Conspiracy Debate

Length

50 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Homeschool/Family , Learning Pod

Minimum participants:

15

Maximum participants:

60

Primary Disciplines

Language Arts/English, Leadership, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, History & Social Studies

Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference – Webcam/desktop (Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, etc...)
Zoom
Microsoft Teams

Booking Information

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For more information contact CILC by email info@cilc.org or by phone (507) 388-3672

Provider's Cancellation Policy

Payment will be required if canceled less than 48 hours in advance of the scheduled program.

About This Provider

 

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Dallas, TX
United States

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza interprets the life, death and legacy of President John F. Kennedy.  Now, through interactive, inquiry-based distance learning programs, you and your students can experience history through careful examination of the photographs, films and artifacts in the Museum's robust collection.  These programs also connect students with "living history" speakers: eyewitnesses, law enforcement officials, journalists, physicians and others with direct memories of the Kennedy assassination.  A selection of engaging programs provide opportunities for students to meet the Museum's curatorial, collections and education staff, prompting thoughtful discussions on U.S. history, world history, the Civil Rights Movement, oral history and the role of the historian.  All programs meet state and national history standards.

Program Details

Format

1. Understanding of the term conspiracy and its role in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

2. Breakdown of the different umbrellas of thought in terms of conspiracies.

3. Looks into potential motives and suspicious behaviors by a handful of individuals/organizations that are commonly featured in conspiracy theories.

4. Students will be grouped and asked to defend a conspiracy theory against their peers in a debate.

Objectives

1. The program begins with the definition of a conspiracy.

2. Goes into the 3 schools of thought on the assassination of President Kennedy.

3. Students will get brief biographies about 6 individuals/organizations that are commonly featured in conspiracy theories and will be given their potential motives and some suspicious behavior that would affect the public's opinion.

4. In groups, students will participate in a debate to try to persuade other groups to believe their conspiracy theory.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

NSS. USH. Era 9 Standard 1B. 5-12: Explore the influence of popular culture and analyze the role of the mass media in homogenizing American culture.
NSS. USH. Era 9 Standard 3B: The student understands the "New Frontier" and the "Great Society."