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This interactive picture book about cellist Pablo Casals's historic performance portrays the importance of the arts in the Kennedy White House, and the power of music to strengthen commitments to peace and freedom.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Subject: The Arts, Civics and US Government, US History
Grade: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Time: 0-1 hour
Students examine a Jacob Lawrence painting to explore the experiences of participants in the civil rights struggle during the 1950s and 1960s.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Subject: The Arts, US History
Grade: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Time: 0-1 hour
Why do archives matter? If you were creating a museum about Kennedy and his administration, what would you put in it? What kind of work is done at an archive and a museum? In this virtual program, students consider how history is constructed as they learn about the holdings and work of the Kennedy Library.
Guided Programs
Subject: The Arts, Civics and US Government, US History
Grade: 9, 10, 11, 12
Time: 0-1 hour
Students can explore late eighteenth-century America in style by making their own tricorn hat and a cravat to match the popular colonial and federal style worn by presidents — including George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson — as well as many colonials and founding leaders.
Hands-On History Activities
Subject: US History
Grade: 1
Time: 0-1 hour
In this lesson, students analyze "Sea Joy," a poem Jacqueline Kennedy wrote when she was a young girl, and then write their own poems using sensory imagery.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Subject: English Language Arts
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Time: 0-1 hour
Students learn about ancient symbols and ornamental and architectural elements to identify some symbols of American democracy in the White House as an introduction to the origins of common symbolic representations of the United States and its values.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Subject: English Language Arts, US History, World History
Grade: 5, 6, 7, 8
Time: 0-1 hour, 1-2 hours
Invite students to explore President Kennedy’s appreciation of scrimshaw and design their own unique work of art.
Hands-On History Activities
Subject: US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Time: 0-1 hour
Students discover the meaning of the symbols in the Seal of the President of the United States, and create a seal of their own design.
Lesson Plans & Activities
Subject: Civics and US Government, US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Time: 0-1 hour
Use examples of historic presidential china to inspire your students to create their own design with a paper plate and craft materials.
Hands-On History Activities
Subject: US History
Grade: 1
Time: 0-1 hour