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=We Remember Vietnam War     = ==Don't want to read the text below but have a story to tell about the time of Vietnam War? Click [|HERE] to tell us. Thank you!  ==


This is a project by a Year 10 class in Society & Environment course at **[|Belmont City College]** in Perth, Western Australia.

The interest for this project came from students following the **[|ANZAC Day]** assembly and introduction of Vietnam War as a topic of study in Term 2 this year. So far, we have done a preliminary research and brainstormed the possible ideas for the project. We wanted to create something:  There are many sources of information on Vietnam War available on the Internet. Our map will be unique because the reader/viewer will be able to virtually ‘go to places’ where the stories occurred, read them, listen to them and see the background.
 * unique, based on primary rather than mostly secondary sources of information
 * something that we and other people can easily add to and build on in the future, and
 * something useful that can be used by other schools, groups and individuals to explore the times, events and stories of the Vietnam War from a variety of historical perspectives.

All of this will be done on an adjustable, printable, sharable, dynamic online globe map using **[|Google Earth]** - world’s most popular mapping application.


 To help us get a broad yet very personal perspective on experiences of the war by people from a range of historical sources and really appreciate the complexity of the conflict and its continuing impact on the Australian society.

**<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">How will it work? **
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> We will collect data from two sources:

We will ask Australian veterans (regular and drafted), protesters, conscientious objectors, public figures, Vietnamese refugees, Vietnamese soldiers... **anyone** who remembers the period of Vietnam War about <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">**one positive** and **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">one negative ** experience related to the war. Simple!
 * Primary sources**

Publicly available information, images, video and audio clips, records.
 * Secondary sources**

We will insert information from these sources on a Google Earth map. The map will have different layers of interest for easier viewing. These will be easy to choose.<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> [] (if you wish you can insert this link on your webpage or pass it on in an email)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">by **talking** to our students directly
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">by completing a simple **online form** at

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; text-align: left;">//Tomaz Lasic, Belmont City College 106 Fisher Street Belmont WA 6104, Australia// <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> by sending an **email** to a dedicated email account weremember09@gmail.com (managed and accessible only by T. Lasic, teacher-in-charge) about **one positive and negative experience** (name, dates & places appreciated)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> by **posting** their story about **one positive and negative experience** (name, dates & places appreciated) to:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">by **calling** (08) 9479 2235 (Belmont City College – Humanities Learning Area) and leaving your contact details – we will call you back.

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**If you have a story about Vietnam War or know someone who would be able to share a piece of history with us we would be very grateful if you could pass this on, point them to this website, share the link to the [|online form], send us a letter, get them to give us a call or send us an email.**

More stories - better memory for our and future generations!

You can always contact Mr Lasic at **tomaz.lasic@det.wa.edu.au** or catch him on Twitter as **[|lasic]**.

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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Year 10_3 class & [|Mr Lasic]