Primary SourceS: Complex Texts
The following speeches are recommendations of complex texts that you can use in your classroom. Feel free to select other primary sources that tailor-­‐fit your students’ needs and interests. Third Grade Standard: SS3H2 The students will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy. Eleanor Roosevelt’s On the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dec. 9, 1948 Full Text Audio http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Eleanor%20Roosvelt%20-­‐
%20Human%20Rights%20Declaration%20Adoption.pdf http://www.americanrhetoric.com/mp3clips/politicalspeeches/eroosevelthumanrights.mp3 Cesar Chavez’ The Union and the Strike Full Text http://www.chavezfoundation.org/_cms.php?mode=view&b_code=001008000000000&b_no= 12&page=1&field=&key=&n=4 Thurgood Marshall’s Bicentennial Speech, May 6, 1987 Full Text http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/speeches/constitutional_speech.htm Video Resource http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri0NwkwkkoE Fourth Grade Standard: SS4H4 The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the America Revolution: Describe key individuals in the American Revolution… Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death, Mar. 23, 1775 Full Text Speech Video http://www.saylor.org/site/wp-­‐content/uploads/2011/01/Patrick-­‐Henry-­‐Give-­‐Me-­‐Liberty-­‐or-­‐Give-­‐Me-­‐
Death.pdf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY-­‐8V6garUc Standard: SS4CG1 The student will describe the meaning of… The Preamble to the United States Constitution, Sept. 10, 1787 Full Text http://constitutionus.com/ Speech Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQYhGKT6vCQ Video Resource http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4 Standard: SS4CH5 The student will analyze the challenges faced by the new nation: Describe the causes and events of the War of 1812; including the burning of the Capitol and White House. James Madison’s War Message to Congress, June 1, 1812 Full Text http://www.presidentialrhetoric.com/historicspeeches/madison/warmessage.html Speech Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0BL2C2DtJ0 Fifth Grade Standard: SS5H2 The student will analyze the effects of Reconstruction on American Life Abraham Lincoln’s Speech on Reconstruction, April 11, 1865 Full Text http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/reconst.htm Book Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjgcRR-­‐lVM Standard: SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in WWII. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation, Dec. 8, 1941 Full Text http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/FDR%20Pearl%20Harbor.pdf Audio http://174.132.193.190/~eiden/mp3clips/politicalspeeches/fdrwarmessage344.mp3 Video Footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhtuMrMVJDk Standard: SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-­‐1975: Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech, Aug. 28, 1963 Full Text http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/english/mlk_transcript.pdf Audio http://ia600402.us.archive.org/29/items/MLKDream/MLKDream_64kb.mp3 Video Footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRIF4_WzU1w Cassie Parson, Tiffany Abbott Fuller, and Brant Amerman Rome City Schools 2013