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Determine how African-Americans have broken barriers in this history lesson. Middle schoolers discuss the 15th Amendment and the American civil rights movement prior to analyzing Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union," taking care to evaluate the speaker's argument. Then they compose essays of their own regarding social change.

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persuasive speeches, public speaking, persuasive arguments, african american history, equal rights, civil rights, human rights

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a more perfect union, african american history, equal rights, obama speech, speaker's argument, english language arts
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Grade
8th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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