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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 and 2)

Objective

Chapters 1 and 2

Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1938 and had a troubled childhood after the death of his father. Lee Harvey Oswald was placed in an orphanage until his mother remarried and was later sent for psychiatric evaluation and was court ordered to attend a home for disturbed boys in New York. The objective of this lesson is to examine Lee Harvey Oswald's childhood.

Lesson

1) Independent Work: Library Research and Written Summary: Students should research schizophrenia and passive-aggressive tendencies and write a summary of the symptoms and treatments. Students should also find information on the treatments used during the 1940's and 1950's. Students should be prepared to discuss their summary with the class.

2) Class Discussion: When was Oswald born? Where was he born? What happened two months before his birth? Who was he raised by? When did Marguerite, his mother, place him and...

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