Forum: The 50th Anniversary of the TET Offensive

THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF

THE TET OFFENSIVE

A Clash of Tradition and Tactics

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FORUM ON

THE VIETNAM ERA

Friday, March 23, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Attending Teachers will receive 7.5 hours of

Professional Development Credits.

Hosted by the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation and the New Jersey Council for Social Studies

Questions? Contact

Keri A. Giannotti, Museum Educator,

at: kgiannotti@njvvmf.org.

Description

Date: Friday, March 23rd 2018

Time: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (registration starts at 8:30 am)

Cost: $75 (NJCSS Members $65)

If you are submitting a Purchase Order or Check from your school, please register as "Deferred" payment and send PO/Check payable to:

NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation (or NJVVMF)
ATTN: 2018 Forum
PO Box 648
Holmdel, NJ 07733

or email PO to: gappel@njvvmf.org

Agenda:

Morning Sessions: First Person Experiences on the Tet Offensive in Country and at Home. Two panels of our Vietnam Veterans Volunteers and Friends of the NJVVMF sharing.

Afternoons Sessions: Choice of Classroom Connections Sessions:

A separate email to make selections will be sent to registrants

• Using Film to the Teach the Vietnam Era (Staff and Volunteers)
• Best Practices on Teaching the Vietnam War (Robert Gangi- East Brunswick High School)
• Civil Rights in 1968 (Rebecca DiBrenza, Scotch Plains Fanwood High School)
• History and STEM: The Space Race (Keri A. Giannotti Bloomfield High School/Museum Educator and Matt Swajkowski Retired Chemistry Teacher and NJVVMF Volunteer)
• Constitutional Issues During the Vietnam War
• Teaching Vietnam Through Texts (Callie Wright, The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation "The Wall")

Originally there was a second day scheduled for Tet from the Vietnamese Perspective. Due to a scheduling conflict that has been postponed.