Question 4

Mr H · Question 4

4. Study Sources E, F, G and H. Use the evidence of these sources, and your own knowledge, to explain why public opinion about the war in the USA changed between 1967 and 1970 (12)

Target: Analysis of sources/recall of knowledge/causation

Level 1: Simple statements using the sources as information OR some knowledge, e.g. the violence, young people being killed, the futility etc (1-3)

Level 2: Developed statements making inferences from the sources supported by relevant own knowledge, e.g. by 1970 the true impact and nature of the war was becoming known, as Sources F and G show, the numbers of casualties were rising as the cost of the war etc. (4-6)

Level 3: Developed explanation using the sources as evidence supported by selected knowledge, e.g. the letter (Source F) shows that details of the war were reaching home, ideas about the war were reaching a wider and wider audience, the delay in publishing the details of My Lai shows that the authorities were concerned about the impact on public opinion etc. (7-10)

Level 4: Sustained argument using the sources as evidence supported by precisely selected knowledge and setting both in the wider context of the 1960s, e.g. showing understanding of the value of the range of evidence available, the significance of the Gallup Poll (E) and its relationship to the changes taking place in, and the nature of, US society in the late 1960s etc. (11-12)

Mr H

Video about My Lai massacre

Mr H

Interviews with Americans who took part in the massacre:

Parts 1 to 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VN7E_RDYiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRGTJMt5Zg0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2H8MUBnNEs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MwwFsV8wDg

The war crimes trial verdict in 1971:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OACmuyU-Pus