The War and The Wall Curriculum set is a free education initiative from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund that helps educators bring the Vietnam War into the classroom through engaging, inquiry鈥慴ased learning.
The program offers thoughtfully designed curriculum sets that explore the war鈥檚 causes, course and consequences while connecting history to broader themes such as civic engagement, media influence, cultural change and the human cost of conflict. Flexible and interdisciplinary, the resources support meaningful discussion and critical thinking across history, civics and humanities classrooms.
Through themes including society and culture, military service and veterans鈥� experiences, media and public perception and U.S. politics and policy, these sets encourage students to see the Vietnam War not as a single event, but as a formative chapter in American history with lasting relevance today.
Each curriculum set includes discussion guides and primary鈥憇ource鈥慴ased materials that are easy to implement, empowering educators to foster empathy, historical understanding and informed citizenship.
A limited number of group tours will be available, occurring on Thursday, October 29, Friday, October 30, and Saturday, October 31 in one-hour increments from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tour sizes are limited to 100 individuals. Certain timeslots on Thursday and Friday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., are reserved for school tours, students in grades 4 and up. When completing the SignUp Genius form, be sure the fields labeled 鈥淨uantity鈥� and 鈥淣umber of Students鈥� match and reflect the total number of individuals attending the tour during that timeslot.鈥�