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 * ==Welcome to the Year 10: Australia in the Vietnam War Era Wiki.==

**Group Research Task:**
You have been assigned into one of five groups. Each group will be exploring one aspect of life for returned Vietnam Veterans and their families. This task is designed to help you to develop an understanding of **What life was like for Vietnam Veterans and their families after the war.** You will need to consider the following as you formulate a response to research question.

Listed below are the questions for each group. Each group member is to answer one question and groups are expected to collaborate to construct a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation for the class. The PowerPoint presentation must include the following:
 * Your Task:**
 * A large colourful title
 * The slides that include each question and answers
 * Relevant pictures that depict help contextualise the issue.


 * Important:** Please upload your presentation to the 'Project' section of the Wiki and attach a 200 word summary that **evaluates** how your topic **impacted the lives of the Vietnam Veterans and their families.**


 * Part A:** Click the link below and watch the video and lyrics for the song 'I was only 19', and make a list of all the experiences of Vietnam Veterans mentioned in the clip. Share them with your group, and together create a wordle listing the key terms concepts associated with the Vietnam Veteran's experiences during/after the war.
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 * Part B:** In your research groups use the links below as the starting point for your investigation into your assigned research topic.

1. Outline the inital goverment and RSL response to the Vietnam Veterans? 2. What role did the RSL play in supporting the Vietnam Veterans play in supporting them upon their return? 3. How did the attitude of the RSL and Government impact the lives of Vietnam Veterans after their return? 4. What was the significance of the 1987 Welcome home parade in changing political and social attitudes to the Vietnam War? 5. How did the actions of the RSL and government effect the Vietnam Veterans (watch the Vietnam Veteran Video) 1. What was Agent Orange and how was it used in the Vietnam War? 2.Why was agent Orange used in the Vietnam War? 3.Outline the side effects experienced by soldiers as a result of exposure to Agent Orange? 4.What was the significance of the Royal Commision's inquirry into the side effects of Agent Orange? 5. How did Agent Orange impact the quality of life of soliders after the war? [|Agent Orange: ABC Report] [|Vietnam Veterans: Agent Orange] [|ABC Interview President Vietnam Veterans Association: Agent] Orange
 * Group One: RSL's and Government Commemoration**
 * [|Vietnam Veteran discussing the impact of RSL attitudes]
 * **[|Vietnam Veterans: the Aftermath]**
 * **[|Video Welcome Home Parade 1987]**
 * Group Two: Agent Orange**

//I’ve got rashes under the arms, groin. I get headaches all the time. They get bad. Flashes of// //temper. It’s like a boiler without a pressure-release valve. It builds up and builds up until it// //explodes. . . I explode. I can’t mix with people. I’ve got no sex drive. . . I was married twice.// //My first wife had quite a few miscarriages. . . I used to pick on the kids, isolate myself from// //their lives, behave irrationally until it got to a stage where they just couldn’t take anymore.// //Unfortunately I realised the problem just a little too late.// //Ron Witty, quoted in S. Rintoul,//

// Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1987, p. 208. //

1. What is the Vietnam Veteran's Association and when was it formed? 2.Briefly outline the history of the Vietnam Veteran's Association? 3. Why was the Vietnam Veterans Association formed? 4.What support did the Vietnam Veteran's Association offer Vietnam Veterans? 5. How significant was the Vietnam Veteran's Association to the lives of the Vietnam Veterans and their families? [|Vietnam Veterans Association Short History] 1. What where the experiences of of Vietnam soldiers during the war? 2. How did these experiences effect the Vietnam Veterans and their families when they returned to Australia? 3. What support was offered to Vietnam Veterans mental health on their return? 4. How did the support offered to Vietnam Veterans change over time and why? 5. How significant was the impact of the Vietnam War on the psyche of the Vietnam Veterans?
 * Group Three: Vietnam Veterans Association**
 * [|Vietnam Veterans Association: History]**
 * Group Four: Psychological Effect**
 * **[|Vietnam Veteran Interview: Effects of the war]**
 * 7.30 pm report: PSTD Vietnam Veterans []
 * [|Vietnam Veterans Age article]
 * [|Vietnam Veteran's]

1.What was the inital public response to the return of the Vietnam Veterans? 2. Why do you think the public responded this way? 3. How did the media portay the Vietnam Veterans?Justify whether you think this depiction is appropriate? 4.What was the significance of the 1987 Welcome Home Parade? 5.What impact did the public and media response have on the daily lives of the Vietnam Veterans and their families?
 * Group Five: Public and Media Response**
 * [|Vietnam Veteran: Public Response to Vietnam Veterans]
 * [|Public Response Vietnam Veterans]
 * Vietnam Veterans Association: Veteran's reception