"What is Your Own Big Plan?" contains excerpts from a speech by President Barack Obama, Arlington, Virginia, September 8, 2009, concerning the need for a good education regardless of vocational plans. It is followed by a writing assignment requiring students to write a response to Barack Obama explaining what they have decided to do based on his speech including ideas from his speech and their own. This passage aligns Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, integrating ideas from different sources, and summarizing. A link is provided to the Obama's complete speech.