Social Education
Serial Item Number: 1626Serial290231
- Pages
- 76
- Media Type
- Serial
- Physical Location
- Stacks Periodical Collection
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Jerold M. Starr Collection
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
Social Education (National Council for the Social Studies) - Serial (National Council for the Social Studies) - Silver Springs, MD
- Publication
- Social Education
- Publisher/Org.
- National Council for the Social Studies
- City
- Silver Springs, MD
- Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Association
- National Council for the Social Studies
- Type
- Serial
Dates
Publication: January 1988- General Note
- Special Section
Teaching the Vietnam War by Jerold M. Starr
For Many years, the Vietnam War, despite its importance, has been virtually ignored in most American high school classrooms. To make matters worse, what students do know often consists of vague biases and misconceptions derived from war films and other popular culture. This only impedes learning
This special section offers teachers a wealth of valuable material to help them challenge students in discussions of the moral, legal, and political considerations associated with the war.
Why Teach Vietnam? by W. D. Ehrhart
The War in Recent U.S. History Textbooks by Dan B. Fleming and Ronald J. Nurse
The Making of The Lessons of the Vietnam War by Jerold M. Starr
The Vietnam War and the Media by Howard Elterman
Teaching Students and Ourselves about the Vietnam War by Joel Glassman
Teaching Teachers to Teach the Vietnam War by Joe P. Dunn
Pedagogical Implications of Teaching "literature of the Vietnam War" Fred A. Wilcox
Teaching the Vietnam War At Air University by Earl H. Tilford, Jr.
We Must Not Let Them Forget Vietnam by Charles DeBenedetti
Teaching the Vietnam War at Full Circle High School by Martha Matlaw
Vietnam in the Classroom by Steven Cohen
Vietnam in the High School Curriculum by Wade DallaGrana
Teaching and Learning About the Vitnam War by George Kirschner and Eric Weisberg
Student Inquiries about The Vietnam War by William R. Fernekes
Role-Playing the Origins of U.S. Involvement by William Bigelow
Departments
Editor's Notebook
Letters
Instructional Media
New Resources
Teaching with Documents
Books
Commentary
Features
Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers by NCSS Executive Committee
Middle America: Its Historical And Cultural Roots by J. Jessee Palmer, Robert W. Wales, and Ben A. Smith
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- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1626Serial290231
- Citation
- Social Education, 1626Serial290231. No Date, Jerold M. Starr Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1626Serial290231, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 1626Serial290231, Jerold M. Starr Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 26 Sep 2005 [Updated: 08 Sep 2025]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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