1. www.pdst . ieThe Moon Landing, 1969Exploring evidence - drawing inferencesfrom historical sourceshttp://pdst.ie/postprimary

2. www.pdst . ieThe documents-based study There will be much greater use of sourcematerials especially in the teaching of thecase studies It is important that there should be varietyin the selection of historical sources to beused (G12) 3. www.pdst . ieCase studies Case studies involve an in-depthinvestigation of a particularly significant orrepresentative aspect of an element of thetopic (S11) What makes a particular event historicallysignificant? 4. www.pdst . ieFive Rs for dealing with historicalsignificance Remarkable Remembered Resonant Resulting in change Revealing 5. www.pdst . ieTopic 6: The Moon Landing, 1969Associated elements Advances in military, space and informationtechnology US foreign policy, 1945-1972: Berlin, Korea,Cuba, VietnamAssociated key concepts Technological development; the militaryindustrial complexAssociated key personality Lyndon Johnson, Norman Mailer 6. www.pdst . ieEnquiry questionWhy was the USA the first country to put aman on the moon? 7. www.pdst . ieSyllabus Learning OutcomeStudents should be able to draw conclusionsfrom historical sources and use theseconclusions to help form judgements onhistorical issues (S10) 8. www.pdst . ieLayers of inference Documents can be very revealing of the events,attitudes and mores of a period. There are layers of meaning in documents, someof which may not be immediately obvious tostudents. This exercise invites students to climb into asource to search not only for what the source tellsus but what can be inferred from the source. 9. www.pdst . ieLayers of inferenceWhat does the source tell me?source 10. www.pdst . ieWhat can be inferred from the source?What does the source tell me?Autumn 2007, The United States and the world, 1945-1989,www.pdst.ie10Layers of inferencesource 11. www.pdst . ieWhat doesnt the source tell me?What can be inferred from the source?What does the source tell me?Autumn 2007, The United States and the world, 1945-1989, www.pdst.ie11Layers of inferencesource 12. www.pdst . ieWhat other questions are posed by this source?What doesnt this source tell me?What can be inferred from the source?What does the source tell me?Autumn 2007, The United States and the world, 1945-1989, www.pdst.ie12Layers of inferencesource 13. www.pdst . ie13Inferring from photographs Comprehension list all you see in thephotograph/diagram Interpretation list three things that could beinferred from this photograph Wider context Decisions made by the photographer Events surrounding the scene Any questions raised 14. www.pdst . ie14Use of photographs (see worksheet) 15. www.pdst . ie15 16. www.pdst . ie16Apollo 11 astronauts transfer to the launch site 17. www.pdst . ie17Taskaccomplished..July, 1969 18. www.pdst . ie18President Nixon talks to the astronauts in quarantine 19. www.pdst . ie19American Know-HowJuly 17 1969Louisville CourierJournalCartoonist:Hugh Haynie 20. www.pdst . ie20Why was the USA the first country to put a manon the moon?The US feltthreatened bySoviet advancesin the space raceDespite urbanpoverty and criticismfrom someAmericans, massivespending continuedon the spaceprogrammeThe US wasseeking to takethe dominantrole in worldaffairsThere were huge advances made inscience and technologyThe US wanted adramatic successin the spaceprogrammeThe USSR did not put as muchfunding into their lunarprogramme as the USOne small step 21. www.pdst . ie21Why was the USA the first country to put a manon the moon?The US feltthreatened bySoviet advancesin the space raceDespite urbanpoverty and criticismfrom someAmericans, massivespending continuedon the spaceprogrammeThe US wasseeking to takethe dominantrole in worldaffairsThe US had made big advances inscience and technologyThe USadministrationwanted a dramaticsuccess in thespace programmeThe USSR did not put as muchfunding into their lunarprogramme as the USOne small step 22. www.pdst . ie22Why was the USA the first country to put a manon the moon?The US feltthreatened bySoviet advancesin the space raceDespite urbanpoverty and criticismfrom someAmericans, massivespending continuedon the spaceprogrammeThe US wasseeking to takethe dominantrole in worldaffairsThe US had made big advances inscience and technologyThe US wanted adramatic successin the spaceprogrammeThe USSR did not put as muchfunding into their lunarprogramme as the USOne small step 23. www.pdst . ieWhy was the USA the first country to put a man23on the moon?The US feltthreatened bySoviet advancesin the space raceDespite urbanpoverty and criticismfrom someAmericans, massivespending continuedon the spaceprogrammeThe US wasseeking to takethe dominantrole in worldaffairsThe US had made big advances in scienceand technologyThe US wanted adramatic successin the spaceprogrammeThe USSR did not put as muchfunding into their lunarprogramme as the USOne small step 24. www.pdst . ieWhy was the USA the first country to put a man24on the moon?The US feltthreatened bySoviet advancesin the space raceDespite urbanpoverty and criticismfrom someAmericans, massivespending continuedon the spaceprogrammeThe US wasseeking to takethe dominantrole in worldaffairsThe US had made big advances in scienceand technologyThe US wanted adramatic successin the spaceprogrammeThe USSR did not put as muchfunding into their lunarprogramme as the USOne small step 25. www.pdst . ie25www.pdst.ieDocument resources for LME 6Khrushchev and Kennedy Johnson and Kennedy 26. www.pdst . ie26www.pdst.ieExemplar documents-based questionMore exemplarDBQs are availableon www.pdst.ie 27. www.pdst . ie27In the Shadow of the MoonNew documentary about the Apollo 11Moon landing, on release from earlyNovember, with re-mastered NASA archivefootage.Promotional trailer, and other relevantmaterials, can be accessed throughwww.imdb.com/title/tt0925248/trailers 28. 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