Students can also look at how societal attitudes toward morality, the government and the military shifted during this time. War Prepare students to apply their knowledge about the Code of Military Conflict to the actual events surrounding the Vietnam War. List the differences in captivity that prisoners experienced in Laos, South Vietnam and North Vietnam. List ways the American Prisoners of War actively resisted their captors. List the things that the Vietnamese promised those prisoners who would cooperate with them.
Reflection Let the students express their initial reaction to the various stories they have heard.
Provide all students with the opportunity and time to express their feelings. Research Have students research the lives of former prisoners and how they have made their prison experiences a positive part of their lives. Additional Activities 1. If time permits, you may want to invite a former POW to come into your classroom before or after the program to put a human face on this part of our history. They may be able to give the students insight into why and how the human spirit can endure such deprivations.