Making History a (Virtual) Reality:
Using iPads to Make the Past Come to Life Imagine that you are President John F. Kennedy, and it’s October 1962. The U.S.S.R., led by Nikita Khrushchev, rules over the Eastern Hemisphere, and Fidel Castro leads a Communist Cuba. After the failed attempt to destabilize Castro’s regime at the Bay of Pigs, the risk of nuclear holocaust seems more real than ever. One morning, your military advisor, Kenneth O’Donnell, enters the oval office with big news. O’DONNELL: It’s the Soviets, sir. It looks like they are setting missiles in Cuba capable of reaching our eastern seaboard. We think some of these are equipped with nuclear warheads. Estimated time of completion: 12 days. Your options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
Gather more information Respond militarily Call the Executive Committee of the National Security Council Impose a naval blockade
What do you do?
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