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1. Wednesday, 07 July 2021LESSON TITLE: Who shot John F Kennedy?AssassinationHow does the assassination of MLK and Franz Ferdinand compare? Task – Dump as many facts that you can remember about the Franz Ferdinand Assassination into the head.Brain DumpAssassination of Franz Ferdinand

2. Brain DumpAssassination of Franz FerdinandHow does the assassination of MLK and Franz Ferdinand compare? Task – Dump as many facts that you can remember about the Franz Ferdinand Assassination into the head.

3. Who shot John F Kennedy?MasteringTo justify who you think shot JFKSecuringTo explain which three groups might have wanted JFK dead and whyDevelopingTo describe who JFK was

4. John F Kennedy In the autumn of 1963, President Kennedy was making a tour of Texas to try to raise support and funding for the 1964 Presidential elections. On 22nd November, the President was scheduled to visit Fort Worth, before travelling to Dallas to have lunch at 1pm with local businessmen at the Trade Mart.The President travelled in an open-topped limousine which stopped several times to allow Kennedy to greet the people. Security advisors noted many open windows in the buildings lining the route.

5. The motorcade had to slow down considerably to make a tight turn into Elm Street. As the limousine passed the Texas School Book Depository building a single shot was heard. Moments later a second shot was heard and the President brought his hands to his neck. John Conally, Governor of Texas was also hit. A third shot blew part of the President’s brain away.John F Kennedy

6. Are there any other groups who could have been involved that aren’t listed? Explain why they could be involved. Task – complete the worksheet using the evidence provided on the next few slides. Tips:- Make bullet point notes (write enough so you understand what you have written, but you don’t need full sentencesMake notes of any key people or datesYou could use highlighters to divide the consequences into positive and negative

7. The CIA:Motive:

8. Watch the video and add any relevant evidence to your sheet. Remember – a lot of what is in this video are people’s opinions Good historians are able to work out the difference between fact and fiction. Evidence 1 – Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmLLHMY9-wcAre there any other groups who could have been involved that aren’t listed? Explain why they could be involved.

9. Read the information sheet and add any facts to the correct section of your sheet. Evidence 2 – Report Are there any other groups who could have been involved that aren’t listed? Explain why they could be involved.

10. CommunistsLee Harvey Oswald, born in New Orleans in 1939, joined the U.S. Marines in 1956. He was discharged in 1959 and nine days later left for the Soviet Union (a communist country at the time), where he tried unsuccessfully to become a citizen. He worked in Minsk and married a Soviet woman and in 1962 was allowed to return to the United States with his wife and infant daughter. In early 1963, he bought a .38 revolver and rifle with a telescopic sight by mail order, and on April 10 in Dallas he allegedly shot at and missed former U.S. Army general Edwin Walker, a figure known for his extreme right-wing views. Later that month, Oswald went to New Orleans and founded a branch of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, a pro-Castro organization. In September 1963, he went to Mexico City, where investigators allege that he attempted to secure a visa to travel to Cuba or return to the USSR, but was unsuccessful. In October, he returned to Dallas and took a job at the Texas School Book Depository Building.

11. Mafia Jack Ruby, originally known as Jacob Rubenstein, operated clubs and dance halls in Dallas and had minor connections to organized crime (also known as the mafia or mob). For a long time conspiracy theorists have tried to tie Ruby in with the assassination of JFK via his association with organised crime. They believe the mafia are the ones behind the wider conspiracy mentioned by the House Select Committee.After Fidel Castro’s communist revolution of Cuba, the mob lost some big financial interests in the country. Unhappy that Kennedy had failed to topple Castro, via his botched Bay of Pigs invasion, and goaded by the fact Kennedy’s younger brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy was making it a personal crusade to tackle organised crime, the mob decided to change the man at the top.

12. The CIAA theory posited by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison (and subsequently picked up by Oliver Stone for his film JFK) saw Kennedy’s killing as an inside job. Anti-communist elements within the agency thought the president was toning down the Cold War rhetoric, favouring being tolerant over action.In 1961, Jim Garrison was elected as the city's district attorney. He developed a good reputation and in his first two years he never lost a case. Garrison took a keen interest in the case of Lee Harvey Oswald. After investigating the matter he became convinced that a group of right-wing activists, including Shaw, Guy Bannister, David Ferrie and Carlos Bringuier were involved in a conspiracy with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to kill John F. Kennedy. Garrison claimed this was in retaliation for his attempts to obtain a peace settlement in both Cuba and Vietnam.Although Shaw was arrested, hewas found not guilty at trial.

13. The Warren ReportLynden B Johnson—convinced that a conspiracy was at the root of the assassination but not wanting the country to be pushed into rash action against either the Soviet Union or Cuba by the growing suspicion among Americans that the killing was a communist plot—moved toward closure with the creation on November 29, 1963, of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. That body—better known as the Warren Commission, after its chairman, Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren—was charged with ascertaining, evaluating, and reporting the facts relating to the assassination and to the death of Oswald.The commission, however, determined that there had not been a conspiracy involving either Oswald or Ruby.

14. New LawThe release and popularity of Stone’s JFK in 1991 sparked a new round of conspiracy speculation, to which Congress responded with the passage of the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 and the creation of the Assassination Records Review Board (the members of which were not sworn in until 1994). From 1994 to 1998 this independent board reviewed, declassified, and made available millions of pages of previously sealed or secret documents from the Warren Commission, the HSCA, the FBI, the CIA, and scores of other governmental organizations. The board also conducted some new interviews.The act required that the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) release all of the related documents within 25 years.

15. New PresidentLyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States and was sworn into office following the November 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Upon taking office, Johnson, also known as LBJ, launched an ambitious slate of progressive reforms aimed at creating a “Great Society” for all Americans. Many of the programs he championed—Medicare, Head Start, the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act—had a profound and lasting impact in health, education and civil rights.

16. Who shot John F Kennedy?Complete the following…Who was JFK?2. Who was officially blamed for his death?3. Why doesn’t everyone agree onw hat happened to JFK?

17. Explain one of the consequences of the JFK assassinationTask – Why was Kennedy assassinated?Explain your thoughts on the assassinationHistorical skills that we will use today:Critical reasoning and analytical skillsProblem solvingIndependent thinkingAbility to make arguments and communicate findingsOverall, I think JFK was assassinated by…I think this because…The evidence to support this is…Although, some people may disagree with me because…I still think JFK was assassinated by ______ as…

18. Look back over your starterCan you see any similarities between the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and JFK?What do both of these men have in common?