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Liberty Rhetoric

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What is liberty rhetoric? Examine how people have used it in four different time periods and situations. High schoolers investigate original source documents and compare them with the Declaration of Independence to decide how liberty rhetoric is used over time. Essential historical questions, learning targets (keywords, essentially), and possible resources are included. 

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Concepts

primary sources, primary source analysis

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liberty rhetoric, primary source document, analyze, speech, english language arts
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Resource Details

Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research

Common Core

RI.9-10.6 RI.9-10.9 RI.11-12.6 RI.11-12.9 W.9-10.6 W.11-12.6

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