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"We choose to go to the Moon", President John F. Kennedy's address at Rice University on the nation's space effort to further inform the public about his plan to land a man on the Moon before 1970. (12 Sept. 1962)

Audience

Educators

Grade Levels

Grades 9-12

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Lesson Plans / Activities

Students will interpret primary and secondary sources to evaluate the roles that Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon played in the development of the space program. Students will analyze the presidents’ responses in meeting challenges of the space race and their effectiveness in doing so.

Students will:

  • Analyze primary and secondary source documents to be used as supporting evidence.
  • Incorporate outside information (information learned in the course of study) as additional support.
  • Write a well-developed argument that answers the document-based essay question about the presidential roles in the development of the space program.

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This lesson is part of the Celebrating Apollo Series.