War and Peace - the Battle for Vietnam

Social Studies Online

This Achievement Standard is externally assessed. The following assessment is a guided walk through of how the assessment could be answered. Describe change in society.

Assessment focus: In this achievement standard students will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of at least one of:

• settings in New Zealand and beyond
• perspectives on current issues and/or the future.

Note:
Society refers to the broader human society within which there are a variety of discrete societies.
Describe means to give a detailed account using supporting evidence.
Explain means to support with reasons or justify using supporting evidence.
In depth means students must do one or more of the following as required by the assessment activity:

• classify reasons using social studies ideas and terms
• describe and explain relationships and interrelationships between reasons and effects
• use different perspectives to examine reasons and effects.

Task 1
Complete the table to help sort your ideas about changes in ideas and beliefs as a result of the Vietnam War and the movement of the sixties. This is not assessed.

Beliefs and ideas about	Before the Vietnam War	During/after the War	Reasons for changes
War
Peace
International relations (involvement with other countries)
Veterans

Task 2:
Describe and explain the changes to beliefs and ideas in society brought about as a result of the Vietnam War and the anti-war peace movement of the sixties. Present this as a couple of paragraphs that include at least three main changes.

Task 3:
Describe the effects of changes brought about by the Vietnam War on American and New Zealand societies. Use the information you recorded on your fishbone diagram (Activity 10) to help you in this. You need to include information that covers a variety of perspectives (consider gender, current and future issues for this topic). Present this as a paragraph(s).