{"id":3039,"date":"2014-05-28T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T19:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2014-04-21T22:03:53","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T19:03:53","slug":"the-vietnam-war-kennedys-own-words-on-the-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-vietnam-war-kennedys-own-words-on-the-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vietnam War &#8211; Kennedy&#8217;s own words on the subject"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jfk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3035\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jfk.jpg\" alt=\"jfk\" width=\"373\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jfk.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/jfk-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/2_VIETNAM\/1_Why_USA_involved-ENTRANCE-DONE\/3_EntrancePart3.docx\">JFK Speech writing Task Part [3]: Kennedy&#8217;s own words on the subject<\/a><\/strong><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this final part of the speechwriting exercise, students listen to a couple of speeches made by Kennedy on the subject of Vietnam, and then complete their press statements.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/dYYa7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video Clip 1<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #3b6cc3;\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/LpJNBS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video Clip 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JFK Speech writing Task Part [3]: Kennedy&#8217;s own words on the subjectIn this final part of the speechwriting exercise, students listen to a couple of speeches made by Kennedy on the subject of Vietnam, and then complete their press statements.Video Clip 1\u00a0|\u00a0Video Clip 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20th-century","category-ib-history","category-igcse-gcse-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3034,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-vietnam-war-why-was-the-usa-so-keen-to-prevent-communism-spreading\/","url_meta":{"origin":3039,"position":0},"title":"The Vietnam War &#8211; Why was the USA so keen to prevent communism spreading?","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"May 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"JFK Speech writing Task Part [1]: Why was the USA so keen to prevent communism spreading? \"Imagine you are a speechwriter for the President Kennedy of the United States. 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