President John F. Kennedy Gallery Walk or PowerPoint

Students get an overview of of JFK's presidency with this power point or gallery walk (or even group packet!) with comprehension tasks. There are 31 slides of information and pictures and 28 questions and creative tasks for students to respond to. A sample of topics briefly covered include the historical significance of Kennedy's election, Civil Rights, equal pay for women, the Space Race, foreign affairs, his assassination, and more! A teacher information page and an answer key are included where appropriate and this would work for a sub! The presentation part is included as a PDF and power point for your convenience.

Sample questions/tasks include: 
--Identify the main goal of the Peace Corps. 
--Compare and contrast FDR’s New Deal with JFK’s New Frontier. Which was immediately more successful and why?
--Explain the meaning of, “coalition of conscience” and how it connects to the Civil Rights movement. 
--What might President Lincoln would have said to the activists standing beneath him during the March on Washington? Balance historical accuracy with creativity.
--Who was Thurgood Marshall and what was his historical significance with relation to JFK’s presidency?
--List 3 reasons the Equal Pay Act would have been so difficult to enforce in 1963. Compare and contrast those reasons with enforcing equal pay in the workplace today.
--Pick a word to summarize JFK’s choices/involvement in Vietnam and explain why you chose that word.
--Pick 4 images from the gallery walk/power point and write two captions for each. One should be from a pro-Kennedy point of view and the other from an anti-Kennedy point of view.

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