Interactive Gallery: Election of 1960
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- Contributor:
- Tech that Teaches
- Grade Level:
- 8th to 11th
- Product Type:
- Interactive Gallery
- File Type:
- Pages:
- 17
- Answer Key:
- Yes
Description
The product is a Google form linked to an interactive gallery on the presidential election of 1960 between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
The election of 1960 gave Americans a clear choice between the policies pursued during most of the 1950's or a new political agenda for a new decade. It saw the largest voter turnout yet in the nation’s history and was also the closest election in nearly one hundred years.
Students will learn about:
- background of each candidate
- characteristics of John F. Kennedy
- voter concern for John F. Kennedy's religious beliefs
- impact of the first presidential debate on television
- support for civil rights leaders
- election results
Students will complete the 5 reading comprehension questions and 9 descriptions to the candidate on the grid in the form.
This product is editable and the answer options have been shuffled
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