#1 Fidel Castro: Read the quotes below and answer the associated questions.

·  "Were Kennedy not a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant, then he would obviously understand that you cannot revolt against the peasants." - Castro in a speech to the UN in 1960 on the then US presidential candidate JFK.

·  "[The Kremlin] should launch a pre-emptive strike against the US" - Quote attributed to Castro during the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis in the memoirs of former Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.

·  "Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty." On the fall of European communism in July 1991.

·  "You cannot utter the word democracy, because, among other reasons, everyone in the world knows your ascent to the US presidency was a fraud." - On George Bush after the invasion of Iraq in 2004.

  1. Summarize the themes of Castro’s quotes.
  2. Why would JFK want to overthrow Castro?
#2 Bay of Pigs Disaster: Watch the video clip and answer the associated questions.
·  http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion/videos/bay-of-pigs-cias-perfect-failure
  1. Explain what the purpose of the Bay of Pigs was.
  2. Why is this considered a ‘perfect failure’?
#3 Berlin Wall: Read the article from the link and answer the associated questions.
·  http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/The-Cold-War-in-Berlin.aspx
  1. Summarize the article.
  2. What does the Berlin Wall symbolize?
#4 Intro to Cuban Missile Crisis: Look at the pictures and read the speech and answer the associated questions.
·  http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/14.jpg , http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/16.jpg , https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/jfkstate.htm
  1. Explain what is seen in the two pictures.
  2. How does JFK’s speech address the bombs? Is it ok for him to take this approach?
#5 How to Handle the Cuban Missile Crisis: Spend 5 minutes on the website below and answer the associated questions.
·  http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/cubanmissilecrisis/
  1. Summarize JFK’s options for handling the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  2. Which option did he choose? Do you think it was the right choice?
#6 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis: Watch the clip and answer the associated questions.
·  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZAwvCKoSi8
  1. Summarize the video clip.
  2. What does this tell you about the Cuban Missile Crisis as a whole?
#7 Kennedy Quote Cuban Missile Crisis: read the quote from Kennedy below and answer the associated questions.
·  �The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards…. The cost of freedom is always high—and Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission.�— President Kennedy, television and radio address to the nation, October 22, 1962
  1. Summarize the quote.
  2. How is this ideology still seen in the U.S. today?
#8- Ending the Cuban Missile Crisis- Read the link below and answer the associated questions.
·  http://www.cubanmissilecrisis.org/background/frequently-asked-questions/#17
  1. Summarize the article.
  2. How does this allow the Cold War to remain in existence?

#9- Limited Ban Test Treaty- Read the article below and answer the associated questions.

·  http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty.aspx?p=3

  1. What is the purpose of this Treaty?
  2. Is it successful in the world today? Why or why not?
#10- Peace Corps- Read the article below and answer the associated questions.
·  http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/peace-corps/
  1. Why did JFK create the Peace Corps?
  2. Was the Peace Corps a good creation? Why or why not?