Speech and Presentations Lesson Plans

Students explore the concept of where hunger comes from and how do natural resources effect the way countries support their population. They research different countries and their effectiveness in fighting hunger. In addition, their final project is a five minute speech presented in a United Nations environment scenario on a particular country and their current status.

Students write and deliver a short persuasive speech using the POAM method. They also incorporate one of the three persuasive appeals into a written speech. Students apply what they have learned about persuasion and speech presentation to create their own speeches.

Ninth graders consider issues in their school or community and take a position. In this persuasive writing lesson, 9th graders view and discuss letters to the editor and editorials from local newspapers. Students gather research and survey authoritative sources about and issue in order to write their own persuasive papers and then present them to the class.

Students write their own speech about their hopes and dreams and deliver it to the class.  For this "I Have a Dream" lesson, students create a speech using the Martin Luther King, Jr. speech as a model and for inspiration.  Students deliver their speeches to the class, who will critique and evaluate the speeches.

Learners examine Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" speech. In this American history lesson, students analyze FDR's 1941 State of the Union Address in order to examine the scope and meaning of freedom.

Young scholars read and analyze Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address. They listen to recordings of speeches by F.D.R., answer discussion questions, and participate in a debate.

Students examine some of the nuances, vagaries, and ambiguities inherent in the rhetorical use of "freedom." The objective is to encourage students to glimpse the broad range of hopes and aspirations that are expressed in the call of-and for-freedom.

Sixth graders design travel brochures using technology to persuade people to visit their location.  In this travel brochure activity, 6th graders must communicate what is attractive about a place that would convince you to visit. Students present their projects.

Eighth graders study how essays and speeches as literary threads create an intimate relationship between the author and audience. They discover how speeches of important Americans reflect the hopes and dreams of earlier generations.

Students complete a variety of activities as they prepare to write and present an informative speech on the topic of their choice.