Of the current living U.S. Presidents pictured above (George H. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter) only the last is studied in this lesson. This chapter deals with five recent presidents: John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford & the forementioned Jimmy Carter. As we study events like Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement, it will be important to know the order of these presidential administrations and their particular contributions. This assignment has two parts. First, for each of these presidents please write a paragraph in which you answer the following five questions:

1. The political party they belonged to

2. The years they served in office

3. "Contributions" they made, i.e., laws passed or programs started

4. Problems their administrations encountered

5. How or why they left office

It may be helpful to check out this presidential link which will have some information not found in your textbook.

Now, I admit, I do have favorites and this video is about one of them (it will also help you with your assignment :)

Picutred above is young Caroline Kennedy with her brother John and father in the Oval Office. The next photo is of my family with Caroline in June of 2011 at the Kennedy Library & Museum in Boston on what would have been John F. Kennedy's 94th birthday. Photo below of me same date and place.

For part two of this assignment you need to find three people who are old enough to remember the events of November 22, 1963. (That was almost 50 years ago - so they need to be mid-fifties or older). Ask them where they were and what they were doing when they learned that the president had been assassinated. Ask them how they are able to remember the event. Then report to me their names, ages (approximate is fine, please be polite) and their individual responses to the questions. It's also interesting (and almost spooky) to check out these similarities between John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln.