Conflicting Evidence: 24 Hours after the Kennedy Assassination

Length

50 minutes

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Parent, Adult Learners, Homeschool/Family , Learning PodPublic Library: Library Patrons

Minimum participants:

1

Maximum participants:

No maximum, but for optimum interactivity, we suggest no more than 30 students.

Primary Disciplines

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

We will not charge for programs cancelled due to nature (i.e. snow days). The full fee will be charged to sites which cancel with less than 48 hours notice.

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. Participants are introduced to the events of November 22, 1963: President Kennedy's arrival and motorcade through Dallas, and his subsequent assassination.

2. The program moves into an introduction to the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963.

3. Presenters share photographs, films, oral history quotes, artifacts and documents related to evidence found in the first 24 hours after the assassination.

4. Participants are encouraged to examine this material and assess how it both reinforces and undermines the argument that Lee Harvey Oswald was the president's assassination.

Objectives

1. Understand the mission of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

2. Develop a familiarity with The Sixth Floor Museum's collection by exposure to its photographs, films, oral histories, artifacts and documents.

3. Engage in conversation with Museum staff about topics related to the Kennedy assassination and the legacy of that tragic event.

4. Understand how historical evidence can be used to support multiple theories depending on how it is interpreted.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

National
N5-12 Social Studies

State Standards

5th Grade Social Studies 5.5a,c; 5.24a,b,c,e

6th Grade Social Studies 6.2b; 6.21 a,b,d,e

7th Grade Social Studies 7.7d; 7.21a,b,d,e,f

8th Grade Social Studies 8.29a,b,c,d,e,f

US History 8.A,9.I,28.A-D,29.A

US Government 21d