news-2-you
Volume XVI, Advanced Edition 13
n2y.com
November 18, 2013
AMERICA
REMEMBERS
John F. Kennedy
History has many special dates. These are the dates we all learn.
These are the dates we should never forget. This month is the 50th
anniversary of one of those dates. A president of the United States died on
November 22, 1963. The president was John F. Kennedy. He had been
president for only three years, but he had a big effect on America. Kennedy
was a very popular president. People around the world were surprised and
saddened by his death.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page
1
news page
John F. Kennedy was a Navy officer.
John Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1917. He
went to college at Harvard University. He served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II. Kennedy later became a congressman and senator from
Massachusetts. In 1960, Kennedy was the Democratic Party’s nominee
for president. Kennedy was elected as the 35th President of the United
States. He was just 43 years old. He was the youngest person ever to be
elected to this office. Kennedy had big ideas to help America. He asked
everyone to help make America better. In his first speech as president,
Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you
can do for your country.”
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 2
news page
President Kennedy wanted
America to be a great world
leader. He wanted America
to be a leader in space too.
He started a program to send
Americans to the Moon.
Because of this program,
President Kennedy looking at a space capsule.
American astronauts were
the first to land on the Moon.
Kennedy also wanted Americans
to help others. Kennedy started
the Peace Corps in 1961. The
program is still going today. The
Peace Corps sends volunteers
The President shaking hands with
Peace Corps volunteers
to help people in other countries.
These volunteers teach farmers how to grow better crops. They teach
people about business, modern technology and more. President
Kennedy wanted to do more for America too.
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 3
news page
John F. Kennedy and His Wife Jacqueline
In 1963, he was getting ready for the next election. On November 22,
1963, he flew to Dallas, Texas. The president planned to give a speech
there. He never got the chance. The president was riding in an open car
when someone shot him. Kennedy later died at a Dallas hospital. America
stopped to honor their young president. Kennedy was buried in Arlington
National Cemetery, in Virginia. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson became
the next president. Now, 50 years later, America will remember that day in
1963. We will see Kennedy’s story in newspapers, magazines and on TV.
Older people will remember President John F. Kennedy. Younger people
will learn about what Kennedy meant to America. They will learn about that
sad day in November 1963.
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 4
review page
1. WHAT is the main idea of this story?
America remembers President John F. Kennedy 50 years after his death.
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States of America.
Peace Corps volunteers teach farmers how to grow better crops.
2. CIRCLE True or False about the following statements:
Kennedy was born in Maine in 1963.
True
False
American astronauts were the first to land on Mars.
True
False
Lyndon B. Johnson became president after Kennedy died.
True
False
3. ANSWER these questions about the story:
How long was President Kennedy the president? ___________________________
What program did President Kennedy start in 1961? ________________________
When did John F. Kennedy die? ________________________________________
4. NUMBER these events in the order they will happen: (or they happened)
_____ President John F. Kennedy died on November 22, 1963.
_____ John F. Kennedy served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
_____ Kennedy gave his first speech as president.
5. CIRCLE Fact or Opinion about the following statements:
John Kennedy was the youngest person to be elected as president.
Fact
Opinion
John Kennedy wanted to be the youngest person to be elected
as president.
Fact
Opinion
John Kennedy was a president.
Fact
Opinion
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 5
think page
1. WHY should Americans remember November 22, 1963?
2. WHY was President Kennedy important? What things did he do?
3. HOW does the Peace Corps help people?
4. WHY would you like to be the President of the United States? Why not?
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 6
Index for Photographs
Page 1-http://www.savingjackiek.com/pictures/John_F._Kennedy,_White_House_color_photo_portrait_big.jpg
Page 2-http://www.mrconservative.com/files/2013/05/Lieutenant-John-F.-Kennedy.jpg
Page 3-http://21stcenturywaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/JFK.jpg
Page 3-http://www.historyplace.com/kennedy/president-peace-corps.jpg
Page 4-http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2k1KbxctC_I/S9GgB8U97LI/AAAAAAAAAAU/XfMG7tunLM8/
s1600/President-John-F-Kennedy.jpg
November 18, 2013
© 2013 n2y
page 7