7 th Grade Social Studies Great 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, Slide Menu

JFK at Love Field Dealey Plaza Overview Texas School Book Depository Texas School Book Depository Presidential Motorcade Grassy Knoll Zapruder Spot After 2 nd Shot After 2 nd Shot Limo After Head Shot Injuries LBJ becomes President Oswald Bio Oswald Murdered Conspiracy Theories Warren Commission Timeline Conclusion Slide Menu

JFK at Love Field Click to View Video of JFK Landing at Love Field 11:40 AM Slide Menu

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. Slide Menu

Texas School Book Depository Click for Live View of Dealey Plaza from 6 th Floor of Texas School Book Depository Slide Menu

Presidential Motorcade Arrives at Dealey Plaza 12:29 AM Slide Menu

Zapruder Spot Click to View Video of JFK Shooting WARNING: GRAPHIC MATERIAL John F. Kennedy Shot at 12:30 AM Slide Menu

After 2nd shot 12:30 PM Slide Menu

12:30 PM Presidential Limo Following Head Shot Slide Menu

Injuries President Kennedy Head Upper Back/Neck Wound Governor Connelly Back Wound Chest Wound Broken Rib Broken Wrist R Thigh Wound Location of Wounds (Computer Animation) Slide Menu

LBJ Becomes President 2:38 PM Slide Menu

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

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

Conspiracy 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. Slide Menu

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. Slide Menu

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 Plaza 11/22/ :29 PM JFK Arrives at Dealey Plaza 11/22/ :29 PM Three Shots on Dealey Plaza 11/22/ :30 PM Three Shots on Dealey Plaza 11/22/ :30 PM JFK Pronounced Dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital 11/22/1963 1:00 PM JFK Pronounced Dead at Parkland Memorial Hospital 11/22/1963 1:00 PM Lee Harvey Oswald Murdered 11/24/ :21 AM Lee Harvey Oswald Murdered 11/24/ :21 AM Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald 11/22/ :01 PM Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald 11/22/ :01 PM JFK Lands at Love Field 11/22/ :40 AM JFK Lands at Love Field 11/22/ :40 AM LBJ sworn in as President 11/22/1963 2:38 PM LBJ sworn in as President 11/22/1963 2:38 PM Slide Menu