Your Strongest VoiceYour Strongest VoiceAmid the Crowd

"Charlie Boy“

Listen to the song and read the lyrics.

What is the tone of the song? What evidence supports your answer? How do you think the singer feels about war?

Find your name with your group.Find your name with your group.

Take out your journal.Turn in any forms you have.SPEAK UP when you are talking in your

groups today!

Hair as PROTESTHair as PROTEST

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EditorialEditorial

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LettersLetters

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Mini Skirt Protest- Mini Skirt Protest- 1960s1960s

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Play as ProtestPlay as Protest

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Defiance as ProtestDefiance as Protest

“Alright then, I’ll“Alright then, I’ll go to go to hell.” hell.” – Huckleberry – Huckleberry FinnFinn

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Vietnam War Vietnam War ProtestProtest

Washington, DCWashington, DC19681968

Small Group RulesSmall Group Rules

Everyone must participateThis assignment is to be completed

TOGETHER as a group, but each member must record answers.

Roles◦ Readers- take turns reading the explanation of

the political cartoon◦ Speakers- share group response with the class◦ Time Keeper- keeps up with time remaining

Text ConnectionsText Connections

How do these texts connect across time through the similarities of theme?

Huckleberry FinnThe CrucibleThe Things They Carried

"In this country, there were just too many lights "In this country, there were just too many lights at the end of too many tunnels, and too many at the end of too many tunnels, and too many

predictions of victory." predictions of victory." Herb BlockHerb Block

"You read books, eh?"

April 24, 1949

““You read books, eh?”You read books, eh?”

During the postwar anti-communist campaign hundreds of elementary and high school teachers were investigated and lost their jobs, sometimes as a result of being named by proliferating "anti-subversive" groups and individuals. Some individuals compiled and circulated their own blacklists, which were accepted by frightened employers and casting directors who feared being blacklisted themselves if they sought facts and fair play. The motives of some self-serving or vindictive accusers were summed up by Herb Block in a phrase: "If you can't crush the commies, you can nail a neighbor."

“We Now Have New and Important Evidence”

August 11, 1954

““We Now Have New and Important We Now Have New and Important Evidence”Evidence”

“Senator Joseph McCarthy's continued string of reckless charges of communism in government created such a sensation that the Senate appointed a special committee under Millard E. Tydings to investigate his "evidence." McCarthy managed to turn the hearings into a circus, each new charge obscuring the fact that earlier accusations weren't

backed up. Despite a final report by the committee discrediting McCarthy's tactics and evidence, he emerged with more general

support than ever. And "anti-subversive" hearings by other committees of Congress, particularly the Senate Internal Security

Committee headed by Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nevada), continued treating rumors and unsupported charges as "evidence."’

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“I Have Here in My Hand”

August 11, 1954

““I Have Here in My Hand" I Have Here in My Hand" ‘“In 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy went too far when

he took on the United States Army, accusing it of promoting communists. The Senate held special hearings, known as the Army-McCarthy hearings, which were among the first to be televised nationally. In the course of testimony McCarthy submitted evidence that was identified as fraudulent. As both public and politicians watched the bullying antics of the Senator, they became increasingly disenchanted. Before the year was out McCarthy, whose charges had first hit the headlines in February 1950, was censured by his colleagues for "conduct unbecoming a senator."’

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"Our position hasn't changed at

all" June 17, 1965

After the State Department announced the possibility of a direct American combat role in Vietnam, the White House

issued "clarifications," insisting that there had been no change in policy. On June 16, 1965, the Defense

Department announced that 21,000 additional soldiers including 8,000 combat troops would go to Vietnam,

bringing the total U.S. presence to more than 70,000 men. President Lyndon Johnson continued to obscure the extent

of American involvement, contributing to a widespread perception of political untrustworthiness. The Gulf of

Tonkin Resolution, based on a never-verified report of an attempted attack on an American ship, passed the Senate with only two dissenting votes, and gave Johnson all the

authority he felt he needed to proceed with the escalation.

““Our position hasn’t changed at all.”Our position hasn’t changed at all.”

“The other ascent into the

unknown” June 10, 1965

During the presidential campaign of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson suggested that Republican candidate Barry

Goldwater could not to be trusted to keep the U.S. out of war. But not long after his election, Johnson increased American involvement in the Vietnam war and moved

ultimately to take over the war itself. In the same week that NASA sent the Gemini 4 space capsule into orbit, setting new records for a two-man flight, the State Department

announced that Johnson had authorized a potential role for direct American military involvement in Vietnam if requested

by the South Vietnamese authorities. Herb Block was prescient in his view that this constituted a major step in the

involvement of U.S. forces in Indochina.

““The other ascent into the unknown.”The other ascent into the unknown.”

“Now, as I was saying four years

ago–” August 9, 1972.

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““Now, as I was saying four years ago-”Now, as I was saying four years ago-”

In his 1968 bid for the presidency, Richard Nixon announced to the war-weary country that he had a secret plan to end the Vietnam War. When he ran for re-election four years later, American troops were still fighting in Indochina, with casualties continuing to climb.

BibliographyBibliography

All political cartoons and text explanations found on :

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JOURNAL

Herb Block, Arthur Miller and Tim O’Brien are just a few who have chosen to stand up against the injustices of their time by using their gifts; Block was a cartoonist, Miller, a playwright, and O’Brien, an author. What injustice would you choose to speak out against if given the chance? What skill would you employ to make sure your voice was heard?

Food for thoughtFood for thought

Is The Things They Carried just another form of protest on a war that has already happened?

Identify a specific part of The Things They Carried that seems especially persuasive.

How might O’Brien hope his novel impacts the future of war?

Analyze “Charlie Boy” lyrics.