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. KENNEDYFocus 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=xE0iPY7XGBohttp://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 Moon1. April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin

(Soviet) – 1st to space

2. 1st American: Allan Sheppard

3. NASA created: Cape Canaveral (Fl.) – Houston (TX)

4. Feb. 20, 1962: John Glenn – orbited earth 3 times

5. July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong – landed on the moon

6. 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 Dallas1. Nov. 22, 1963

2. Texas School Book Depository

3. JFK shot in the head

- by Lee Harvey Oswald

4. Nov. 24: Oswald shot by Jack Ruby

5. Warren Commission-set up to investigate JFK’s death

6. What did they find? concluded Oswald was acting on his own (not part of a conspiracy)

JFK's AssassinationThe 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

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?