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Tale of Two Speeches

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Students view and read portions of John F. Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis speech from October 22, 1962. Later in the year, students recall what they remember about the speech and use a Venn Diagram to compare it to Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech from March 22, 1775.

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john f. kennedy, united states presidents, patrick henry

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john f. kennedy, patrick henry, social studies
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2004

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