Sample lesson plan from Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation
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Medal of Honor Overcoming Obstacles Lesson C4 Lesson Time: 45 minutes Suggested Application: History, Language Arts, Vietnam War Suggested Level: Middle/High School Objectives Students will: demonstrate their knowledge of events that occurred during the 1960s, specifically through a soldier’s life during the Vietnam War. make personal connections to the recipient. Medal of Honor Focus: Clarence Sasser, Private First Class, U.S. Army, Headquarters Co. 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division / Vietnam War Introductory Activity: Teacher will write the following on the board: “Describe a time in your life when you overcame a difficult circumstance and how you did so.” Students will write five to seven lines to answer the question. Students will share their response with a partner and then discuss their responses as a class. Whole Group Activity: The teacher will give students the "Double Entry Journal template." The template has pre-selected quotations from Clarence Sasser about his experience. The teacher will ask students to write down their connections and wonderings about Clarence Sasser’s vignette. Small Group/Individual Activity: At the conclusion of the vignette, the teacher will pair students to share their double entry journal responses and lead a discussion about what stands out for them about Clarence Sasser’s story and how he overcame this difficult time. Concluding Activity: Students will complete a 3-2-1 reflection, describing three things that stood out, two questions they have, and one connection or application they made to own their life. Assessment: Student discussion, double entry journal, reflection Resources: Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. NY: Artisan, 2006. Extended activity: Students will view items in a box with artifacts from the 1960s and make inferences on their purpose and use. Discussion on how the Vietnam War differed from other wars.
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Medal of HonorOvercoming Obstacles
Lesson C4
Lesson Time: 45 minutes Suggested Application: History, Language Arts, Vietnam War Suggested Level: Middle/High School
ObjectivesStudents will: d emonstrate their knowledge of events that occurred during the 1960s, specifically
through a soldier’s life during the Vietnam War.
make personal connections to the recipient.
Medal of Honor focus: Clarence Sasser, Private first Class, u.S. army, Headquarters Co. 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry division / vietnam War
Introductory Activity: Teacher will write the following on the board: “Describe a time in your life when you overcame a difficult circumstance and how you did so.” Students will write five to seven lines to answer the question. Students will share their response with a partner and then discuss their responses as a class.
Whole Group Activity: The teacher will give students the "Double Entry Journal template." The template has pre-selected quotations from Clarence Sasser about his experience. The teacher will ask students to write down their connections and wonderings about Clarence Sasser’s vignette.
Small Group/Individual Activity: At the conclusion of the vignette, the teacher will pair students to share their double entry journal responses and lead a discussion about what stands out for them about Clarence Sasser’s story and how he overcame this difficult time.
Concluding Activity: Students will complete a 3-2-1 reflection, describing three things that stood out, two questions they have, and one connection or application they made to own their life.
Assessment: Student discussion, double entry journal, reflection
Resources: Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty. NY: Artisan, 2006.
Extended activity: Students will view items in a box with artifacts from the 1960s and make inferences on their purpose and use.
Discussion on how the Vietnam War differed from other wars.
Name of Video: Medal of Honor Focus: Clarence Sasser
Quotations from Vignette Connections, Meanings, Wonderings
“Although a lot of medics weren’t sent into combat, I always knew I would. It’s one of those things you just know.”
“I was almost hit with a mortar round, I was just totally sprayed in my back. Shell fragments are something, I just will never forget how they feel.”
“If you stood up you were dead. Especially if they see your bag, they know you’re a medic, you know if you kill a medic a lot of people probably would die. It was the rationale.”
“My job was to care for the guys to get them to carry on.”
“We laid there that night. All you could hear was guys moaning, calling for their momma…'help me'…there’s nothing I could do”
“It's confirmation to me that I did my job. That’s how I had to deal with it because it was my job. I don’t think what I did was above and beyond. I never have.”
“And I don’t make a point of it, but being one of the only two black guys alive now…I think it means a lot to the country that I am who I am.”
"The most important possession you have is your name – never dishonor it." ~David H. McNerney, Army-Vietnam War
DOUBLE ENTRY JOURNAL TEMPLATE
Medal of HonorOvercoming Obstacles (continued)
Lesson C4 (continued)
SAMPLE WORKSHEET / 3-2-1
Reflect on the Medal of Honor recipient you learned about today. Please answer the following questions:
Name 3 things that stood out for you.
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List 2 questions you have.
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Name 1 connection or application to your own life.
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