+march+31+in+women%27s+history&sca_esv=5a31af23a2200e4f&ei=NmzoZ_DEFcrNp84PkcKp0As&ved=0ahUKEwjwt8Hpo7CMAxXK5skDHRFhCroQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=what+happened+on+march+31+in+women%27s+history&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiLHdoYXQgaGFwcGVuZWQgb24gbWFyY2ggMzEgaW4gd29tZW4ncyBoaXN0b3J5MgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAFIl7EBUIQKWN-qAXABeAGQAQCYAX-gAY0RqgEFMTEuMTK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhegAskRwgIKEAAYsAMY1gQYR8ICEBAAGIAEGLEDGEMYgwEYigXCAgUQABiABMICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIGEAAYFhgewgIFECEYqwLCAgUQIRifBZgDAIgGAZAGCJIHBDguMTWgB7SKAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Japanese Internment Camps

 

One of the worst aspects of World War 2 War experiences in the Homefront was the Japanese Internment Camps.  Americans were terrified after Pearl Harbor.  They really thought Japanese AMERICANS were spies!  The fear was so real that President Roosevelt issued an Executive Order 9006, locking up the Japanese AMERICANS for the duration of the war.  Most spent 4 years, but that was way too long.  One day was too long.  The government said sorry, and gave each family $10.  Who can rebuild with $10!!!!

Below is George Takei's TED Talk.  He was 4 years old when his family was locked up.  This is one family's story.  It is so powerful, and I hate that we did not have time to watch it in class - so watch now if you CAN!

 

This Day In History

 

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who was queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1936–52), died in her sleep at Windsor Castle at age 101.

March 30, 2002

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-30

This Day In History

 

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death for turning over U.S. military secrets to the Soviet Union.

March 29, 1951

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-29

This Day In History

 

• Herstory

Today in Feminist History: (March 28, 1931)

PUBLISHED 3/28/2020 by David M. Dismore

March 28, 1931: Efforts by the National Woman’s Party to fight widespread bias against women in the workforce have now gained some support from a few of the nation’s governors.

Taken from: https://msmagazine.com/2020/03/28/today-in-feminist-history-march-28-1931/