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Apraxia Kids: About Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Apraxia-KIDS offers information on what apraxia is, plus speech therapy tips, ideas for parents of children with apraxia, events, stories, resources, and FAQs.
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The Political History Leading to Free Speech Movement
Out of Berkeley University's Free Speech Archives, students will find an exhaustive list of documents available on the development of the New Left at Berkeley through 1964.
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National Speech/language Therapy Center
Home page for an organization dedicated to the treatment of speech/language disorders in children. This site contains a great deal of information about speech and language disorders and therapy.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: The Atlanta Compromise Speech (1895)
Find out how Booker T. Washington tried to allay the fears of white Southerners in his speech in Atlanta in September, 1895. Although hailed as a new era in which blacks would give up their civil and political rights and in return get...
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Tami: Times Are a Changin' Development of the Two Party System in Texas
A collection of historical videos of political campaigns in Texas, which students analyze after an exploration of what qualities an effective political leader should have. They explore and discuss what Democrats and Republicans say in...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Speech Recognition for Learning
Speech recognition, also referred to as speech-to-text or voice recognition, is technology that recognizes speech, allowing voice to serve as the "main interface between the human and the computer." This Info Brief discusses how current...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Expository Speeches
This lesson is a fun way to practice the elaboration tools needed to back up answers. Students will need to speak about a random topic for one minute without time to prepare. This lesson helps students practice their speaking skills,...
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BBC
Bbc: Voices: Schools: Speech Styles and Standard English [Pdf]
Some activities to do with students to help them understand about dialects and accents. Presents a poem written phonetically with a Londoner's accent, two more poems with lesson ideas, and a story with some non-standard English words...
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Bowling Green State U: Informative Speech Topic Ideas
This site offers a brief list of potential informative speech topics. Though the list is brief, use the suggestions as inspiration. Also includes helpful reminders and common topics to avoid.
California Digital Library
Calisphere: Free Speech
A broad selection of images featuring free speech can be found on this site by Calisphere. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs and image information.
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Boggle's World Esl: Verbs
25 printable worksheets designed to help students develop their vocabulary of verbs. Each instructional activity provides a mix of activities and questions that focus on a specific verb (e.g., fly, dream, play, ride, like, etc.).
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Grammar Rules
This is a grammar handbook with links to grammar rules for the parts of speech, punctuation marks, mechanics, sentence style and clarity, composition, academic writing, organization and development, revising and editing, and research and...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "Censorship: An Educator's Guide"
Activities, writing prompts, points of discussion and some additional resources are offered here to help with teaching about free speech and censorship.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University Writing Center: Informative Speaking
Introduction to basic concepts necessary for delivering an informative speech. Eight different areas are developed from purpose to speech delivery. Look on the right side and select the specific topic you are looking for. SL.9-10.4...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, King discusses racial...
University of Maryland
Voices of Democracy: John F. Kennedy, "Address: "The President and Press" 1961
Read President John F. Kennedy's speech, "The President and the Press," which he delivered before the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) on April 27, 1961. In this speech, he attempted to explain and justify the Bay of Pigs...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1918: Max Planck
Use this site to learn about the scientific work of physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947 CE), whose studies in radiation and light earned him the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read his Nobel Lecture, "The genesis and present state of...
University of Maryland
Voices of Democracy: George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address (20 January 2005)
Complete text of the Second Inaugural Address by George W. Bush in 2005 along with an interpretive essay that examines the ways that President George W.Bush's Second Inaugural Address reflected the assumptions of the Bush Doctrine, ideas...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Indirect vs. Direct Characterization
This lesson introduces indirect (learn about the characters through speech, thoughts, actions, physical description, other character's feelings) and direct characterization (author tells the reader about the character) in fiction...
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Chicago: Deval Patrick [Pdf]
"Chicago Is a City of Possibilities" is an inauguration speech by Deval Patrick given as he became governor of Massachusetts. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes determining...
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New South Wales Educational Resources: Talking and Listening in K 6
Lists developmental characteristics of speech and listening of K-6 children. Excellent educational site from New South Wales.
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Chronologies of the Conflict
This site offers five different chronologies written at different times by different people with interests in the event and therefore with different emphasis and perspectives. All chronologies offer dates of events and developments and...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Werner Karl Heisenberg Biographical
This website provides information on the life and scientific contributions of Werner Heisenburg, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "creation of quantum mechanics." Read the Prize Presentation Speech in which Professor H....
Digital History
Digital History: Martin Luther King & Malcolm X on Violence & Integration [Pdf]
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were strong African-American leaders in the Civil Rights movement. Read about the differences in their approach to gaining civil rights for African-Americans. Find charts that compare their ideas on...