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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Edward M. Kennedy: Chappaquiddick

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video (4:25] of Senator Ted Kennedy's address to the people of Massachusetts upon the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in a car accident and drowning on the island of Chappaquiddick. It was broadcast nationally from...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Barry Goldwater: Accepting Republican Presidential Nomination

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Barry Goldwater's acceptance of the nomination for President at the 1964 Republican National Convention on July 16, 1964, in San Francisco, California.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Stokely Carmichael: Black Power Address at Uc Berkeley

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Stokely Carmichael's Black Power address at UC Berkeley delivered in October 1966, in Berkeley, California.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Hubert H. Humphrey: 1948 Democratic National Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Hubert H. Humphrey's address at the 1948 Democratic National Convention on July 14, 1948.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Carrie Chapman Catt: Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Carrie Chapman Catt's address to the Congress on Women's Suffrage in November 1917, in Washington D.C.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Mario Savio: Sit in Address on the Steps of Sproul Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [1:26] of Mario Savio encourage students to protest by participating in a sit-in on the steps of Sproul Hall at The University of California at Berkeley on December 2, 1964.
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American Rhetoric: Elizabeth Glaser: 1992 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Elizabeth Glaser's address to the 1992 Democratic National Convention on July 14. 1992, in New York; She and her two children had contracted AIDS due to a blood transfusion.
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American Rhetoric: Cesar E. Chavez: "The Mexican American and the Church"

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Margaret Chase Smith: "Declaration of Conscience"

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric: Ted Kennedy: 1980 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Address to the Un on Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Arnold Schwarzenegger's address to the United Nations General Assembly on climate change on September 24, 2007.
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American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Worldwide Troop Talk: Defense Media Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Drell Lecture on Innovation and Cybersecurity

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric: Attallah Shabazz: Remarks at Funeral for Coretta Scott King

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Sasc Statement on Counter Isil Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Anita Hill: Senate Judiciary Testimony on Clarence Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Lyndon Baines Johnson: "We Shall Overcome" Congress Address

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 10th Grade Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on what grammar 10th graders need to know to be successful in the upper grades and college. These include the following: parts of speech, sentence structure/syntax, types of sentences, types of clauses, parallelism,...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Al Gore: Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
Video and text of Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech delivered on December 10, 2017, in Oslo, Norway.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Malcolm X: "Message to Grassroots"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Malcolm X's speech "Message to Grassroots" delivered November 10, 1963.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:20th Century and Modern Poetry: Ww Ii: Sir Winston Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Com: Rationalism: Patrick Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Common Lit: "Ronald Reagan on the Challenger Disaster" by President Ronald Reagan

For Students 5th - 7th
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...