The+Things+They+Carried

**The Things They Carried** //By Tim O 'Brien// Page designed by Schuyler Kasee

The Wick Poetry Center, Kent State University's outreach center for poetry, has collected over sixty paintings painted by Vietnamese children. This artwork has been on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. I have collected some of my favorite pieces to share. Click on any painting to go to the link where you can see both paintings on war and peace.
 * // Lessons //**

[|Click] [|here] for a unit designed for use in the high school language arts classroom provided from the Wick Poetry Center.

Worth Its Weight: [|Letter Writing with "The Things They Carried"]

From "The Big Read" [|This] is a suggested teaching schedule for a 10 day class study of Tim O' Brien's // The Things They Carried //.

[|Lesson Plans] for any kind of Vietnam War review

Memories of War [|Lesson Plan]

Figurative Language [|Lesson Plans]

Vietnam War [|Lesson Plans]

Music as a nonviolent protest [|Lesson Plan].

Tensions and Controversies [|Lesson]

[|Lesson] on what soldiers today in Iraq are 'carrying' via Time Magazine [|Multi-Modal Lesson Plan!] Here is a lesson plan for eighth grade students designed to independently gain an understanding and formulate opinions on topics such as: bravery, truth, effects of war, and symbolism. This lesson includes reading, writing, listening, and media literacy standards.
 * // Prereading Activities //**[|The Things they Carried and The Vietnam War]

[|Poetic Context]

[|Discussion Questions and Plans for The Things they Carried] from California State University

[|Prereading activities]

[|Readings for in class assignments during reading of The Things they Carried]

[|In-depth analysis]


 * // Info on Tim O'Brien for prereading exercises //**

[|Background of Tim O'Brien]

[|Tim O 'Brien and The Things They Carried]

[|Tim O 'Brien speaking about writing for the Vietnam War]