Format
This is a live presentation with staff from The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.
We will introduce The Sixth Floor Museum and our collections..
Using primary sources - objects and videotaped interviews, cover the concepts of the Cold War and what people were afraid of.
We will discuss what connections and questions researchers have raised about conspiracies involving Lee Harvey Oswald, Cuba, USSR, and other entities.
We will conclude with time for the participants to ask questions of Museum staff.
Objectives
Participants will:
Be able to define what the Cold War was, explain what people were afraid of and how people responded to those fears in DFW and beyond.
Understand the impact of the Cold War on the 1960's and President John F. Kennedy's time in office.
Understand the connections researchers have made between the Cold War and the assassination of President Kennedy.
Learn how to access primary sources available at The Sixth Floor Museum to research Cold War connections to the assassination of President Kennedy.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, connecting insights gained from specific details to an understanding of the text as a whole.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.9-10.3
Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3
Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain.
State Standards
TEXAS
7th Grade Texas History
(7) History. The student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas during the 20th and early 21st centuries. The student is expected to:
(F) analyze the political, economic, and social impact of major events in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries such as major conflicts, the emergence of a two-party system, political and economic controversies, immigration, and migration.
World History (9th/10th grades)
(13) History. The student understands the impact of major events associated with the Cold War ... The student is expected to:
(A) summarize how the outcome of World War II contributed to the development of the Cold War;
(C) identify the major events of the Cold War, including the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the arms race;
(D) explain the roles of modern world leaders, including Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa, and Pope John Paul II, in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union;
11th Grade US History
(8) History. The student understands the impact of significant national and international decisions and conflicts in the Cold War on the United States. The student is expected to:
(A) describe U.S. responses to Soviet aggression after World War II, including the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Berlin airlift, and John F. Kennedy's role in the Cuban Missile Crisis;