American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Cesar E. Chavez: "The Mexican American and the Church"
This is a paper that was prepared and presented by Cesar E. Chavez and presented in March 1968 at the Second Annual Mexican Conference in Sacramento, California. In it, he discusses the lack of support from the Catholic parish for the...
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Margaret Chase Smith: "Declaration of Conscience"
This is the text of Senator Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience," a list of how Republicans and Democrats should act, delivered on June 1, 1950.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Ted Kennedy: 1980 Democratic National Convention Address
This is the text and audio of Senator Ted Kennedy's address to the 1980 Democratic National Convention on delivered on August 12, 1980, New York, NY.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Address to the Un on Climate Change
This is the text and audio of Arnold Schwarzenegger's address to the United Nations General Assembly on climate change on September 24, 2007.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Worldwide Troop Talk: Defense Media Activity
This is the text, audio, and video [1:11:18] of the Defense Media Activity's "Worldwide Troop Talk" with Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on September 1, 2015, in Fort Mead, Maryland.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Drell Lecture on Innovation and Cybersecurity
This is the text, audio, and video [40:52] of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's Drell Lecture on innovation and cybersecurity delivered on April 23, 2015, at Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Attallah Shabazz: Remarks at Funeral for Coretta Scott King
This is the text and audio of Attallah Shabazz's remarks at the funeral of Coretta Scott King on February 7, 2006, at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Sasc Statement on Counter Isil Campaign
This is the text, audio, and video [12:35] of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's address to Senate Armed Services Committee on the Counter-ISIL Campaign on October 28, 2015.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Anita Hill: Senate Judiciary Testimony on Clarence Thomas
This is the text, audio, and video [1:44] of Anita Hill's testimony on Clarence Thomas in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11, 1991.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation
This is the text, audio, and video [3:08] of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's declaration of war against the Japanese the day after their attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "We Shall Overcome" Congress Address
This is the text and audio of President Lyndon Baines Johnson addressing a Joint Session of Congress on voting legislation on March 15, 1965 in Washington D.C.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Al Gore: Nobel Peace Prize Lecture
Video and text of Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech delivered on December 10, 2017, in Oslo, Norway.
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Malcolm X: "Message to Grassroots"
This is the text of Malcolm X's speech "Message to Grassroots" delivered November 10, 1963.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:20th Century and Modern Poetry: Ww Ii: Sir Winston Churchill
This lesson from a unit on 20th Century and Modern Poetry focuses on Sir Winston Churchill and his award-winning speeches during WW II. It features links to a brief history "England in World War II," a Winston Churchill biography, a list...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Com: Rationalism: Patrick Henry
This lesson focuses on Patrick Henry including his "Speech to Virginia Convention" on March 23, 1775. A link is offered to the speech, a biography of Patrick Henry, and a quiz over the speech.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by President Ronald Reagan
President Ronald Reagan delivered this speech to the grieving nation on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff, leading to the death of its seven crew members. A specific purpose for reading...
US National Archives
Docs Teach: President Reagan and the Cold War: Vision and Diplomacy
See how Ronald Reagan's rhetoric evolved from his speech calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire" to his signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by examining photographs and documents.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Gettysburg Address
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students analyze historical speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King to find rhetorical devices and features that make these speeches memorable.
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Andre Agassi Farewell to Tennis Address at the u.s. Open
This is the text, audio, and video [2:28] of Andre Agassi's farewell address to tennis at the U. S. Open on September 3, 2006.
Other
Ten Rhetoric of War Writing Projects
Created by a teacher responding to the events in Kosovo, this list is a great start for a media literacy class project. Good discussion-starting questions are included with each item on the list. Requires some independent research to...
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Latin Handouts
Copious amounts of handouts can be found here at the Latin Library. Includes vocabulary handouts, Latin readings, grammar handouts, exercises, and other miscellaneous handouts.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Literature: Personification
Explains what personification is and gives examples. Includes links to related articles on symbolism, elements of rhetoric, fables, figure of speech, and allegory.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Oxymorons
This slideshow focuses on oxymoron by defining the term, discussing its purpose, and providing examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech
American Rhetoric
American Rhetoric: Movie Speech: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A photograph, an audio mp3, and a transcript of Atticus Finch's monologue as he delivers the closing arguments in Tom Robinson's trial in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.