FREE Presidential Speech Analysis & Copywork
Published:
June 18, 2021
Contributor:
Bonnie Rose Hudson
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Are you looking for some patriotic homeschooling material that will challenge your students to think critically? This FREE Presidential Speech Analysis & Copywork features a speech given by John F. Kennedy, who then was running for Congress, called “Some Elements of the American Character.” It can help your students learn how to analyze historical speeches and get some handwriting practice at the same time.
What’s included in this free copywork pack?
This FREE Presidential Speech Analysis & Copywork features the text of the entire speech for analysis and an excerpt of it for copywork. It guides students through the simple steps they need to take to analyze any historic speech. It helps them recognize:
- details surrounding the setting of the speech
- what the goal of the speech was
- how the speech was structured
- how the words used appealed to the audience in different ways
- and much more
Encourage Critical Thinking
It is designed to be an easy-to-use supplement to your language arts study that will encourage critical thinking and help students take time to think about what is being said, critical skills in our world today.
The unit provides the questions to ask, notebooking lines to record answers, and the full text of the speech. It also includes print copywork for the students to trace and/or copy.
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