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CommonLit

Common Lit: "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling"

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin Ruling" by President Barack Obama, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Fdr's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "FDR's First Inaugural Address" by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Diction and Tone (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Evaluate the role of diction and tone in literary nonfiction such as speeches, essays, and other forms.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Syntax (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Evaluate the role of syntax in literary non-fiction such as speeches, essays, and other forms.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: On Disability Rights: Highlights From Speeches by Ed Roberts

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "On Disability Rights: Highlights from Speeches By Ed Roberts," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Fear Is Simple and Profound

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Fear is Simple and Profound" by Julia Butterfly Hill, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference" Speech by Elie Wiesel

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Elie Wiesel's 'The Perils of Indifference' Speech," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Economic Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Economic Bill of Rights" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: President Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate" by President Ronald Reagan, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President" by Calvin Coolidge, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Primary
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Romanticism: "The American Scholar" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For Students 9th - 10th
"The American Scholar" is a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was invited to speak in recognition of his groundbreaking work "Nature" in which he...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Forgotten Man

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Forgotten Man" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Remarks of Sen. J. F. Kenedy on Young People International Service

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with "Remarks of Sen. J. F. Kenedy on Young People and International Service" by John F. Kennedy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be...
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ann Dunwoody: Speech at Promotion to 4 Star General Ceremony

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video of General Ann E. Dunwoody's speech upon her promotion to 4-Star General.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Andre Agassi International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [30:30] of Andre Agassi's induction speech into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on September 10, 2011, in Newport, Connecticut.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

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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Primary
American Rhetoric

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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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Abraham Ribicoff: Speech Nominating G. Mc Govern for President

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Abraham Ribicoff's speech nominating G. McGovern for President delivered on August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Accepting Democratic Presidential Nomination

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the CSPAN video of Adlai Stevenson's acceptance of the 1952 Democratic Presidential nomination speech which was delivered on July 26, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Un Security Council: Soviet Missiles in Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video of Adlai Stevenson addressing the UN Security Council concerning Soviet missiles in Cuba on October 25, 1962.
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Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Adrien Brody: Oscar Award for Best Actor Acceptance Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video of Adrien Brody's acceptance speech for his 2003 Oscar Award for Best Actor for the film The Pianist. It was delivered on March 23, 2003, in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture" by Nelson Mandela, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: President Kennedy's Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "President Kennedy's Inaugural Address" by President John F. Kennedy, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: First Lady Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at Wellesley College

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "First Lady Barbara Bush's Commencement Address at Wellesley College" by Barbara Bush, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...