Fall 2021 Education Series |
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JFK Library Teaching and Learning Tuesdays |
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From the Library's Department of Education and Public Programs Team |
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September 14, 2021
Welcome Back to School!
Featuring lesson plans, interactives, and other resources to support your educational goals this year
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Lesson Plan
A President's Day
Grades 5 - 8
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If you are elected to the nation's highest office, what are you actually expected to do? Spend a day at the White House with John F. Kennedy to learn about some of the president's most important roles and responsibilities. |
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Lesson Plan
Political Debates: Advising a President
Grades 7 - 12
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Political debates are an important part of the election process, whether on the local, state or national level. In this lesson, students analyze excerpts from the first Kennedy-Nixon debate and a memo assessing the debate from one of Kennedy's advisers. They then use the memo as a model as they watch a current political debate to consider the strengths and weaknesses of the candidate they support. |
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The President's Desk Interactive
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"Sit at President Kennedy's Oval Office desk and explore the world from his point of view." |
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The President's Desk Interactive
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Explore the recently updated President's Desk interactive! This site, based on an archival image of JFK's Oval Office, features seven modules accessed through highlighted objects on his desk that reveal primary sources, such as documents, photos, secretly recorded audio, home movies and newsreels providing an engaging and fascinating glimpse into the Kennedy White House and JFK, the man. |
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The President's Desk Teachers' Guide
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To help teachers maximize its use, we created The President’s Desk: A Resource Guide for Teachers, Grades 4-12. In this Guide, you will find a variety of creative strategies to enhance the experience of the site and help students gain a deeper understanding of what it is like to hold the highest office in the land. |
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Sign your class up for a free, virtual program! |
The Kennedy Library has a variety of structured programs for elementary, middle, and high school classes in a virtual setting. These offerings focus on diverse topics, including campaigns and elections, civil rights, leadership, document-based questions, the Cold War, why an archive?, and President Kennedy's life and presidency. New for middle school
audiences: "The Most Powerful and Precious Right: Ensuring the Right to Vote Past and Present."
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Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White |
Patricia Sullivan, professor of history at the University of South Carolina, discussed her new book Justice Rising: Robert Kennedy’s America in Black and White, which draws on government files, personal papers, and oral interviews to examine Robert F. Kennedy’s life and legacy. Kenneth Mack, professor of law and history at Harvard University, moderated.
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John F. Kennedy set a goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s. On July 20, 1969, three American astronauts fulfilled President Kennedy's vision. Your students can make their own Origami LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) to explore this historic moment and learn more about the technology of spaceflight. |
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The Profile in Courage Essay Contest |
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A High School Research and Writing Project |
Share the 2021 winning essay by Anna Dougherty with your students and encourage them to enter this national writing competition. The 2022 Contest deadline is January 14. |
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National Archives
We Rule: Civics for All of US
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Register your elementary students for a special presentation of the new We Rule: Civics for All of US programs on the Constitution, The Constitution Rules for grades K–2 and The Constitution and Our Community for grades 3–5! By participating in these live, standards-based, interactive webinars, students will be better able to:
- Understand what the Constitution is and why the United States has one
- Connect the Constitution to their own lives and their communities
- Identify the three branches of government and some of the key functions they perform
- Analyze primary sources
After registering, you will receive the connection information via email the week of the event along with a teacher guide with additional pre- and post- program activities to share with students.
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Massachusetts DESE Civics Project Jumpstart Workshops
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This introduction to the student-led civics projects is aimed at those who are new to the projects or looking for a refresher as they begin the school year. Participants will gain an understanding of the defining components of high-quality projects by looking at a variety of examples; identify the supports, structures, and systems that can contribute to successful projects; examine resources and tools to draw on in their work; and plan for implementation in their particular context.
The last chance for this four-hour virtual workshop will be on (both times EST):
September 28 and 30: 3:00pm-5:00pm
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Massachusetts DESE Virtual Support Forums
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This series of one-hour forums is designed to provide ongoing support and opportunities for professional learning for teachers planning and implementing non-partisan, student-led civics projects. Each session will provide teachers a chance to connect with and learn from educators who have experience implementing projects in the Massachusetts context, as well as to engage in collaborative problem solving with colleagues. Click below for the schedule for Massachusetts DESE's Virtual Support Forums. |
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National Archives Document Analysis Worksheets |
Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources. Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments.
Use these worksheets — for photos, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, and sound recordings — to teach your students the process of document analysis.
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JFK Library's Teaching and Learning Tuesdays 7/13
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The previous e-newsletter featured the Jacqueline B. Kennedy and the Power of Poetry and Kennedy on the Poet’s Civic Role lesson plans; the Remarks on Signing Bill Authorizing Cape Cod National Sea Shore; the Cape Cod National Seashore website; "Great Lives Worth Reliving with Mo Rocca" Kennedy Library Forum; Astronauts Puppets activity; Issue 30 of the New Frontiers Newsletter; a jigsaw puzzle of the Kennedy family with their dogs; and "The Sea" and "Pets and Animals" media galleries.
In addition, all past emails from this series are available on the Library's website.
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
(617) 514-1600
Open 7 Days 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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