The Viet Cong

Introduction

The Viet Cong was composed of Vietnamese guerrilla units along with army units who fought for North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong fought against South Vietnam who were assisted by the United States. Many recruits were young, teenage boys motivated by idealism or the pressure to join.

Our goal is to assist the audience in learning more about who the Viet Cong were and what their role was in the Vietnam War ranging from 1955 through 1975.

Task

                                                                              

The Viet Cong dug tens of thousands of secret, underground tunnels in order to combat their ememy forces. Viet Cong soldiers used these underground routes to house troops, transport communications and supplies, lay booby traps and mount surprise attacks, after which they could disappear underground to safety.

You will be researching the Viet Cong and learning about their tactics, weapons used, uniforms, and how they managed to defeat many forces. Using the links provided, complete the activities on the next page.

Process

Your first assignment is to complete the interactive quiz below. You can obtain the information needed to answer the questions by using the links below this paragraph. When finished, check your answers to see how much you have learned about the Viet Cong. After clicking on the link leading to the quiz, chose student login. Enter your name and the passcode is Vietcong098. Have fun! 

Here is the link to the Webquest: 

https://testmoz.com/470260#student

Links to help you with the webquest:

http://www.5rar.asn.au/weapons/boobytraps.htm

http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/guerrilla/index.html

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive

Your second task is to complete a "Viet Cong Trap" matching assignment. The column on the left gives the type of trap and the column on the right gives a simple description of the trap. Using the link below to help you, match the traps with their correct description. Please record your answers on a separate sheet. 

Here is the link where you will be able to find the answers for the second task. http://www.5rar.asn.au/weapons/boobytraps.htm

1.) Door Trap                                     A. Consists of a rectangular frame work with overlapping barbs emplaced in a pit. 

2.) Tiger Trap                                    B. Used with a pit and consists of a treadle board, one end of which is spiked. 

3.) Side Closing Panji Trap                 C. When the wire is tripped, the trap swings down impaling the victim.

4.) Side Closing Trap                         D. Constructed of a length of bamboo fastened to a board.

5.) Venus Fly Trap                             E. Consists of a weighted, spike-studded board. 

6.) Arrow Trap                                  F.  Consists of two wooden slats, each studded with spikes, sliding along a pair of guide  rods, and controlled by heavy    iiiwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrubber bands.

7.) Panji Trap     wwwwwwwwww  G. may consist of a spiked concrete ball, drum, box or log suspended in a tree on the end of a rope, or cable

8.) Spike Board                                 H. The most basic trap. Very cheap to make and very common. 

9.) Mace Trap.               I. Long nails or lengths of thin steel rods, hammered flat at the ends, filed into a barbed shape, then hammered through blocks of wood.

Evaluation

RUBRIC                  

 

 

Exceptional

All Points Earned     

Admirable            

-3 Points

Developing            

-6 Points

Needs Improvement

-10 points

Use of Internet

(Links Provided)

Successfully uses 

suggested Internet

links to find infor-

mation and 

navagates within

these sites easily

without assistance.

Usually able to use

suggested Internet 

links to find infor-

mation and 

navigates within 

these sites easily

without assistance.

Occasionally able to

use suggested Inter-

net links to find infor-

mation and navigates

within these sites 

easily without assist-

ance.

Needs assistance or 

supervision to use 

suggested Internet

links and/or to nav-

igate within these sites.

Web Quests Tasks

Tasks Completed

All areas of the proj-

ect were addressed

and handled with a 

high degree of soph-

istication.  Project is

interesting and com-

pleted.

The project is only

partially completed.

The project sub-

mitted demonstrates

a great deal of 

thought.  (Between

75% and 100% com-

plete)

The project is only 

partially completed.

The project submitted

demonstrates a moder-

ate level of thought.

(Between 50% and 75%

complete)

The project is incomplete,

and/or it is apparent that

little effort went into the 

development of the project,

and/or project is less than 

50% complete.

Power Point/

Publisher Project-

Attractiveness

Makes excellent use of

font, color, graphics,

effects, etc. to enhance

the presentation.

Makes good use of

font, color, graphics,

effects, etc. to enhance

the presentation.

Makes use of font,

color, graphics, effects,

etc. but occasionally

these detract from the

presentation content.

Use of font, color, graphics,

effects, etc. but these often

distract from the present-

ation content.

 

 

Time Use

 

Classroom time was 

used to work on the

project.  Conversations

were not disruptive and

focused on the work.

Classroom time was 

used to work on the

project the majority of

the time.  Conversations

were not disruptive and

focused on the work.

Classroom time was 

used to work on the pro-

ject the majority of the, 

time but conversations

were disruptive or did 

not focus on the work.

The student did not use 

classroom time to work on

the project the majority of

time and/or was highly

disruptive.

Grammar, Format,

and Spelling

The final body of work

was free of grammar, 

spelling, and 

formatting errors.

The final body of work

had 1-2 errors related

to grammar, spelling, 

and formatting errors.

The final body of work 

had 3-5 grammar, 

spelling, and formatting 

errors.

The final body of work had

major grammar, spelling, 

and formatting errors.
Conclusion

Congratulations! You have completed the Viet Cong webquest. Hopefully, by completing our webquest, you had fun learning more about the Viet Cong and their place in the war.

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