JFK Library Teaching and Learning Tuesdays

Summer 2020 Education Series

From the Library's Department of Education and Public Programs Team

June 30, 2020 (Week 14)

Thank You!

We hope that you have found this series of e-resource guides useful in your virtual classroom settings this past spring. We will continue to provide resources and programming updates in our occasional Teaching and Learning Tuesdays summer series. We hope that you have a good and restorative summer.

National Student/Parent Mock Election

This voter education program actively engages students in grades K-12 in state and national campaigns, and emphasizes the importance of voting and the power of their ballots. This year's Mock Election will take place on October 29, 2020.

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Save the Date: Virtual Fall Conference

Expanding Democracy:

The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today

A Kennedy Library Conference on October 27th and 28th

Image Credit: Smithsonian Institution

This year marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. To commemorate this landmark anniversary, the Library will present Expanding Democracy: The 19th Amendment and Voting Rights Today – a conference exploring the history of the suffrage movement and how efforts to broaden voting rights have evolved over time. The conference begins on the evening of October 27th with a special Kennedy Library Forum on the role of women in elected office. Panels featuring notable historians, authors, and leaders examining the origins and development of suffrage and contemporary voting rights issues will follow on October 28th. Featured speakers will include:

TIME’s Molly Ball, author of the forthcoming book, Pelosi
Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington Bureau Chief and author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Arc of Power
Ellen DuBois, UCLA professor emeritus of history
Rachael Cobb, Suffolk University professor of government
Martha S. Jones, Johns Hopkins professor of history
Erin O’Brien, University of Massachusetts Boston professor of political science

Manisha Sinha, University of Connecticut professor of history
Theda Skocpol, Harvard University professor of government and sociology
Marjorie Spruill, University of South Carolina professor emerita of history
Lisa Tetrault, Carnegie Mellon professor of history
Brenda Wineapple, author

Join us for this milestone anniversary event! Teachers and students are encouraged to attend. Email educationjfk@nara.gov to receive a special educator invitation prior to the opening of registration.

This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

New Frontiers Newsletter

Issue 28: Summer 2020

This issue puts a spotlight on the Equal Pay Act of 1963 signed into law by President Kennedy. Two lesson plans for elementary and secondary school audiences examine the legislation and provide correlations to the issue of gender equality today. An article highlights past Kennedy Library Forums that focused on both the strides made and the remaining challenges in the fight for women’s full participation in our society. Also included are a special invitation to educators for an upcoming conference commemorating the centennial of the ratification of 19th Amendment and voting rights issues today, and information on the 2020 National Student/Parent Mock Election.

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Artifact Highlight

Staff Pick: Blue Jays from the British Prime Minister

From Exhibits Specialist Jim Wagner: "These Staffordshire Blue Jays, given to President Kennedy by British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, have been among my favorite pieces in the collection since I first arrived at the Kennedy Library. I love their color, the delicacy of their features and the way they seem to interact with one another. I think of them, especially now while in quarantine, as I watch blue jays return to my backyard and signal a sure sign of spring."

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