Carving Joy, a short documentary, tells the story of Colorado artist Scott Harrison. As a 17-year-old, Scott didn’t want to be in the military, but he wanted to do right by the country he loved. Deployed to one of the most hostile military outposts in the country, Con Thien, “the Hill of Angels,” he drowns out the constant incoming attacks with a small music box and a vision of a spinning carousel in a mountain meadow. Returning home, Scott relies on his military training in how to escape and evade enemies to deal with his PTSD.  As a form of self-healing, he begins carving wooden animals for a junked carousel and brings his visions during the war to reality.

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Identify major world events that influenced Alabama since 1950, including the Korean Conflict, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, and the War on Terrorism.

SOC.4.15

Locating on a map or globe the divisions of Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and major battle sites

SOC.11.13.1

Describing the creation of North and South Vietnam

SOC.11.13.2

Describing strategies of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail

SOC.11.11.3

Define “cold war” and identify significant events of the Cold War, including: the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the arms race, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

SOC.5.14.5.19

Identify the basic origins of revolutionary movements in Asia in the 20th century (e.g., China and Vietnam); identify places where nations have sought to achieve independence from colonial powers.

SOC.5.16.5.88

Understand the role of various regions and/or nations during the Cold War, including: Western and Eastern Europe, South America, Korea, and Vietnam.

SOC.8.16.8.90

Identify significant historical events and individuals in Illinois history, including: Cahokia; environmental changes made by early settlers; French explorers (e.g., Jacques Marquette, Louis Joliet, and Robert Cavelier La Salle; the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and Louisiana Purchase of 1803; the Mormons; the Galena lead mines; labor strife in the late 1800s; the Pullman strike; the roaring 20s; the significance of “Rosie the Riveter” the great migration from the south in World War II; Marshall Field; Joseph McCormick; the Chicago Tribune and Thomas Dewey as winner; Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement in Illinois; the opening of the St. Lawrence seaway in 1959; protests against the Vietnam War; the significance of the 1973 Sears Tower (then the world's tallest); the growth of minority voter populations; Illinois and global economy.

SOC.8.16.8.100

Understand the origins and foreign policy of the Cold War (e.g., origins of Cold War and advent of nuclear politics including nuclear weapons and the arms race; elements of communist containment policy; the impact of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan in the post-World War II period; the expanding role and superpower status of the U.S. in world affairs after World War II; military conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East; evaluate Cold War foreign policy decisions, including the Berlin Blockade, the Bay of Pigs, and Cuban Missile Crisis; the development of alliances including NATO and SEATO; the concept of the Iron Curtain and the Domino Theory; how the policies of the Cold War changed over time).

SOC.11.14.11.30

Understand the significance of Nixon’s foreign policies with particular emphasis on the end of the Vietnam War and the establishment of relations with China.

SOC.11.14.11.34

Understand events in the development of the Cold War (e.g., causes of the Cold War with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile; uprisings in Poland [1952], Hungary [1968], and Czechoslovakia [1968]; the establishment of the Soviet bloc and Soviet control of Eastern Europe; the significance of Cold War events and conflicts, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the Berlin Wall, the Korean War, and Vietnam; the emergence of superpowers; the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO] and the Warsaw Pact; the threat of nuclear annihilation).

SOC.11.16.11.108

Identify revolutionary movements in Asia in the 20th century (e.g., characteristics of the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse Tung, his role in the Long March, and subsequent upheavals in China, including the Great Leap and the Cultural Revolution; the role of Ho Chi Minh in French Indochina and the Vietnam War).

SOC.11.16.11.112

Describe unintended social consequences of political events in United States history (e.g., Civil War/emancipation, National Defense Highway Act/decline of inner cities, Vietnam War/anti-government activity).

SOC.9-10.16.D.4b US

investigate regions of the Earth’s surface using information from print and non-print sources (e.g., books, films, periodicals, Internet, geographic tools, news media): interpret how places and regions serve as meaningful symbols for individuals and societies (e.g., Jerusalem, Vietnam Memorial, Ellis Island, the Appalachian region)

SOC.9-12.SS-H-G-S-2.a

research issues or interpret accounts of historical events in U.S. history using primary and secondary sources (e.g., biographies, films, periodicals, Internet resources, textbooks, artifacts): analyze economic growth in America after WWII (e.g., suburban growth), struggles for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties, and conflicts over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam)

SOC.9-12.SS-H-HP-S-3.f

Students will interpret how places and regions serve as meaningful symbols for individuals and societies (e.g., Jerusalem, Vietnam Memorial, Ellis Island, the Appalachian region).

SOC.9-12.SS-HS-4.2.1

Students will explain and give examples of how after WWII, America experienced economic growth (e.g., suburban growth), struggles for racial and gender equality (e.g., Civil Rights Movement), the extension of civil liberties (e.g., desegregation, Civil Rights Acts) and conflict over political issues (e.g., McCarthyism, U.S. involvement in Vietnam).

SOC.9-12.SS-HS-5.2.6

Political climate of the Cold War Surrogate superpower rivalries Case studies: (Egypt, Congo, Angola, Chile, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam, Guatemala)

SOC.9-12.7.A.5.h

SOC.9-12.7.E.4.a

SOC.9-12.7.III.A.2.d

Vietnam: sacrifice and turmoil The French-Indochinese War: early United States involvement; Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy policies (review how foreign policy is formulated)

SOC.9-12.7.IV.A.1

Vietnam: sacrifice and turmoil United States and the spread of communism; domino theory; credibility of other United States commitments

SOC.9-12.7.IV.A.2

Vietnam: sacrifice and turmoil Civil war in South Vietnam; concept of guerrilla warfare

SOC.9-12.7.IV.A.3

SOC.9-12.7.IV.A.4.a

SOC.9-12.7.IV.A.6.d

Withdrawal from Vietnam and Cambodia; peace talks and signing of Paris Peace Accords (Pentagon papers, New York Times v. United States, 1971)

SOC.9-12.7.V.A.2.a1

SOC.9-12.7.V.B.3.a

analyzing multiple perspectives on an historical or current controversial issue (e.g., immigration, environmental policy, escalation of the war in Vietnam, Brown v. Board of Education)

SOC.9-12.C&G 4 (9-12)-1.e

Students demonstrate an understanding of political systems and political processes by analyzing multiple perspectives on an historical or current controversial issue (e.g., immigration, environmental policy, escalation of the war in Vietnam, Brown v. Board of Education)

SOC.9-12.C&G 4 (9-12) -1.e

explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in foreign countries and their relationship to the Domino Theory, including the Vietnam War;

SOC.9-12.USH.8.D

analyze the major issues and events of the Vietnam War such as the Tet Offensive, the escalation of forces, Vietnamization, and the fall of Saigon; and

SOC.9-12.USH.8.E

describe the responses to the Vietnam War such as the draft, the 26th Amendment, the role of the media, the credibility gap, the silent majority, and the anti-war movement.

SOC.9-12.USH.8.F

SOC.9.1.8.D

analyze the major events of the Vietnam War, including the escalation of forces, the Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, and the fall of Saigon; and

SOC.9.1.8.E

describe the responses to the Vietnam War such as the draft, the 26th Amendment, the role of the media, the credibility gap, the silent majority, and the anti–war movement.

SOC.9.1.8.F

identify the following major events of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the arms race;