Blog #27 Vietnam War Term Project

Cadets, here is your term project for the end of this semester. Your movie has already been selected by yourself and you should have watched it at least once by now.  All you have to do now is download one of the forms, either in MS Doc or in PDF, print out the outline and start your work. Remember that you have until the 8th of June to complete your work.  Here are your two downloadable documents.  Good luck and I look forward to reading about your movie experience. Please post your name and movie again to show that you have downloaded the Project Worksheet!

Vietnam War Term Project MS Doc

Vietnam War Term Project PDF File

Blog #26 Saluting those that served our country with honor and valor

Good morning cadets. We are in the process of celebrating Memorial Day this coming Monday so your task this week is to honor those individuals that have fought for and served our country, most have paid the ultimate sacrifice. You must post a video to our site that honors the memory of our valiant service members and write about your feelings towards those individual's sacrifices. You may also post a story or a poem that reflects their courage. If you create your own video and post it to YouTube and then to our site, you will get double credit for your work this week. Remember that the last thing that you have to do is to post a comment on at least one of your peer's works. Thank you so much for taking the time to display your caring for these individuals.  Here is a video that I feel is very fitting for this week.

Blog #25 Drugs and their effects on people.

Good Morning Cadets.  You lesson for today is to write two paragraphs on one of the other classes that was presented about a drug in JROTC by one of your Peer's groups. You must post your work to this site while you are in class and then post a link about the Drug to our site as well. You can post a video from YouTube or any other site that you find. Remember that this information must be factual. You must also comment on one of your Peer's works.

Part II:  You must go to the following site and create a Wordle.  If you have never gone there, here is the link:  Image Chef   All you have to do is type in all of the words that you heard during various drug classes and generate an Image.  Download the graphic and post it to your site of generate a link for your Wordle and post it back to this blog as well. Good luck and have fun.  See you in the office and classroom. Here is what mine looked like.

Blog #23 How does this video affect you?

Good morning Cadets.  Here is a video that takes little time to watch but has illicited a large amount of responses.  I don't want you to respond to the YouTube site but post your feelings here on our blog site.  If you agree, post your response, if you disagree, post your response.  Once you have done so, response to at least one of your peer's work and then post a video/URL for a website that supports your response. Good luck and I look forward to reading your responses.  Here is the video:

Blog #24.1 Military Might and the Vietnam War

Since we are nearing the home stretch for JROTC as LET2's you need to know about your term project so here it is. We are going to be studying the Cold War; the Korean Confict; and the Vietnam Conflict this coming marking period so your term project will revolve around movies and learning from a video You assignment is an easy one as you will see from the following list.  You first must select a movie about the Vietnam Confict and watch the movie.  Once for pleasure and the second time to fill in your movie review term project paperwork. Once you have completed this you will be on your way to passing LET2 as long as you have passed all of your other requirements.

Here are a few of the Vietnam War movies that are available to watch online or downloadable from various sources. Remember to post your 3 choices and you must explain why you want to watch at least two of the movies. Post a URL for the movies and also comment on other Cadet's work. Good luck and I hope that you are one of the lucky ones to post first in your class.

Movie Name                                                    Movie Name                               

84 Charlie MoPic - 1989                               Platoon Leader - 1988
A Bright Shining Lie - 1998                           Rescue Dawn - 2006
A Yank in Vietnam - 1964                             The Anderson Platoon - 1967
Apocalypse Now - 1979                                The Deer Hunter - 1978
Bat 21 - 1988                                                The Green Berets - 1968
Born on the 4th of July - 198                        The Hanoi Hilton - 1887
Casualties of War - 1989                             The Iron Triangle - 1989
Coming Home - 1978                                   The Odd Angry Shot - 1979
Faith of My Fathers - 200                             The Siege of Firebase Gloria -1989
Full Metal Jacket - 1987                               The Walking Dead - 1995
Go Tell The Spartans - 197                          Tunnel Rats - 2008
Good Morning Vietnam - 1987                     Under Heavy Fire - 2001
Hamburger Hill - 1987                                  We Were Soldiers - 2002
Heaven and Earth - 1993     
Platoon - 1986     

Select at least 3 movies that you want to choose from and post your responses back our blog. Once you have done so, explain why you chose at least two of the movies. After that, you must then find a Video Clip to post about your movie and post it back to our blog. Remember, you need 3 Movies so that in case someone else in your class get's the movie you wanted, you still have two more to fall back on.  I expect all students to have posted their work by the end of their 7th and 8th period classes. You will make your final selections on Friday when I return to the classroom.  

Blog #22 What is your take on this situation?

Good Morning Cadets.  Your task this week is to Read/Listen to the following link and post your opinion about the article. Do you agree with the article or do you disagree. Either way, you must post your opinions, comment on at least one of your peer's work and lastly post a URL Link, Video or news related story that supports your opinion. We've talked about this issue in class some so you should be aware of some of this information already. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your responses. Here is your link:  NPR Story Baltimore