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Conspiracy Theories
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Agenda
• Speeches
• Vote
• Conspiracy Theory Assignment
• Sign up for theories
• Who shot JFK?
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Who shot JFK?
• View JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America
• Safari Montage; Part I; Chapter 3
http://admsm2.admin.schools.lcps/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=199007&location=local&chapterskeyindex=686907&play=1
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Your Hypotheses
• What do you think? What do you know?
• What are some other unlikely theories?
• Record these theories on your Hypothesis/Evidence Tracking
Sheet.
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Some Hypotheses
• CIA for the Bay of Pigs
• The Umbrella Man
• Lee Harvey Oswald
• LBJ
• The Mafia
• Castro
• The KGB
• Ted Cruz’s Father
• There was a 2nd shooter on the grassy knoll
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Collecting Data #1
• Read Data Set #1 “An Excerpt from Kennedy” (15 minutes)
• In groups, discuss and:
• On the Hypothesis/Evidence Tracking sheet, record the
hypothesis (if not already given in the class discussion).
• Use a + beside an hypothesis if the data supports it and a –
if it does not. Note where you got the information – Data Set 1,
Data Set 2, etc. or use the title. Annotate the data
sets, too.
• Note any new hypothesis this data set may have generated.
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Revising/New Hypothesis
• What were your findings?
• Any new hypothesis?
• Agree?
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Collecting Data #2
• Read Data Set #2 “Document Tells Soviet Theory on JFK Death”
(15 minutes)
• In groups, discuss and: On the Hypothesis/Evidence Tracking
sheet, record the hypothesis (if not already given in the class
discussion).
• Use a + beside an hypothesis if the data supports it and a –
if it does not. Note where you got the information – Data Set 1,
Data Set 2, etc. or use the title. Annotate the data
sets, too.
• Note any new hypothesis this data set may have generated.
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Revising/New Hypothesis
• What were your findings?
• Any new hypothesis?
• Can you eliminate any hypotheses?
• Agree?
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Who shot JFK?
• View JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America
• Safari Montage; Part II; Chapter 6
• Any new hypotheses?
• Evidence to support or refute prior hypotheses?
http://admsm2.admin.schools.lcps/SAFARI/montage/play.php?keyindex=199011&location=local&chapterskeyindex=686930&play=1
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Homework
• Work on conspiracy project due May 23.
• Success Paper due May 17 to Turnitin.com
• Workshop day: May 11
