7th Grade Social StudiesGreat Valley Middle School

• Upon completion of this Virtual Field Trip students will be able to – Construct a timeline of the assassination of JFK.– Compile and evaluate evidence on the

assassination. – Write a short historical account of what occurred

on November 22, 1963.

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• JFK at Love Field• Dealey Plaza Overview• Texas School Book Depo

sitory • Presidential Motorcade• Grassy Knoll• Zapruder Spot• After 2nd Shot

• Limo After Head Shot• Injuries • LBJ becomes President• Oswald Bio• Oswald Murdered• Conspiracy Theories• Warren Commission • Timeline• Conclusion

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JFK at Love Field JFK at Love Field

Click to View Video of JFK Landing at Love Field

11:40 AMSlide

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Dealey Plaza Overhead Dealey Plaza Overhead

1.President Kennedy at Fatal Shot. 2. Abraham Zapruder. 3. Smoke. 4. Railroad Workers. 5. James Tague. 6. Bullet Mark on Curb.

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Texas School Book DepositoryTexas School Book Depository

Click for Live View of Dealey Plaza from 6th

Floor of Texas School Book Depository

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Presidential Motorcade Arrives Presidential Motorcade Arrives at Dealey Plazaat Dealey Plaza

12:29 AMSlide

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Zapruder SpotZapruder Spot

Click to View Video of JFK Shooting

WARNING: GRAPHIC MATERIAL

John F. Kennedy Shot at 12:30 AMSlide

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After 2nd shotAfter 2nd shot

12:30 PMSlide

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12:30 PM

Presidential Limo Following Presidential Limo Following Head ShotHead Shot

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InjuriesInjuriesPresident Kennedy

• Head• Upper Back/Neck Wound

Governor Connelly• Back Wound • Chest Wound • Broken Rib• Broken Wrist • R Thigh Wound

Location of Wounds (Computer Animation)

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LBJ Becomes PresidentLBJ Becomes President

2:38 PMSlide

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Lee Harvey OswaldLee Harvey Oswald

Click to View Video on a Bio on the Life of Lee Harvey Oswald

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Oswald MurderedOswald Murdered

Click to view video of Lee Harvey Oswald being murdered by Jack Ruby. Slide

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Conspiracy TheoriesConspiracy Theories

Theories• US Government

• KGB

• Cubans

• American Mafia

People of Interest• LBJ• Zapruder• Babushka Lady• J.D. Tippit• Jack Ruby• Umbrella Man• Badge Man

Click to view video on popular conspiracy theories.

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Warren Commission Warren Commission

• Concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the killing of Kennedy and the wounding of Texas Governor John Connally, and that Jack Ruby acted alone in the murder of Oswald.

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Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle

Single Bullet Theory/ Magic Bullet?►The single bullet theory (also known as the magic bullet

theory by the majority of critics and conspiracy theorists) is the crucial element of the Warren Commission theory that only one assassin was responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Warren Commission continued…► The commission's determination was that:► it was likely that all injuries inside the limousine were caused

by only two bullets, and thus one shot likely missed the motorcade, but it could not determine which of the three. (The 1979 House Select Committee on Assassinations agreed that two shots caused all the injuries.)

► the first shot to hit anyone struck President Kennedy in the upper back, exited out his throat, and likely continued on to cause all of Governor John Connally's injuries,

► the second shot to hit anyone fatally struck Kennedy in the head 4.8 to 5.6 seconds later.

The “pristine” bullet

Warren Commission

Official Statement

9/24/1964

Warren Commission

Official Statement

9/24/1964

JFK Arrives at Dealey Plaza11/22/1963 12:29 PM

JFK Arrives at Dealey Plaza11/22/1963 12:29 PM

Three Shots on Dealey Plaza11/22/1963 12:30 PM

Three Shots on Dealey Plaza11/22/1963 12:30 PM

JFK Pronounced Dead at Parkland

Memorial Hospital11/22/1963 1:00 PM

JFK Pronounced Dead at Parkland

Memorial Hospital11/22/1963 1:00 PM

Lee Harvey Oswald Murdered

11/24/1963 11:21 AM

Lee Harvey Oswald Murdered

11/24/1963 11:21 AM

Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald

11/22/1963 03:01 PM

Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald

11/22/1963 03:01 PM

JFK Lands at Love Field11/22/1963 11:40 AM

JFK Lands at Love Field11/22/1963 11:40 AM

LBJ sworn in as President

11/22/1963 2:38 PM

LBJ sworn in as President

11/22/1963 2:38 PM

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