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**Your research is to gather source material and EXPLORE how the following factors SHAPED Vietnamese IDENTITY :**

 * (Basically you are looking at how the past history of Vietnam has shaped the present)**

**INVASION:**

 * Read how a young Vietnamese boy coped with the invasion**

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 * Watch how a young girl tries to escape a napalm attack:**

**COLONISATION:**
**What was the impact of coloni** **sation of the Vietnamese people and how did it change** **them?**

**OCCUPATION:**

 * Read how one author wanted to forget about the occupation**

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 * Watch how many Vietnamese tried to escape on boats as refugees**


 * What was the impact of the war on the Vietnamese people and how did it shape their identity?**

**INDEPENDENCE:**

 * Read the words of Ho Chi Minh's speech as he declares independence for his people.**

**DEVELOPMENT:**

 * How Vietnamese life today has been shaped by their past history**


 * This article will give you some very good background reading on Vietnamese cultural identity and its change**

**WAR:**

 * Read about the impact of the war on the Vietnamese people here**


 * Look at the impact a single photo can have on the world and its people**


 * Look at the front page of the newspaper in 1969 and the My Lai massacre**