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Grade Range: 6 - 11
The Washington Post offers an interesting timeline detailing events of the day of JFK’s assassination as well as the effect on how the Secret Service protects the president. Scroll through the page to view the story from the president’s arrival through the time Oswald flees the scene. Along the way listen to short audio clips from a former director of the Secret Service with how each event impacts changes to the security of the president.
In the Classroom
This site is ideal for an interactive whiteboard or projector. Open the site and view together as a class during a study of the presidents or elections. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9413">reviewed here</a>, to compare and contrast presidential security for JFK to today’s president. Have students use Fakebook, <a href="/single.cfm?id=14197">reviewed here</a>. Have them create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook from the perspective of John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, or a Secret Service agent documenting the day’s events.
At Home
Introduce this site to your preteen or teen when they study U.S. history, presidents, or when a Presidential Election gets started. Discuss changes in security from Kennedy’s time and today’s president.
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American History, Government/Civics: U.S, Social Studies, Social Studies,