Our flag was at half staff here at Shuksan today to honor the late President Kennedy, who was assassinated 50 years ago on November 22, 1963. Today in Social Studies, we discussed the significance of President Kennedy, the Civil Rights Movement, and the effect that one person with a voice can have for so many who do not.
I shared a video with the class today that was created by the Fort Worth School District and is an "oral history" told by those who lived in Fort Worth, Texas at the time of the assassination. Click HERE To watch the video.
The students had some great insights, background knowledge, and questions about this time in our history and we had a very meaningful discussion following the video. If you'd like, you can also click HERE to read an article on the Education Week blog on today's anniversary. This article includes links to other great resources about talking to students about this incident and the importance of teaching these events to our students.
James L. Swanson, the author of the young-adult book Chasing Lincoln's Killer, recently published a young-adult account of Kennedy's assassination titled "The President Has Been Shot!" This book is available through the November Middle Schoolers Scholastic Reading Club (our class book order).
I shared a video with the class today that was created by the Fort Worth School District and is an "oral history" told by those who lived in Fort Worth, Texas at the time of the assassination. Click HERE To watch the video.
The students had some great insights, background knowledge, and questions about this time in our history and we had a very meaningful discussion following the video. If you'd like, you can also click HERE to read an article on the Education Week blog on today's anniversary. This article includes links to other great resources about talking to students about this incident and the importance of teaching these events to our students.
James L. Swanson, the author of the young-adult book Chasing Lincoln's Killer, recently published a young-adult account of Kennedy's assassination titled "The President Has Been Shot!" This book is available through the November Middle Schoolers Scholastic Reading Club (our class book order).