John F. Kennedy
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Lesson Plans:
Birthplace
of John F. Kennedy - A lesson plan that uses primary sources to
explore the life and times of President Kennedy. Printable resources
are provided
Eleanor Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy - Using primary source documents/letters
between Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson Students will learn to read
and interpret primary documents critically. Students will learn about
the political styles and strengths of two of America's most important
leaders during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Views
of JFK / John F. Kennedy - Students will understand the following:
Print sources show that Americans had strong reactions to many events
involving John F. Kennedy as president. Personal interviews, conducted
now, with people who lived through Kennedy’s administration
can add insights into how Americans view JFK.
JFK:
the 1960 election and Foreign Policy - Students will understand
the following: Print sources show that Americans had strong reactions
to many events involving John F. Kennedy.
Primary Source Documents:
JFK
Assassination Records - Congress enacted the President John F.
Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992. The Act mandated
that all assassination-related material be housed in a single collection
in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The resulting
Collection consists of more than 5 million pages of assassination-related
records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artifacts
(approximately 2,000 cubic feet of records). Most of the records are
open for research.
Cuban
Missile Crisis: A political perspective - Press releases, selected
documents, photographs, audio clips and other material from the historic
conference in Havana.
Has previously secret documents.
Kennedy
Speech on the Cuban Missile Crisis - In the following speech,
President Kennedy announced to the American public the threat of Soviet
nuclear capability in Cuba. The proximity of these nuclear missiles
posed a threat to the East Coast of the United States. After this
speech, many Americans felt nuclear war was imminent as U.S. ships
confronted Soviet ships off the coast of Cuba.
Khrushchev
announces withdrawal of missiles -On October 28, Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev read the following message to U.S. President John
F. Kennedy on Radio Moscow. He responded to Kennedy's letter, sent
the day before, by stating that with America's promise not to invade
Cuba, the nuclear weapons installed there are no longer necessary.
However, he continued to denounce the use of U-2 spy planes over Soviet
territory.
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