Students participate in group discussion to problem solve. In this group discussion lesson, students exchange information, opinions and ideas in one of several types of discussion formats. Lesson format works for different...

Sixth graders explore the details of Christmas. In this Christmas history lesson, 6th graders participate in a bingo quiz on Christmas. Students complete a worksheet after the quiz. 

This is the text of the Cornerstone speech for the Confederacy which was delivered by Alexander H. Stephens on March 21, 1861, in Savannah, Georgia.

Learn steps from the experts on how to write and deliver a great speech. There are tips and graphic organizers for writing. The final step is recording your speech on the Radio Hotline. Listen to other student writing as well.

CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...

This is a radio speech "Share Our Wealth" delivered by Huey P. Long on March 7, 1935, by the National Broadcasting Company, New York. Long was in opposition to Roosevelt's New Deal.

Read William Jennings Bryan's speech delivered at the Democratic National Convention in 1896; it is considered one of the greatest political speeches in American history.

Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, came under fire for misusing political contributions for personal expenses. These are transcripts of Nixon's speech delivered in 1952.

FDR delivers a campaign speech as Election Day draws near in 1932. He addresses domestic issues that must be addressed as the nation experiences the impact of the Great Depression.

This is the text of Robert La Follette's speech to the Senate, "Free Speech in War Time" delivered on October 6, 1917, in the U.S. Senate Chamber, in Washington, D.C.

This is the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning" by Maya Angelou which was delivered on January 20, 1993, at the Inauguration of President Clinton.

Searchable and browsable database of speeches delivered by and interviews conducted with Castro over the years from 1959 to 1996. Includes recommended links for where the speeches can be found online in Spanish.

This lesson focuses on John F. Kennedy's speech, "We Choose to go to the Moon," delivered at Rice University on September 12, 1962. It features links to JFK's biography and Wikipedia entry, the National Geographic: "Moon 101" video, the...

Read some introductory commentary before reading the speech Booker T. Washington gave in Atlanta in September, 1895. This speech became known as the Atlanta Compromise speech and has received mixed reviews over the years.

Then Congressman Richard Nixon delivers a speech warns the nation of a Communist spy suspected of espionage and conspiracy.

A transcript of the infamous speech delivered by Franklin Roosevelt asking Congress to declare war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

This lesson focuses on the steps for preparing a speech including choose a topic, analyze the audience, gather materials and evidence, develop a thesis, support ideas, organize and outline the speech, draft the speech, prepare to...

This lesson focuses on speech making including watching famous speakers and noting their language choice, diction, body language, pauses, etc. This is followed by group work practicing the "hamburger" method of writing a prepared speech....

This is the text and audio of Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory speech as Governor of California delivered October 8, 2003, in Los Angeles, California.

This is the text and audio of Abraham Ribicoff's speech nominating G. McGovern for President delivered on August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

This is the text of Huey P. Long's radio speech entitled "Every Man a King" delivered on February 23, 1934.

Video and text of Al Gore's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention delivered on August 28, 2008, at INVESCO Field, Mile High Stadium, in Denver, Colorado.

This is the text of President Woodrow Wilson's last speech in support of the League of Nations delivered on September 25, 1919, in Pueblo, Colorado.

This is the text and audio of William Faulkner's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature delivered on December 10, 1950, in Stockholm Sweden.