Teacher Resources
Puzzles
Enjoy online puzzles with collection items from The Sixth Floor Museum’s Collections!
A Time for Greatness Campaign Poster
The Texas School Book Depository, 1964
Writing Prompts
Inaugural Address Writing Prompt [PDF]
Special Exhibit Resources
Senator Robert F. Kennedy Speaks on Martin Luther King Jr. Analyzing Speeches Given on April 4 and 5, 1968 after the Death of Dr. King [PDF]
Mourning a President: Vocabulary [PDF]
Mourning a President: Resources for Further Study [PDF]
Mourning a President: Lesson Ideas [PDF]
Mourning a President: Lesson Plan – Comparing Poetry: Presidential Deaths of 1865 and 1963 [PDF]
Mourning a President: Lesson Plan – Landmark Flag Cases at the Supreme Court [PDF]
Amending America Exhibition Resource Guide [PDF]
A Time For Greatness: Debates Lesson Plan [PDF]
A Time For Greatness: 1960 Presidential Debate Guide [PDF]
A Time For Greatness: Political Debates Format and Evaluation Sheets [PDF]
Sign of the Times: The Great American Political Poster 1844-2012 Educator Programming Guide [PDF]
Primary Source Lesson Plans by Grade Level
Elementary School
Hispanic Americans and Civil Rights Elementary Lesson [docx]
Middle School
Middle School Lesson on School Names [docx]
Middle School Lesson on Viva Kennedy Movement [docx]
High School
HS Lesson Plan – How We Memorialize People and Events [docx]
HS Lesson Plan Civil Rights Era Protests [docx]
HS Lesson Plan Jim Crow vs. Juan Crow [docx] Court Cases [PDF]
HS Lesson Plan Oral Histories [docx]
Primary Source Lesson Plans by Topic
Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plans
Hispanic Americans and Civil Rights Elementary Lesson [docx]
HS Lesson Plan Civil Rights Era Protests [docx]
HS Lesson Plan Jim Crow vs. Juan Crow [docx] Court Cases [PDF]
Middle School Lesson on Viva Kennedy Movement [docx]
General Lesson Plans
Middle School Lesson on Bullying and Injustice [docx]
Mock Trial, Government and Legal Rights Lesson Plans
State of Texas vs. Lee Harvey Oswald Mock Trial [PDF] courtesy of Law-Related Education
Oral History Lesson Plans
HS Lesson Plan Oral Histories [docx]
JFK’s Legacy Lesson Plans
HS Lesson Plan Oral Histories [docx]
Middle School Lesson on School Names [docx]
HS Lesson Plan – How We Memorialize People and Events [docx