Presidential speeches

This set of performance assessment materials (2013-14 version) is intended to be completed in the Spring of Eighth Grade as a second round of assessments, if appropriate for your class (see Fall Eighth Grade assesment linked below for additional materials designed to be administered earlier in...

President Roosevelt’s “date that will live in infamy” speech is short, clear, and powerful, conveying a giant turn of historical events in a text every student should engage. Using the question of what FDR chose to say and not say in his address to Congress, this module engages the full run-up...

FDR’s first Fireside Chat had a palpable impact on public understanding and confidence in the U.S. banking system, combining information, argumentation, style, tone and the potent new medium of radio broadcasts to create a powerful shift in American public events and private economic choices....

Students use primary documents that include Senate speeches, newspaper opinion pieces, and Presidential speeches, students explore to American Imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This module is designed for a deep dive into key primary texts from a major debate in U.S. History...