http://historyexplorer.si.edu/rss?key=resourcesSmithsonian's History Explorer Resources Related To "Hanoi Hilton Pajamas"http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3639http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=3639<p>In this lesson plan, students analyze news sources from the Vietnam War era to describe how POWs and their families were represented in the media, then write letters from the perspective of the relative of a POW that describes the concerns of POW families. This resource was produced to accompany the exhibition <i>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</i>, by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.</p>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:58:46 GMThttp://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1029http://historyexplorer.si.edu/resource/?key=1029<p>From 1956-1975, Americans fought a protracted and divisive war against Communist expansion in Southeast Asia.&nbsp;Students will&nbsp;focus on the war in Vietnam and its effects on public opinion back home, look&nbsp;an in-depth at the realities faced by American prisoners of war, and the legacies of the war, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in this&nbsp;section of <em>The Price of Freedom: Americans at War</em>, an online exhibition. A non-flash version of this site is available: <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=12">The Vietnam War</a>.</p>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:12:24 GMT