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Digital Dreams

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a speech.  In this dreams lesson, students define the word dreams and list their own dreams.  Students read and discuss Langston Hughes work, read and discuss excerpts from speeches by JFK and Martin Luther King,...
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Abraham Lincoln: The Face of War

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars compare life masks and photos of Abraham Lincoln that were made before and at the end of the Civil War. In this "Faces of War" lesson, students analyze images of Lincoln in a historical context and create a timeline of event.
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Democracy in the Middle East

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain that President Bush's foreign policy to promote democracy is a departure from the Cold War policy of containment, and examine the reasons this policy has been proposed at this time.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Abraham Lincoln: Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address where he attempts to reach out the states that have seceded and assure them that his first priority is preservation of the Union.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Exp:primary Resources: Second Inaugural Address 1937

For Students 9th - 10th
President Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address delivered in 1937. In this speech FDR calls for the nation to accept and prepare to move forward.
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address (20 January 2005)

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the Second Inaugural Address by George W. Bush in 2005 along with an interpretive essay that examines the ways that President George W.Bush's Second Inaugural Address reflected the assumptions of the Bush Doctrine, ideas...
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcribed version of the First Inaugural Address given by FDR in 1933.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcribed excerpts of President Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered March 4, 1933.
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This Nation

This Nation: George H. W. Bush's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989

For Students 9th - 10th
The Inaugural Address of George H. W. Bush on January 20, 1989.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Primary Resources: First Inaugural Address 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
A transcription of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address delivered on March 4, 1933.
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln, March 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of President Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, delivered March, 4, 1865.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the composition of Lincoln's first inaugural address and copies of the manuscript along with Lincoln's notes in the margins. What a resource!
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Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address, March 4, 1861
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World Wide School

World Wide School: James Knox Polk: Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a copy of James Knox Polk's inaugural address on March 4, 1845.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: Franklin D Roosevelt: 2nd Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: bartleby.com: Presidential Inaugural Address: James A. Garfield

For Students 9th - 10th
The inaugural address of James A. Garfield and a brief description of the inaugural day.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: William Mc Kinley's Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the second inaugural address of William McKinley, just months before he was assassinated.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: William Mc Kinley's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read William McKinley's first inaugural address, which focused primarily on the economy, the nation's debt, and tariffs. In addition, he expresses the need for further civil service reforms.
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Other

Fdr Cartoon Archive: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Franklin Roosevelt's second inaugural address in which he assesses the previous four years and lays out his plan for the next.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address delivered March 4, 1865.
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Yale University

Yale Law School: First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Inaugural address. In this speech, he outlines the world crisis facing the country in 1933. He also outlines the aims of government programs and his primary goal, which was to relieve unemployment by...
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: "One Third of a Nation": Fdr's Second Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's second inaugural address where he points out the problems and progress made in his previous four years. He goes on to lay out his plans for his next term.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address: Draft & Final

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the texts of Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address delivered March 4, 1861, in New York, NY. It includes four PDF files: the Forward, the Original Draft, Editorial Changes, and the Final Draft.
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University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
The original text of the Inaugural Address given by President Harrison in 1841 is provided at this site.

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