Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

Listen to an excerpt from the oral history interview with Jacques Lowe, the Kennedys' personal photographer for many years, by clicking "Find out more."

Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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The Museum offers several complementary primary source lesson plans by grade level.

Middle School

  • Mini Lesson: Dr. Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

  • Mini Lesson: Writing about National Narratives

  • Debating the 1960 Election
    • 1960 Debate Guide
    • Political Debates Format and Evaluation Sheet

  • Mourning a President: Comparing Poetry: Presidential Deaths of 1865 and 1964

  • Eyewitness to History

High School

  • Mini-Unit: The Poverty Issue
    • Then and Now: Cost and Conversion
    • Analyzing Poverty Data
    • The Plights of Poverty
  • President Kennedy and the Bill of Rights Lesson Plan

  • John F. Kennedy’s Presidential Inaugural Address

  • Senator Robert F. Kennedy Speaks on Martin Luther King Jr: Analyzing Speeches Given on April 4-5, 1968

  • State of Texas vs. Lee Harvey Oswald Mock Trial

  • Debating the 1960 Election
    • 1960 Debate Guide
    • Political Debates Format and Evaluation Sheet

  • Mourning a President: Comparing Poetry: Presidential Deaths of 1865 and 1964

  • Power of the Press

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