Learning Communities Common Reading
"The Things They Carried"
by Tim O'Brien

Common Reading Documents

The documents below are available as a web page (html) or in Acrobat (pdf) format. Acrobat (pdf) format requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, or a compatible program. Web page (html) versions are recommended for on-screen viewing, Acrobat (pdf) versions are recommended for printing.

Read a biography of author Tim O'Brien. (html) (pdf)

See the discussion questions for "The Things They Carried." (html) (pdf)

View the timeline of major events in Vietnamese history. (html) (pdf)

Find out more about the Vietnam War. (html) (pdf)

Learning Communities "The Things They Carried" bookmark. (html) (pdf)

Web Resources for
"The Things They Carried"
and the Vietnam War

Vietnam Veterans of America Education Subcommittee
http://www.vva.org/committee/education/index.htm

Vietnam: Yesterday and Today
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/

Battlefield:Vietnam
http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/

Vietnam War: 25 Years After
http://www.cofc.edu/VietnamRetro/home.html

Vietnam War Health Issues of Veterans
http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/vietnam.asp

About The War
http://www.vva.org/about_the_war.htm

Tim O'Brien's Home Page, Novelist
http://www.illyria.com/tobhp.html

All about Women in Vietnam
http://www.illyria.com/vnwomen.html

The Vietnam War Internet Project
http://www.vwip.org/vwiphome.html

The History Place - Vietnam War
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index.html

Sixties Project Home Page
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/

Personal Legacy: The Healing of a Nation
http://photo2.si.edu/legacy/legacy.html

The American Experience/Vietnam/Introduction
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/intro.html

The American Experience/Vietnam/References/The Language of War
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/refer/language.html

MSN Learning & Research - Vietnam War
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761552642

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/

Larry Burrows: A LIFE Tribute
http://www.life.com/Life/burrows/burrows.html

Vietnam Embassy, Washington DC
http://www.vietnamembassy-usa.org/

"The Things They Carried" By Tim O'Brien
http://www.foshay.k12.ca.us/Curriculum/TechAcad/Projects/The%20Things%20They%20Carried/main.htm

ReadingGroupGuides.com, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
http://www.readinggroupguides.com/guides/things_they_carried.asp

RandomHouse.com, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0767902890&view=rg

P.O.V. - Soldados | PBS
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/soldados