Fall 2023 Education Series |
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JFK Library Teaching and Learning Tuesdays |
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From the Library's Department of Education and Public Programs |
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September 12, 2023
Back to School!
Explore lesson plans and resources that will engage your students this school year! This edition also highlights our educational programs, research and writing contest opportunities, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Young Jack's Plea for a Raise
Grades 3-6
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Students learn how young John F. Kennedy tried to convince his father to raise his allowance, and then try their hand at persuasive letter writing.
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Lesson Plan
Plant a Tree: Using Metaphors in Persuasive Writing
Grades 7-8
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Using primary source materials, students investigate the use of metaphor in presidential oratory and apply it to a piece of persuasive writing on a current national or global issue. |
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Lesson Plan
Analyzing the Rhetoric of JFK's Inaugural Address
Grades 9-12
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Students consider the rhetorical devices used in John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. They analyze suggestions made by advisors and compare them to the delivered version of the speech. |
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Curricular Resources Database |
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Looking for more "ready-to-go" resources? Try using the database that houses all of our curricular resources in one convenient location! You can search by keyword, grade, subject area, topic, resource type, curricular standards, and time required to find the resource that best fits students' needs. |
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The Civil Rights Movement
Elementary Guided Museum Programs
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Reserve one of our guided museum programs for elementary school students centering around civil rights history: "Investigating the Civil Rights Movement: The March on Washington" or "Singing for Freedom: Music and the Civil Rights Movement." |
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JFK: A Vision for America
May 15, 2017
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Watch this Kennedy Library Forum from 2017 in which Stephen Kennedy Smith and Douglas Brinkley, co-editors of JFK: A Vision for America, discussed President Kennedy's legacy with Harvard University professor Fredrik Logevall. |
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Professional Development: Save the Date
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From Head and Heart: Caring for the Environment through Science, Stories, and Action
November 8, 2023
Register now for a discounted fee!
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Join us on November 8 for our annual children’s literature conference for teachers of grades 3 - 8 and school librarians. This year’s conference will feature authors Dr. J. Drew Lanham (keynote), Laurie Lawlor, Sy Montgomery, Anita Sanchez, and Melissa Stewart.
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High School Educators: An Excellent Research and Writing Project |
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The Profile in Courage Essay Contest opens September 1st! |
Encourage your students to enter this national writing competition. Participants have a chance to win one of 25 awards, including a first-place prize of $10,000. The Contest deadline is January 12, 2024.
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Addressing Racial Discrimination in Voting During the Kennedy Administration |
Investigate primary source material from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to learn how citizens and government officials used the tools of democracy to challenge racial discrimination in voting. Attendees receive a digital Voting Rights Photo Book, access to 1963: The Struggle for Civil Rights microsite, and a variety of civil rights related activities and lesson plans. |
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The 2024 Contest Theme Has Been Announced! |
Each year, National History Day frames students’ research within an historical theme, which is designed to help them think of a topic from any aspect of local, regional, national, or world history. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, NHD’s 2024 contest theme will be Turning Points in History.
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JFK Library's Teaching and Learning Tuesdays 8/15
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The previous e-newsletter featured activities and programs highlighting Americans' service in World War II and commemorating the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
In addition, all past emails from this series are available on the Library's website.
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
(617) 514-1600
Open 7 days a week.
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