Format
1. Learn about the life and death of President John F. Kennedy.
2. Use teaching artifacts to explore what they tell us about the 1960's.
3. Create a story book using basic shapes and patterns to draw the places important to him.
Objectives
1. Learn and understand President Kennedy’s journey from childhood through his presidency.
2. Develop a familiarity with The Sixth Floor Museum's collection by exposure to its photographs, films, oral histories, artifacts and documents.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.RL.7 -- Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.2.RL.3 -- Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.3.RL.3 -- Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.K.RL.2 -- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.K.RL.7 -- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).HISTORY CONTENT STANDARDS FOR GRADES K-4
Topic 2: The History of the Students’ Own State or Region Standard 3: The People, Events, Problems, and Ideas that Created the History of Their State
Topic 3: The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the Peoples from Many Cultures Who Contributed to Its Cultural, Economic and Political Heritage Standard 4 : How Democratic Values Came to Be, and How They Have Been Exemplified by People, Events, and Symbols
State Standards
Kindergarten Social Studies 11.b.7
Grade 1 Social Studies 12.b.1 and 2
Grade 2 Social Studies 13.b.1 and 2
Grade 3 Social Studies 14.b.1 and 11
Kindergarten Fine Arts 102.b.1 and 2
Grade 1 Fine Arts 105.b.1 and 2
Grade 2 Fine Arts 108.b.1 and 2
Grade 3 Fine Arts 111.b.1, 2, and 3