1. Kennedy Assassination

2. November 22, 1963 JFK was in Dallas trying to get support for next year’s election. JFK was in Dallas trying to get support for next year’s election. Dallas had an unfriendly reputation towards politicians. Dallas had an unfriendly reputation towards politicians.

3. Lee Harvey Oswald is listed as the shooter, but JFK’s is, to this day, still highly debated and conspiracy theories are manyfold. is listed as the shooter, but JFK’s is, to this day, still highly debated and conspiracy theories are manyfold.

4. School Book Depository LHO got a job in this building. He supposedly shoot JFK from the sixth floor. LHO got a job in this building. He supposedly shoot JFK from the sixth floor.

5. 6 th floor

6. Sixth Floor of the School Book Depository

7. Sniper’s perch This was Lee Harvey Oswald’s view from the 6 th floor of the School Book Depository This was Lee Harvey Oswald’s view from the 6 th floor of the School Book Depository

9. shot Sniper perch

10. The assassination was actually filmed

11. Kennedy was rushed to Parkland

12. This plaque sits next to where he was fatally shot.

13. Even today people of all walks of life share stories about where they were and what they were doing when Kennedy was killed. The day is part of our national memory, much like September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center buildings were destroyed.

14. This tragic day has affected how we think of ourselves as a nation. In “American History,” the narrator has another important reason to remember the day Kennedy died. The short story has parallel plots (two plots in one story)

15. Characters ELENA – 9 th grade, glasses, loves books, especially Gone With the Wind, not allowed into Honors class MR. DEPALMA –short, slick hair, disciplinarian, cried when President Kennedy was killed JEWISH COUPLE – garden, argue, woman widowed ELENA’S MOTHER – Puerto Rican, religous EUGENE – shy, blonde, tall, Honors classes EUGENE’S MOTHER – redhead, nurse, from Georgia