Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning | Topics for Further Study

Select a current political figure and collect newspaper and magazine articles about him or her from several sources. After reading the articles, do you feel as though you know the person any better than you did before? Select one paragraph from each article and cut it out Arrange your paragraphs in different orders. How does that affect what you know about the person?

Investigate the social and political issues of the 1960s and what Robert Kennedy's policies were on these issues. Is it necessary to know them to understand Barthelme's story? Why would Barthelme fail to...

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