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Senator Mansfield delivers a eulogy at the bier of John F. Kennedy in the Capitol Rotunda. Speeches also by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Representative John W. McCormack. ; https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfield_audio/1021/thumbnail.jpg

History-based trade books, such as biographies, narrative non-fiction, and expository texts, are essential secondary sources in social studies classrooms. Research, though, indicates a preponderance of misrepresentations in trade books' depictions of historical eras and figures. We examined trade books' historical representation of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, an iconic American president. The data sample featured biographies targeting various grade-ranges and published in different eras. Including books targeting early grade, middle grade, and high school students enabled comparisons of historical representation within and between different grade-ranges. Incorporating texts published in different eras allowed for consideration of how Kennedy's historical representation changed over time. Mixed methods content analysis—reliant on both open and axial-coding—yielded important findings about how children's and young adult authors depicted Kennedy's family history, particularly during World War II, privileged social position, Catholicism, wife, health, tensions during his presidency, and his assassination and subsequent conspiracy theories. Trade books' representations appeared to be shaped more by date-of-publication than intended age of the reader. Identified historical misrepresentations included presentism, omission, exceptionalism, and heroification. Significance for teachers and researchers is articulated and practical classroom suggestions are provided.

Excerpts of speeches and statements arranged by the following subject/section numbers: 6: Fine Arts; 7: Decision Making; 8: The New Frontier; 9: The Presidency; 10: Alliance for Progress; 11: Space; 12: Civil Rights; 13: Education and Mental Health; 14: Defense of Freedom; 15: United Nations, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Testing; and 16: Exchange Students and Women's Role in Politics. Excerpts of speeches which do not fit in the above listing include: Communist China, the American Flag, Bestowal of U.S. Citizenship upon Winston Churchill, Labor and Economic Security, and the Bill of Rights. Annotated in red ink by Bruce Herschensohn, including his decisions on the segments to consider for Years afLightning. ; Scanned from original text or image using a Canon Expression 10000XL scanner. Optimized in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and saved in .pdf format.