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KS3 History - JFK: The assassination of JFK: Kennedys

A guide to resources on John F Kennedy, his life and death, compiled by your librarians.

A picture slideshow of the Kennedy family

Kennedys
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Robert Kennedy

Robert Francis Kennedy was born on 20 November 1925, the seventh child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy. Raised within the same wealthy, competitive environment as his elder brother, John F. Kennedy, his exclusive schooling included Harvard and the University of Virginia school of Law, where he completed his degree in 1951. Click on image to read more from the BiographyChannel.co.uk

 'Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not.'

Kennedys - interactive family tree

Click this image to access and interactive family tree of the Kennedys

The Family tree

Kennedy Family History

John F. Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, was known as a multi-millionaire financier. Learn more about the family from the following link.

Protecting Jackie

Jackie Kennedy

Birth:   
Place: Southampton Hospital, Southampton, New York 
Date: 1929, July 28 

(click image to read from firstladies.org)

Death:
Her apartment, New York, New York 
1994, May 19 
64 years old

The Family JFK