Format
1. The program begins with an introduction to the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the founding of the Museum and the organization's collections.
2. Get a glimpse out of the former Texas School Book Depository onto Dealey Plaza.
3. Participants are introduced to the events of November 22, 1963: President Kennedy's arrival and motorcade through Dallas, and his subsequent assassination.
4. Presenters share photographs, films, oral history quotes, artifacts and documents related to myths and conspiracies surrounding President Kennedy's assassination.
5. 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
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.11-12.RH.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.11-12.RH.7 -- Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.11-12.RH.9 -- Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.6-8.RH.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.6-8.RH.9 -- Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.9-10.RH.9 -- Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.National Social Studies Standards, US History, Era 9
Grades 5-12
Standard 1: The economic boom and social transformation of postwar United States.
Major Concept 1b: The student understands how the social changes of the postwar period affected various Americans.
Description [and Historical Thinking Standard] Explore the influence of popular culture and analyze the role of the mass media in homogenizing American culture. [Analyze cause & effect relationships.]
State Standards
Grade 6 Social Studies 18.b.19A, B, C, D
Grade 7 Social Studies 199.b.20A, B, C, D, E
Grade 8 Social Studies 20.b.31
§113.44. United States Government c.21
§113.41. United States History Studies Since 1877 b.28.A, B,C,E