TASK

=TASK=

Your task is to pretend you are the President of the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Using the information compiled by your "advisors", you must make a decision about a course of action. You must then notify the American people of your decision through a televised speech. Use the information on this website to help make your decision.

You must prepare a TYPED speech (minimum 1.5 pages, double spaced) where you ** (1) ** provide background on the tension that exists between Cuba and the United States, ** (2) ** explain the alarming situation reconnaissance aircraft have discovered in Cuba and ** (3) ** your plan for dealing with this foreign threat. Every attempt should be made to included SPECIFIC historical details learned in the documents section. Remember that you are writing this document in the first-person!

Don't forget to check out the grading rubric in the evaluation stage.