Transcript John F. Kennedy

May 13th
• Turn in your Civil Rights Children’s Book to
the front table. Be sure YOUR NAME is on
it. Also be sure to staple or paperclip your
planning sheet to the book.
• Reminders:
• Unit 8 documents are online
• 4th Quarter Big Extra credit assignment due
May 29th
Bellringer Wednesday May 13th JFK’s
Inaugural Address
• Read your copy of the speech and answer the
questions on your copy of the notes handout.
• 1) Which paragraph stands out to you as being
particularly meaningful or inspiring? What does it
inspire people to do?
• 2) Perhaps the most famous quote from JFK’s
speech is “ask not what your country can do for
you, ask what you can do for your country”.
Describe in your own words what this quote
means.
• 3) What is the tone of this speech?
JOHN F. KENNEDY
Focus Question: How did JFK deal with
domestic and foreign conflicts that arose
during his presidency?
Meet JFK
• Video Clip
The Election of 1960
• JFK vs. Richard Nixon
1. JFK: Inexperienced/Catholic
2. TV Debate – Kennedy look
better (Nixon looked nervous)
3. Stance on Civil Rights (helps
MLK – Atlanta, Ga.)
 African-American community responds
Inauguration Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE0iPY7XGBo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s6U8GActdQ&NR=1
Famous Quote from JFK’s
Inaugural Address
And so, my fellow
Americans: ask not
what your country
can do for you ask
what you can do for
your country.
What do you
think JFK
means when
he says
this?
The Promise of Progress
• His Policy was
named: New Frontier
1. Kennedy’s domestic
policy
• Increase aid to
education
(science/space)
• Health insurance to
the elderly
• Battle prejudice &
poverty
• Help migrant workers
Stimulating the Economy
• Deficit Spending (Same
as FDR-New Deal)
1. 20% budget increase
in DOD (Department of
Defense)
2. Minimum Wage:
raised to $1.25
3. Unemployment
Insurance
- Assistance to cities
w/ high
unemployment
Addressing Poverty
• Kennedy created the
1. Peace Corps
Assistance to developing
nations of Asia, Africa,
and Latin America
By 1968: 35,000
served in 60 nations
2. Alliance for Progress:
economic help to Latin
America
- By 1969: $12 billion
invested
Now let’s check in with the Cold War.. By
1960… Domino Theory?
“Let every nation
know, whether it
wishes us well or
ill, that we shall pay
any price, bear any
burden, meet any
hardship, support
any friend, oppose
any foe to assure
the survival and
success of liberty.”
- JFK Inaugural
Address, 1961
Race to the Moon
1. April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin
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(Soviet) – 1st to space
1st American: Allan Sheppard
NASA created: Cape Canaveral
(Fl.) – Houston (TX)
Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn –
orbited earth 3 times
July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong –
landed on the moon
Result of space program – better
education
and
technology
Bay of Pigs Invasion: 1961
**add to your notes- you don’t
have to write what is in red
• 1959 – Fidel Castro
establishes a communist
government in Cuba
• Cuba accepts Soviet
economic and military
aid
• Many Cubans flee to the
US
Bay of Pigs Invasion
• Eisenhower planned to
overthrow Castro but it
never happened
• JFK decides to put the plan
in place
• April 1961: CIA leads a
force of Cuban exiles to
attack Cuba
• Badly mismanaged & 1,100
out of 1,400 killed or
captured
• **JFK is embarrassed-
America looks weak!
Cuban Missile Crisis **add to your notes**
• When: October 1962
• What: U.S. spy planes found that Cuba
had intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMS) that could reach the U.S.
Missiles were provided by Soviet Union
• How did President Kennedy
Respond?: He set up a blockade and
told Soviet Union not to cross the line.
Soviet ships turned around!
• What was avoided?: Nuclear war with
Soviet Union!
Picture A
Picture B
Picture C
Video Clips
• Video Clip:
• Cuban Missile Crisis
Effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviet Union removes missiles from Cuba
• US removes missiles from Turkey
• US and Soviet Union avoid nuclear war
• Kennedy & Khrushchev establish a “hotline”
telephone system to keep communication open
• 1963: US, GB, Soviets sign the Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty (1st nuclear weapons agreement!!)
Tragedy in Dallas
1. Nov. 22, 1963
2. Texas School Book
3.
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5.
6.
Depository
JFK shot in the head
- by Lee Harvey Oswald
Nov. 24: Oswald shot by
Jack Ruby
Warren Commissionset up to investigate
JFK’s death
What did they find?
concluded Oswald was
acting on his own (not
part of a conspiracy)
JFK's Assassination
The Funeral
Wrap Up Questions (1 paragraph each)
• How will JFK be remembered? What
is his legacy today in 2015?
• JFK usually ranks as one of the top
five presidents when evaluated by
historians. Do you agree with this
ranking? Explain and support your
point with specific examples.
Unit 8 Project Assignment
• Rubric and assignment details
are on my website
• Topic Choices
• Group selection
JFK Magazine Assignment
• May work with one partner or by yourself
• Create a magazine cover- cover must have the
title of your magazine, the name of your feature
article (the one you are writing) and a picture.
Remember, the covers should be neat and
colorful. You may also add the date and other
article titles in smaller font.
• Write a main article that features the event you
have selected. Your article should be written as if
your event happened yesterday. Article should
be at least one half page.
Cuban Missile Crisis Simulation: Put
yourself in JFK’s shoes
• Each group should have a reader (or 2) a writer and a
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correspondent.
You will receive three different top secret briefings, one at
a time. Read the briefing- reader(s) should read it aloud to
the group.
Examine the image that goes with each breifing (on
smartboard)
Once you’ve read the briefing, discuss the critical thinking
question and write your response. Use specific evidence
from the briefing or photo to determine your response.
Be ready to share and justify your decision
Take each decision very seriously, American lives are at
stake and the President is depending on you!
Final Thoughts
• Draw a spectrum at the bottom of your ticket out
ranging from
The US Should Be Praised
The US Should be Condemned
• Place an “x” on the spectrum indicating the extent
to which they think the US response to the Cuban
Missile Crisis should be praised or condemned.
Under the spectrum, write a paragraph justifying
their decision with at least 2 specific details from
history.
Wrap Up
• 1. At what stage in this activity did you feel the
most pressure? Why?
• 2. How does it make you feel to know that in 1962
the world came so close to experiencing a
nuclear war?
• 3. Which side, the United States or the Soviet
Union do you think was most at fault for bringing
about the crisis? For ending the crisis?
• 4. What lessons can be learned from the Cuban
Missile Crisis?