hist.g8.s.ex_28
Essay
MG-7
Diagram
MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contextualization); Q3 What purpose? (sourcing); Q4 What evidence supports? (close reading); Q5 What other sources corroborate? (corroboration); Q6 What is omitted? (silences); Q7 Audience? (rhetorical context); Q8 What other voices must we seek? (G7 extension); Q9 Is this Lost Cause framing? (G8-Fall extension); Q10 Is the SURVIVOR own-voice centered or marginalized? (NEW); Q11 Have we checked MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES across nationality / class / race / gender / sexuality / ability / age? (NEW); Q12 What is the PRESENT-DAY connection — what does this source mean for our civic action now? (NEW). Sentence frames + bilingual transliteration in 8 languages.
In 4-5 paragraphs write a 3-VOICE essay on Vietnam War centering: (1) NVA perspective via Bao Ninh The Sorrow of War 1990; (2) Vietnamese-American refugee perspective via Thi Bui The Best We Could Do 2017 OR Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer 2015; (3) US-soldier perspective via Tim O'Brien The Things They Carried 1990. Apply MG-7 Q10 + Q11 + Q12. Cite Viet Thanh Nguyen Nothing Ever Dies 2016 'All wars are fought twice'. Name 3M+ Vietnamese dead per Vietnamese government 1995 + 58,220 US dead + Agent Orange ongoing.
- 3 distinct voices centered (NVA + refugee + US-soldier)
- Vietnamese own-voice FIRST per MG-14e
- Cites Bao Ninh + Thi Bui/Nguyen + O'Brien
- Names 3M+ Vietnamese + 58,220 US dead
- Names Agent Orange ongoing intergenerational
- Applies Q10 + Q11 + Q12
- Cites Nguyen 2016
- ≥5 sources
- Nguyen 2016: 'All wars are fought twice — first on the battlefield, second in memory.'
- Phan Thi Kim Phuc 1996 forgiveness speech at Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- US-only framing
- Forgetting Agent Orange ongoing