Project Reflection
Along the journey of the “Truth of war” project our humanities class explored and examined documents from the Gulf of Tonkin incident, watched and discussed all of the Ken Burns documentaries, read “The things they carried” By veteran Tim O'Brien. We got in contact with local veterans of Durango and got to interview them. Throughout this project, we got to see every point of view, from the people at home to the Vietnamese perspective and the soldiers in the battlefield. Getting to know all the insides of this war had a really big impact because of how powerful and potent it was.
Our class exhibited our learning by creating a walk-through exhibition. We created a realistic Vietnam jungle with dense vegetation and trees, also using a sound machine and fog machine to give the realistic touch. We made Infographics stating all of the dangers of the jungle. The men were constantly in fear because of the traps that the Vietcong would make, so we made replicas for the show. Each room in this walk-through was different. As ours showed the soldier perspective, other rooms showed what is was like being back home during this time, when your 18-year-old son got drafted. There was also the Vietnamese point of view, showing how the Americans dropped 20 billion gallons of the toxic herbicide “agent orange” witch cause deformations in the children and destroyed over 4.3 Billion acres of Vietnam. This war was unlike any other because of all of the new technology such as helicopters and new weaponry such as napalm.
During this project I believe my overall work and skills have strengthened, I have reflected back onto my work, collaboration, time management, critical thinking and all other things necessary to contribute to my group. We worked well together with no conflict what so ever.
Our class exhibited our learning by creating a walk-through exhibition. We created a realistic Vietnam jungle with dense vegetation and trees, also using a sound machine and fog machine to give the realistic touch. We made Infographics stating all of the dangers of the jungle. The men were constantly in fear because of the traps that the Vietcong would make, so we made replicas for the show. Each room in this walk-through was different. As ours showed the soldier perspective, other rooms showed what is was like being back home during this time, when your 18-year-old son got drafted. There was also the Vietnamese point of view, showing how the Americans dropped 20 billion gallons of the toxic herbicide “agent orange” witch cause deformations in the children and destroyed over 4.3 Billion acres of Vietnam. This war was unlike any other because of all of the new technology such as helicopters and new weaponry such as napalm.
During this project I believe my overall work and skills have strengthened, I have reflected back onto my work, collaboration, time management, critical thinking and all other things necessary to contribute to my group. We worked well together with no conflict what so ever.