Objectives:
- Improve application, analysis, evaluation, and synthesis skills.
- Recognize rhetorical techniques and their effects.
- Develop argumentation skills through the study of models.
- Recognize differences in language and style over time.
- Discover common themes/ideas/subjects in presidential rhetoric.
- Learn American history through presidential biography and oratory.
- Improve speaking, listening, writing, and presentation skills.
Reflection Activity:
- Explain what you have learned about the power of persuasive writing, rhetorical techniques, and the similarities and differences among the speeches we have read.
- Why is presidential rhetoric so important, especially today?
- What have you learned about American ideals through your engagement with the literature? How have those values changed and/or remained the same over time?
- What techniques can you use to improve your own writing?