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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
Students can use outlines of astronauts to make one-of-a-kind portrait collages.
Hands-On History Activities
Subject: US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Time: 0-1 hour
Explore photographs that focus on the Kennedys and baseball.
Media Galleries
Subject: US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Written for upper elementary to adult readers, this narrative summarizes the life and legacy of Jacqueline B. Kennedy.
Resource Guides / Packets
Subject: Civics and US Government, US History
Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Written for upper elementary to adult readers, this narrative summarizes the life and legacy of the 35th president of the United States.
Resource Guides / Packets
Subject: Civics and US Government, US History
Grade: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Explore photographs that relate to the construction of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Media Galleries
Subject: The Arts, Civics and US Government
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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
Explore photographs that relate to entertainers and the Kennedy administration.
Media Galleries
Subject: The Arts
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Explore photographs of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy.
Media Galleries
Subject: The Arts, Civics and US Government, US History, World History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Created for our November 2, 2022 conference Framing History: The Power of Pictures, this annotated bibliography is a go-to resource for finding high quality, recently published biographies that have exceptional images.
Resource Guides / Packets
Subject: The Arts, English Language Arts, US History, World History
Grade: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Explore photographs and documents related to gifts to the Kennedy White House.
Media Galleries
Subject: US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Annotated bibliographies of both recommended biographies and literature about American history. Includes guidelines for critically analyzing biographies and history-based literature.
Resource Guides / Packets
Subject: English Language Arts, Science, US History, World History
Grade: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Explore photographs and objects from JFK's trips to Ireland in 1947 and 1963.
Media Galleries
Subject: US History
Grade: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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
This section of the website contains topic guides on the significant events that occurred during President Kennedy's years in office. These essays are intended to give an overview of challenges and issues that defined Kennedy's administration, and include relevant primary source material.
Resource Guides / Packets
Subject: The Arts, Civics and US Government, Economics, Science, US History, World History
Grade: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12