1. President John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps in 1961. What were his reasons? Use this link to the JFK Presidential Library to READ AND LISTEN TO HIS SPEECH. READ AND LISTEN TO HIS SPEECH.

2. What do they accomplish? What do they learn? Where do they serve? Look through the websites given here, or go to your favorite search engine and find sites created by Peace Corps members. TAKE SOME TIME TO ENJOY THE VARIETY OF PHOTOS AND INFORMATION. Using your research from part 1, write answers to these questions. Do a little more Internet research if necessary. When you are finished, discuss the questions and answers with your teacher. In the next lesson you will write a letter home as if you were a Peace Corps volunteer. With this in mind, focus on a country that interests you. 1.Why did President Kennedy say that the Peace Corps was necessary? 2.What is the purpose of the Peace Corps? 3.What are the requirements to be a Peace Corps volunteer?

3. Look 4.What do Peace Corps volunteers earn? 5.Where do volunteers serve? 6.What sort of jobs do they do? 7.What are their living conditions like? 8.What do they write home about their work? 9. What is your opinion of the Peace Corps program? Do you think it is accomplishing something important? Why, or why not?

4. 9. What do Peace Corps volunteers do when they get back home? 10. What country interests you most among those served by the Peace Corps? Where is it located? 11. What do Peace Corps volunteers do there? 12. What is it like to live there? 13. What are the people like? 14. What do you think it would be like to serve there? Write down your answers and discuss them with your teacher. Save your work, because you will need to refer to it to complete Part 3 of the Peace Corps lesson.