“And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your. country.” Did you know that John Kenneth Galbraith, Adlai Stevenson, and Theodore Sorensen helped John F. Kennedy craft his 1961...

Get high school historians to step outside their own shoes by responding to JFK's inaugural address from the perspective of a civil rights activist, a soviet diplomat, or a Cuban exile. After a class discussion about the address,...

Students examine the presidencies and John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In this American history lesson, students specifically analyze the civil rights support of the 2 presidents and their support of civil rights legislation....

John F. Kennedy had lofty goals for improving U.S. relations with Latin America when he became president. Read about the aims of the Alliance for Progress and find out why it was a failure.

From CNN.com, this article briefly explores Kennedy's concerns about a possible downturn in the economy and the impact it could have on his re-election in 1964. Other topics include significant international events such as the Vietnam War.