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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 History: "The Space Race" video, and the text of "We Choose to go to the Moon" speech. Students are asked to write five of Kennedy's quotes they think are inspirational and, using the linked rubric, write a paragraph about each quote and why they found it inspiring plus and introduction and conclusion.
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inspirational speech, rhetorical strategies, "contemporary nonfiction: jfk speech", "we choose to go to the moon" text, georgia virtual learning, history: "the space race", john f. kennedy biography, john f. kennedy's speech, "we choose to go to the moon", kennedy's quotes assignment rubric, national geographic: "moon 101" video, wikipedia article "john f. kennedy"
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- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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