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JFK Assassination: Key Facts & Theories

The document summarizes the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of assassinating Kennedy but was then killed by Jack Ruby before he could stand trial. Many witnesses reported seeing gunshots come from other locations or seeing other armed men in the area prior to the motorcade. In the three years after the assassination, 18 witnesses died under mysterious circumstances, fueling conspiracy theories that others were involved in a cover-up of what really happened.

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JFK Assassination: Key Facts & Theories

The document summarizes the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of assassinating Kennedy but was then killed by Jack Ruby before he could stand trial. Many witnesses reported seeing gunshots come from other locations or seeing other armed men in the area prior to the motorcade. In the three years after the assassination, 18 witnesses died under mysterious circumstances, fueling conspiracy theories that others were involved in a cover-up of what really happened.

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The English Project Samyr Martins

Conversation Lesson 13
1) Warm-Up Have you ever heard about John F. Kennedy? What can you say about him?

2) Text The JFK Assassination When John F. Kennedy became the 35th president of the United States at the age of 43, he was the youngest man ever to be elected to the post. He was also the first Roman Catholic. He had served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War and had a number of honors. After his inauguration in January, 1961, he focused on the issues of poverty and inequality and the threat posed by the Soviet Union. At 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, the limousine carrying President Kennedy, Governor Connally, and their wives through Dallas, Texas, torned out of Dealey Plaza past the Schoolbook Depository Building. There were a number of gunshots. The President received bullets in the neck and the head, and the Governor Connally a bullet in his back. A man some distance away was wounded by a passing bullet. Forty-five minutes later, the police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald on a charge of murdering police officer Tippitt, who had died of gunshot wounds in the vicinity of the assassination. After the police had interrogated Oswald for several hours without a lawyer present, they accused him of murdering the President. On November 24, 1963, the police were handing Oswald over to state prison officers in the garage of the police building when he was shot dead by Jack ruby in front of hundreds of journalists and millions of TV watchers. After several months, investigators declared that Oswald was the only assassin, had acted on his own, and had shot from the 6th floor of the Schoolbook Depository Building. Witnesses in Dealey Plaza saw things differently, however. Many reported that shots had been fired from a nearby park and a cloud of smoke had been visible there. There are also photographs of two unidentified men behind the fence at the park, one with a rifle. Before the motorcade arrived, people had seen men with rifles in downtown Dallas. In the three-year period following the assassination of President Kennedy and the silencing of Oswald, 18 important witnesses died, including six by gunshot, two by suicide, one from a cut throat, and one from a karate chop to the neck. All this supports the theory of a conspiracy and cover-up. Oliver Stones movie JFK asks questions about what exactly happened and who was responsible.

The English Project Samyr Martins


3) Discussion How many people were hurt during the assassination? Who was accused of the assassination? What happened to him? What was the official version of events? What did witnesses report? What happened after the death of Oswald?

4) Real Life Questions What do you know about John Kennedy and his death? Do you know any other important person who has mysteriously died? Who? What do you know about this crime? Do you think its important the police investigate these types of crime involving famous people? Why?

5) Composition Write (invent) a newspaper article talking about a mysterious crime involving a famous person (Dont forget the headline!) (25-30 lines)

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