The Vietnam War
- PBS - The American Experience - Vietnam
- PBS - Battlefield Vietnam
- Video (30:13) - Conflict in Indochina (Learn 360)
About the Book
- "Tim O'Brien as the new Classics Author"
- Critical analysis of "the things they carried"
- NPR - "The Things they Carried, Twenty Year On"
- Video (7:37) - PBS Interview with Tim O'Brien (From Discovery Education)
Thirty-five years after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, Tim O'Brien's collection of stories about an American platoon, The Things They Carried, is being reissued as it celebrates its own twentieth anniversary. Jeffrey Brown talks to the author about the experiences that led him to write the book. - Index to the book
- Interview with the Author, Tim O'Brien (NY Times)
- Audio Interview (14:18) of Tim O'Brien by Terry Gross
- An Audio Reading (9:37) of the first short story (via Youtube)
Vocabulary Instruction
Vocab List 1 - The Things they Carried, Love, Spin, On the Rainy River
Vocab List 2 - Enemies, Friends, How to Tell a True War Story, The Dentist, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, Stockings, Church
Vocab List 3 - The Man I Killed, Ambush, Style, Speaking of Courage, Notes, In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip
Vocab List 4 - The Ghost Soldiers, Night Life, The Lives of the Dead
Vocab List 1 - The Things they Carried, Love, Spin, On the Rainy River
Vocab List 2 - Enemies, Friends, How to Tell a True War Story, The Dentist, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong, Stockings, Church
Vocab List 3 - The Man I Killed, Ambush, Style, Speaking of Courage, Notes, In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip
Vocab List 4 - The Ghost Soldiers, Night Life, The Lives of the Dead