1. Was Lee Harvey Oswald the lone shooter?
JFK’s Assassination
Was Lee Harvey Oswald the lone shooter?

2. Today’s Objective After today’s lesson, students will be able to…
Assess the assassination of JFK and evaluate whether LHO acted alone
Essential Skill:
To explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

3. Assassination Dallas, November 22, 1963 Warren Commission Report
Texas Book Depository
Lee Harvey Oswald fired 3 shots
Jack Ruby killed Oswald
Warren Commission Report
Conspiracy?

7. Oswald fled the scene
He checked into his boarding house on 1026 Beckley
Officer J. Tippit stops on the street to talk to Oswald
Oswald shoots him 4 times to death

8. Oswald is captured
Lee Harvey Oswald walked 8 blocks to Texas Theatre on Jefferson Boulevard

9. Arrested
The cops beat Oswald up after he resists arrest at the theatre

10. Your Turn Abraham Zapruder film
Beyond Conspiracy: The Kennedy Assassination (2003)

11. Who Wanted to Kill JFK?
Castro – Kennedy wanted to kill him as well as overthrow the Communist government
Mafia – RFK was putting pressure on organized crime
FBI – JFK wanted to get rid of hoover
CIA/Military – JFK did not want to escalate US involvement in Vietnam

12. Conspiracy Questions
Could Oswald shoot 3 times accurately in under one minute?
Was there another gunman on the “grassy knoll”?
Was Oswald even involved in the assassination or was he just a patsy?
Did Jack Ruby act alone or was he under orders from the mafia to dispose of Oswald
Could the “Magic Bullet” have injured both Connally and Kennedy?
Was there a cover up by the government to keep the identity of the real assassins secret?