May 14 & 18, 2026
Agenda
1 - Starter #14:
2 - View the PowerPoint. You don’t have to take notes, but whatever notes you take can be used on your next starter quiz.
3 - Assignment: “Love” Quickwrite.
Part I: Watch the TedTalk by Lucy Hone. On the assignment, take notes on the three strategies she suggests for overcoming and managing grief.
Part II: Think about the experiences you’ve had in life. What are some of the ways you and the people around you have dealt with grief and tragedy? Have they been effective? Respond in 5-6 sentences.
4 - Read “Love” and “Spin” from The Things They Carried.
5 - Assignment: “Love” and “Spin” Group Assignment
Directions: Read the passage assigned. Share ONE copy of Google Doc with your group and assign each person a different question to answer. All questions must be answered, so some people may have to answer two questions or work together to answer two questions. After you have answered every question as a group, transfer the questions to a poster. Make sure that you are writing large enough on the poster for a person across the room to read what you have written.Be prepared to present your findings.
6 - Kerry vs. Geiger Congressional Testimony
The movement of American people against the US government’s actions in Vietnam forms one of the most complex and controversial elements of the war. There is room to raise many questions, but the following two documents focus on two essential ones: Was the Vietnam War an immoral war? Should the men who resisted or evaded the draft have been granted amnesty?
In April 1971 members of the Vietnam Veterans against the War (VVAW) descended on Washington and engaged in what they called Operation Dewey Canyon III, "a limited incursion into the country of Congress" (Dewey Canyon was the code name for an actual military operation in Laos in 1969 and 1971). On April 22 John Kerry, representing VVAW, made a statement before Congress regarding the war experiences of VVAW members.
One year later, Congress heard the arguments of John Geiger, the commander of the American Legion. Geiger’s views on both amnesty and the morality of the war were in stark contrast to those held by Kerry.
