Introduction
John F. Kennedy Webquest
John ("Jack") Fitgerald Kennedy was born on May 29th, 1917 in Massachsetts. Before becoming President, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. He was the 35th President of the United States, the first Catholic President, and the youngest to be elected. He served for 2 years before his assassination in 1963. During his presidency, he needed to deal with many foreign crises, for example the Cuban Missle Crisis, and problems in Berlin. He also played an influential role during a critical time in American history, the Vietnam War.
This Webquest was designed to teach students about the history of President Kennedy, and the role he played in the Vietnam War.
Task
The task of this Webquest is to:
Learn about John F. Kennedy's view on the Vietnam War through websites and a video.
First, as a group, you will watch two videos about John F. Kennedy and answer questions about what you have watched. Next you will visit two websites, one were you will learn facts about John F. Kennedy, and another that shows a timeline of John F. Kennedy's life and answer a few questions about both. Lastly, as a group the members need to come up with one thing that they learned from viewing this webquest.
Process
This is the process of learning about John. F. Kennedy
First, acess this two videos to learn about John F Kennedys thoughts on the Vietnam War.
To acess the first video, click on the link below. If the link does not appear, follow these steps:
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1.Type into Google: John F. Kennedy on the Vietnam War. Then press enter.
2. Click on Videos.
3.Then click on the third video.
Questions: for video number 1
1. Who is in the video?
A. JFK
B Obama
C A&B
D neither
2. JFK believes that the war can be won without the people's support?
a true
b false
C neither
D all of the above
E a& c
3. JFK says that the people of Vietnam must win against communism?
A true
B false
4. JFK feels that the repression among whom is very unwise?
A Buddhists
B Moodhists
c Groovists
D none
E All
5. What does Kennedy say all America can do is?
A fight
B help
c watch
D both a and c
If the link to the second video does not appear follow these steps:
Do the first two steps to get to the previous video, but instead of clicking on the third video, click on the fifth video.
Questions:video number two
1. Technically US personnel in Vietnam to do what?
A train, advise, and help South Vietnamese
B train, advise, and help North Vietnamese
C help south Vietnam with the narcotics issue
D none of the above
2. Many Americans came under enemy fire during this time?
A true
B false
3. As American casualties rose...?
A so did the number of advisors
B so did the temperature
C so did the price of gas
D so did the anger of the Japanese
4. By the Summer of 1963, how many Americans had been killed in action
A more than 100
B less than 100
C less than 50
D none
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS FOR BONUS POINT
1. What played a role in JFK's chronic back problem?
2. Who lived longer than JFK? Hint- no other president experienced this.
3. Whom did Kennedy fear?
4. Where was Kennedy on November 22nd around breakfast time?
Challenge challenge question
1. On average, how many new borns are given to the wrong parents every year?
Next as a group, you will access the following website and answer these questions:
Website: www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy
Questions:
1. What were the names of Kennedy's parents?
2. What disorder was he diagnosed with?
3. How many siblings did he have?
4. What university did he attend?
5. When did he join the U.S. navy?
6. How old was he when he entered the 80th congress?
7. What was the name of his two children?
8. What project did he oversee in his first year as president that sent volunteers to third world countries?
9. What day was he killed?
10. Where was he killed?
11. What time was he killed?
12. Who was arrested and charged with assassinating the President?
13. What happened to the man arrested?
Next acess the next website and answer more questions about what you learned.
Website:
https://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Vietnam_War_Timeline
Questions:
1. When was Kennedy elected President?
2. What happened in May 1963?
3. What program was initiated in 1962?
4. In October 1963 how many men were withdrawn?
5. What year did Kennedy decline advisement to send troops to Vietnam?
6. In 1962 the number of Amercian advisors in Vietnam was increased from a few hundred to a few _____________.
Evaluation
Web Quest Rubric
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Exceptional All Points Earned |
Admirable -3 Points |
Developing -6 Points |
Needs Improvement -10 Points |
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Use of Internet (Links Provided) |
Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. |
Usually able to use suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. |
Occasionally able to use suggested Internet links to find information and navigates within these sits easily without assistance. |
Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. |
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Web Quests Tasks Completed |
All areas of the project were addressed and handled with a high degree of sophistication. Project is interesting and completed. |
The project is only partially completed. The project submitted demonstrates a great deal of thought. (Between 75-100% complete) |
The project is only partially completed. The project submitted demonstrates a moderate level of thought. (Between 50-75% complete) |
The project is incomplete, and/or it is apparent that little effort went into the development of the project, and/or project is less than 50% complete. |
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Project Attractiveness |
Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. |
Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. |
Makes use of font, colors, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these distract from the presentation content. |
Use of font, colors, graphics, effects, etc. but these often distract from the presentation content. |
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Time Use
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Classroom time was used to work on the project. Conversations were focused on the work. |
Classroom time was used to work on the project the majority of the time. Conversations were not disruptive and focused on the work. |
Classroom time was used to work on the project the majority of the time, but conversations often were disruptive or did not focus on the work. |
The students did not use classroom time to work on the project the majority of the time and/or was highly disruptive. |
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Grammar, Font, and Spelling |
The final body of the work was free of grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. |
The final body work ad 1-2 errors related to spelling, grammar, and formatting errors. |
The final body or work had 3-5 grammar, spelling, formatting errors. |
The final body of work has major grammar, spelling, and formatting errors. |
Conclusion
To conclude this Webquest, we hope that you learned a lot about the life of John F. Kennedy, and his influence on the Vietnam War. John F. Kennedy was a very influential president, and without his leadership and insight on Vietnam, America would have been in an even more worse situation.
Thank you for answering the questions and viewing our Webquest!
Credits
Websites:
www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/john-f-kennedy
http://www.maryferrelll.org/wiki/index.php/Kennedy
Vidoes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSjTNpyJMUo- John F. kennedy on Vietnam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBaJs5W93U- The Vietnam War: John F. Kennedy
Picture
http://blogs.voanews.com/usa-politics/files/2013/11/AP03062605355.jpg
http://sites.duke.edu/dukeengagedc2013/files/2013/07/kennedy-ask-not.jpg
http://farrahgray.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/istock_000018441974sma…
http://www.celebquote.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ohn-f-kennedy-jfk-…
