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Huey Long-"Every Man a King"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the governorship of Huey Long. They view and discuss Ken Burn's documentary, "Huey Long," read and discuss a speech, conduct Internet research, and create a visual display of their research information.
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Nomination Speech

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and American author and nominate them for an award. They determine significant accomplishments of their author's career and life. They access the Biography Resource Center and research their author.
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Environmental Health Impromptu Talk

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students learn the criteria for and create the framework of an impromptu speech about an environmental health issue that is especially important to them. Students write a speech about an environmental health problem based on the material...
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Organizing Your Ideas Into an Effective Outline

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the components of a speech outline and write an interesting speech.
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Abraham Lincoln's Position on the Question of Slavery and Its Extension

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read excerpts from Abraham Lincoln's speeches and letters between 1854 and 1861 and look for information relative to Lincoln's thoughts on the legal and Constitutional aspects of slavery.
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Animal Farm: The Complete Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers choose chapters from "Animal Farm" to complete a project on. They make connections between the characters and gather any outside information needed. They present their information to the class.
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Oral Presentation of a Report With Visual Support

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create multi-paragraph report using the researched information. Over several class periods, students research a topic of their choosing and create a one-two page report. Student reports are presented to the class using an...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2006)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English worksheet, students listen to a speech and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then compose an essay based on the information.
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The Enemy that Never Was

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research and explain in a speech why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during the Second World War.
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The Enemy that Never Was

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write speeches explaining why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during World War 2. In this Japanese Canadians lesson plan, students learn about racism, and how the Japanese were targeted but not a threat during the...
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An Exploration of Automotive Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
learners research varied aspects of car design, and create a new design for the exterior body of a car. Students conduct Internet research, respond to writing prompts, and analyze, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple...
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Universal Studios' Roller Coasters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an article and review a type of graph or other graphic representation. They write a response to a ""Task"" that may be a letter, a report, or a speech to an interested group. In the written response they must refer to both...
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Frequency Histograms, Bar Graphs and Tables #3

For Students 7th - 9th
In this frequency histograms worksheet, students examine bar graphs, histograms and tables.  They identify the model of information that best matches the statistics.  This three-page worksheet cotnains two multiple-choice...
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Understanding Effectiveness

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the work of animal welfare advocates. In this advocacy lesson, students examine advocacy strategies and investigate their effectiveness as they analyze King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Students apply the advocacy...
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Understanding the Indoor Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils create and deliver speeches about why their school should have an Indoor Air Quality team. In this speeches lesson plan, students make presentations to school board members about having an IAQ team.
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The Underground Railroad in the I and M Canal Area

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss provocative statements about the Underground Railroad and form opinions. They locate and read a selection on the Internet that either supports of discredits their written opinions. They then read a speech by John Hossack.
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Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet

For Students 8th - 9th
In this sound recording analysis worksheet, students listen to a sound recording and analyze it in order to gain more information about the recording's subject.
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Rhetorical Terms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore online audio examples taken from public speeches, movies, songs, lectures, oral interpretations of literature and other media events to find uses for specific rhetorical terms. This instructional activity includes...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2010)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a speech and study a graphic before answering reading comprehension questions.  Students then compose an essay using information from...
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The Civil War Experience

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students write or design a creative project about the Civil War. In this Civil War lesson, students share memorable quotes from speeches and discuss documents historians could use to analyze the Civil War. Students read excerpts from...
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Presenting Research with PowerPoint

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize information and prepare a visual interpretation that enhances an oral presentation using pictures, graphics and sound.
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Cold War Battle Grounds Arms Race, Space Race, Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the Space Race and Arms Race. In this Cold War instructional activity, students watch video clips and read information about how the Cold War was fought. Young scholars complete a writing activity based on the...
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Debates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct research using multiple sources to support a position in a debate. They put information from multiple sources into correct debate format. Students participate in a debate arguing one position in a focused manner.
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To Protect and Serve

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore race issues that exist in the police force and in police actions through sharing opinions and researching and presenting related statistical and historical information.

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