Quoting Abraham Lincoln

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Title:

 Quoting Abraham Lincoln

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/bf10.soc.k-6.histus.civilwar.quotlinc/quoting-abraham-lincoln/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

This excerpt from the PBS series, "Looking for Lincoln," features clips of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama quoting Lincoln's oratory- not always accurately- to lend his historical weight to their speeches.

This resource provides a perspective from which students may begin to analyze rhetorical choices. Be sure to read the Discussion Questions found under the Support Materials for Use with Students section.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
6. Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker's rhetorical strategies and choices regarding point of view, purpose, comparisons, analogies, categories, allusions, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
19. Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
18. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view and purpose.

Examples: Analyze Mahatma Gandhi's "Quit India" speech.
Analyze "The Appeal of 18 June" by Charles de Gaulle.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
21. Analyze a speaker's rhetorical, aesthetic, and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.
Tags: Rhetoric, Speakers Purpose
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AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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Author: Jessica Byrd