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Distance Learning

Help your students discover history, civics and current events through hands-on programs designed for all ages.

How Distance Learning Works

Use videoconferencing to bring The Sixth Floor Museum staff onto your campus for a one-of-a-kind professional development opportunity. Contact the Museum’s education department to discuss how our collection of photographs, films, artifacts and documents can enhance your history, social studies, government and language arts teaching.

TEKS Program Alignment

The Sixth Floor Museum’s distance learning programs are connected to the K-12 TEKS in Social Studies, Language Arts, and Fine Arts. Click here to view the TEKS standards for each program.

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What is Distance Learning?

Distance Learning is a selection of engaging programs that provide interactive opportunities for students to explore the life and legacy of President Kennedy through discussion and activities on U.S. history, world history, the Civil Rights Movement, oral history and the role of the historian.

All distance learning programs are aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Connections (TEKS) and the National Standards for United States History. Click here for the TEKS program alignment.

How to Book a Distance Learning Program

All distance learning programs are designed to be 50 minutes in length. To request a program for your class or campus, please email education@jfk.org with details of your request: program, date, time and time zone where your school is located. The Museum’s Educator will respond via email to your request. Please note that sending the email does not represent a confirmed date and time for your distance learning program.

Distance Learning Programs

* NEW * RESISTANCE: CIVIL RIGHTS AND KENNEDY'S LEGACY

In the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement was a major focus of change in the United States. During his presidency John F. Kennedy worked with many advisors to respond to protests, discrimination and events taking place. Students will have the opportunity to explore Kennedy’s impact on the movement through analyzing primary sources and role–playing key people who helped influence President Kennedy on Civil Rights.

$100 | 50 minutes | 6th–8th grade and 9th–12th grade | ≤60 students

CONFLICTING EVIDENCE

Students become crime scene investigators, evaluating evidence found within the first
24 hours of the assassination of President Kennedy. Students will study primary source documents and images to determine their accuracy and gain a better understanding of what transpired on November 22, 1963. After reviewing the evidence and information provided, students will create a final report detailing their findings.

$100 | 50 minutes | 4th–8th and 9th–12th grades | ≤60 students

MYTHS AND CONSPIRACIES

Have you ever wondered what myths and conspiracies surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy have been debunked and how to determine whether they are possible, improbable or impossible? In this program, staff from the Museum will discuss five of the most commonly mentioned myths and conspiracies.

Advance registration required | $100 | 50 minutes | 6th–12th grades

COMMUNITY VOICES

Meet a journalist, police officer or eyewitness connected to the story of the assassination of President Kennedy and hear firsthand memories of the tragedy. Presentations will weave speaker stories together with photographs, videos, and other primary sources.

Community Voices programs will be held on the following dates:
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 | 10–11 a.m. | Civil Rights
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | 10–11 a.m. | Motorcade Witnesses
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 | 10–11 a.m. | News Media
Wednesday, May 12, 2020 | 10–11 a.m. | Police Officer

Advance registration required. Registration will close one month prior to the program date.
$125/class/session | 50 minutes | 6th–12th grades

* BEGINNING JANUARY 2021 * VIRTUAL TOUR - LIVE

Visit The Sixth Floor Museum’s permanent exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, from your own classroom. Explore key issues during the early 1960s and determine how they impacted President Kennedy’s time in office. Follow the events of
President Kennedy’s trip to Texas in November 1963 through primary sources, photographs, and documents leading up to the assassination and the resulting investigation.

Available Mondays at 10 a.m.
$100 | 50–60 minutes
4th–12th grades | ≤60 students

* BEGINNING JANUARY 2021 * VIRTUAL TOUR - RECORDED

Visit The Sixth Floor Museum’s permanent exhibit, John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation, from your own classroom. Explore key issues during the early 1960s and determine how they impacted President Kennedy’s time in office. Follow the events of
President Kennedy’s trip to Texas in November 1963 through primary sources, photographs, and documents leading up to the assassination and the resulting investigation.

$75 | 30 minutes
4th–12th grades
Distance Learning