Compare the US Declaration of Indepence and the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Overview
Students will read and compare and contrast the US Declaration of Indepence and the Declaration of Indepence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Compare the US Declaration of Indepence and the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Read the US Declaration of Independence here: https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-american-revolution/declaration-of-independence-1776/
There are 3 distinct parts of the Declaration.
1. What is the purpose of the first 2 paragraphs?
Who is the intended audience?
What is the main idea?
2. Who is the “he” that is repeatedly referred to in the list of statements that follow?
What is the purpose of these statements?
3. What is the main idea of the last 3 paragraphs?
How would you characterize the last sentence? Paraphrase the last sentence into common language today.
Read the Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam here: https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/24-world-war-ii/declaration-of-independence-of-the-democratic-republic-of-vietnam-1945/
1. How does the structure mirror the structure of the US Declaration?
2. In the US Declaration, the document addressed an individual, referred to as “he”. In this document who are the grievances of the Vietnamese aimed at?
3. How are the last 3 paragraphs of this document similar to the end of the US Declaration?
4. How would you compare the tone of the 2 documents? What is similar? What is different?