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What was the promise of the August Revolution?

Inquiry Question:

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Standards & Framework

10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.

10.2.2. List the principles of the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789), and the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791).

10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II world.

10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.

10.10.1 1. Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved.

Framework

  • How did ideas associated with the Enlightenment, the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Reason, and a variety of democratic revolutions develop and impact civil society?
  • Why did imperial powers seek to expand their empires? How did colonies respond?
  • What were the legacies of these conquests?

Common Core

RH9/10.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.

SL9/10.1 Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and

teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and

expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

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GENERAL OUTLINE Dr Alex-Thai D. Vo

  • 1802-1945: Nguyễn Dynasty (French Protectorate for much of their rule)
  • 1859-1945: French Colonialism (Tonkin, Annam, Cochin-China)
  • 1859-1899: Vietnamese Uprisings and Movements
    • Trương Định Uprising (1859-1864); Nguyễn Trung Trực Uprising (1861-1868); Ba Đình Uprising (1886-1887); Bãi Sậy Uprising (1885-1889); Hùng Lĩnh Uprising (1886-1892); Cần Vương Movement (1885-1889); Hương Khê Uprising (1885-1896); Yên Thế (1887-1913)
  • 1900-1945: Vietnamese Activism and Revolutionary Movements
    • 1904: Đông Du Movement
    • 1904-1912: Duy Tân Movement
    • 1907: Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục Movement
    • 1912: Restoration League of Vietnam/Restoration Society of Vietnam (Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội)
    • 1917: Thái Nguyên Uprising
    • 1921: Lạng Sơn Revolt
    • 1925: Phan Chu Trinh dies; Phan Bội Chau on trial; Student activism begins
      • Vietnamese Revolutionary Youth League (Việt Nam Thanh Niên Cách Mệnh Đồng Chí Hội); New Vietnam Revolutionary Party (Tân Việt Kách Mệnh Đảng)
    • 1927: establishment of the Vietnamese Nationalist Party (Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng)
    • 1929: Yên Bái Mutiny led by Nguyễn Thái Học’s Vietnamese Nationalist Party
    • 1930: Nghệ Tĩnh Revolt
    • 1930: Indochinese Communist Party formed by Hồ Chí Minh
    • 1936-1939: Indochina Democratic Movement (Phong Trào Dân Chủ ở Đông Dương)
    • 1939: Great Viet Nationalist Party (Đại Việt Quốc Đân Đảng)

  • 1940-1945: World War II and Japanese Invasion and Domination of Vietnam
  • 1941: League for the Independence of Vietnam (Việt Minh) formed
  • 1945:
    • 11 March: Bảo Đại announced Vietnamese independence and the establishment of the Empire of Vietnam and the Trần Trọng Kim Government
    • Japanese Defeated
    • Emperor Bảo Đại Ended his rule of Vietnam (1925-1945)
    • 16 August-2 September: August Revolution and Hồ Chí Minh dealivers Vietnam independent and forms government
    • French returns after Japanese defeat (with support from the US and Great Britain)
  • 1946: Constitution
  • 1946-1954: First Indochina War
    • 1954: Điện Biên Phủ and Geneva Accords
      • Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam
      • Republic of (South) Vietnam
      • 1954-1955: Mass Exodus (Di Cư 1954)
  • 1953-1957: Land reform and “correction of errors”
  • 1956-1960: Suppression of Nhân Văn Giai Phẩm Intellectual Movement
  • 1959: Constitution
  • 1955-1975: Vietnam War between North and South Vietnam
  • 1975: April 30th and the Reunification of Vietnam
  • 1975-present: “Unified” Vietnam
    • Economic developments
    • Reeducation camp
    • Suppression of freedom: press, religions, etc…
    • Suppression of human rights

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September 2, 1945 Declaration of Independence

“I can say that the most moving moment was when President Ho Chi Minh climbed the steps, and the national anthem was sung. It was the first time that the national anthem of Vietnam was sung in an official ceremony. Uncle Ho then read the Declaration of Independence, which was a short document. As he was reading, Uncle Ho stopped and asked, ‘Compatriots, can you hear me?’ This simple question went into the hearts of everyone there. After a moment of silence, they all shouted, ‘Yes, we hear you.’ And I can say that we did not just shout with our mouths, but with all our hearts. The hearts of over 400,000 people standing in the square then. -Dr Tran Duy Hung in Vietnam: A Television History

Zinn Project: Rethinking Teaching the Vietnam War

Vietnam - A Television History min 41:55-44:20

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September 2, 1945 Ho Chi Minh Declared Independence from French

Recording of 1945 Proclamation in Vietnamese with English Subtitles

1976 Album with Proclamation in English

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Use 7C’s Graphic Organizer to Answer the Inquiry Question

What was the promise of the August Revolution?

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Conclusions

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Creating a Thesis Statement - Chicken Foot Thesis