Transcript Presidential Assassinations - Governors State University

A PowerPoint Presentation by Faith Bern
PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS
For Teachers:
 This project will teach students about the four
United States Presidential Assassinations.
These lessons can be used in conjunction with
lessons on the branches of government, the
presidents, President's Day and elections.
These lessons could also be integrated into
lessons on historical events. They were
developed for fourth graders but could be
adapted to work for fifth through eighth grade
students.
For Students

Check out the various websites on each president. Connect to them through
the Resource page.

Complete the Presidential Scavenger Hunts. Your teacher will distribute the
Scavenger Hunt worksheets.

Choose or be assigned one of the presidents and create a biography about
the President, his life and his death. Be sure to check the writing rubric
before you begin.

Share your project with your class.

This work may be done individually or in a group. Check with your teacher
for more information.
Birth Dates and Assassination Dates
 President Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865
 President James A. Garfield
1831-1881
 President William McKinley
1843-1901
 President John Kennedy
1917-1963
Assassination of President Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln
 16th President
 Lincoln was fatally shot at the Ford Theatre by
James Wilkes Booth.
 He was with his wife.
 Booth hoped to overthrow the
government.
Assassination of President Garfield
President James A.Garfield
 20th President
 Shot by Charles Guiteau while walking
through a train station where he was to make
a speech.
 He was bedridden after the attack which
weakened his heart.
 He died of a heart attack three months later.
Assassination Of President McKinley
President William McKinley
 25th president
 McKinley was shot twice by Leon Frank
Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York.
 He died 8 days later from gangrene.
Assassination Of President Kennedy
President John F. Kennedy
 35th President
 Kennedy was assassinated on November 22,
1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
 He was fatally shot while riding in a
motorcade with his wife.
 There are many conspiracy theories
surrounding his death.