PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONSA PowerPoint Presentation by Faith Bern

For Teachers:

This project will teach students about the four United States Presidential Assassinations. These lessons can be used in conjunction with lessons on the branches of government, the presidents, President's Day and elections. These lessons could also be integrated into lessons on historical events. They were developed for fourth graders but could be adapted to work for fifth through eighth grade students.

For Students

Check out the various websites on each president. Connect to them through the Resource page.

Complete the Presidential Scavenger Hunts. Your teacher will distribute the Scavenger Hunt worksheets.

Choose or be assigned one of the presidents and create a biography about the President, his life and his death. Be sure to check the writing rubric before you begin.

Share your project with your class.

This work may be done individually or in a group. Check with your teacher for more information.

Birth Dates and Assassination Dates

President Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865

President James A. Garfield 1831-1881

President William McKinley 1843-1901

President John Kennedy 1917-1963

Assassination of President Lincoln

President Abraham Lincoln 16th President Lincoln was fatally shot at the Ford Theatre by

James Wilkes Booth. He was with his wife. Booth hoped to overthrow the government.

Assassination of President Garfield

President James A.Garfield

20th President Shot by Charles Guiteau while walking

through a train station where he was to make a speech.

He was bedridden after the attack which weakened his heart.

He died of a heart attack three months later.

Assassination Of President McKinley

President William McKinley

25th president McKinley was shot twice by Leon Frank

Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

He died 8 days later from gangrene.

Assassination Of President Kennedy

President John F. Kennedy

35th President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22,

1963 in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald. He was fatally shot while riding in a

motorcade with his wife. There are many conspiracy theories

surrounding his death.