President Kennedy Has Been Shot!
Class experience
US Grade 6 - 9
Based on James L. Swanson's excellent book, The President Has Been Shot!, which I used as an outline for this course. The book is intended as a supplemental reader for the class. This event, one of the most dramatic in U.S. history, has spawned popular conspiracy theories to explain Kennedy's assassination. I'll touch on those in the lesson, but I mostly subscribe to the "Case Closed" viewpoint, that only Oswald killed Kennedy. There are several mysteries involved with JFK's death, however,...
This class is taught in English.
This course will explore the events leading up to November 22, 1963, the assassination of President Kennedy, the manhunt, and the effects on American Society.
I have taught U.S. History to high school and college students. This course aims at a younger age group, and the book is a youth version of book that has an adult companion.
Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
We will do a Kahoot quiz at the end of the class to work on retaining what we have learned.Grades Offered
2 files available upon enrollmentSwanson, James L. President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy. Scholastic (Us), 2016.
These events are disturbing, but no explicit video of the shooting will be viewed during the course. Students will learn of the Zapruder video that was recorded during the shooting, however, and they may become curious to view it on their own on Youtube.
Homeschoolers welcome! I offer interactive and fun social studies and history classes for learners from 8 to 18. Most of my classes are based on a high-quality Young Adult history book. Before Outschool, I taught U.S. History and Culture at...
Group Class
$21
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 43 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-15
2-9 learners per class