Obama 2004 Speech assignment

Text and audio of 2004 speech



After reading or listening to the speech, answer the following questions:

• Why did Obama tell the American people about his family?
• What were the most important things he shared about his family?
• Why did Obama refer to the Declaration of Independence?
• What did Obama say about race in this speech?
• Based on this speech, how would you describe Obama's vision for America?
• What political ideals did he talk about?
• What did you learn about Obama from listening to and/or reading this speech?

Assignment for June 9, 2014

I am sorry I am out - I have pneumonia and need another day to get my cough under control.  When I get back we are going to start looking at the Elections of 2004 and 2008, so if you could look up information on both elections and get some background so we can get started.

Regarding the final...you will have an essay question about the Iraq War.  You can have a notecard with information about the Iraq War.  So if you want to get info together on that go ahead.  I will also probably do something on the Election of 2008 but we will talk about that when I get back.

You will also have a document packet on The Patriot Act with  documents for and against it and you will have to answer questions about it, then determine whether or not it is ok for the government to infringe on our liberties for safety.

Ford- Carter-Reagan Notes

Reagan Presentation

Ford and Carter Notes

War Protest Project

Tuesday Night Homework

LBJ Reading

annotate/take notes on this reading.

Monday 4/28 Class work

Group Work Keywords

Monday night Homework

3-2-1 or traditional notes on this edu-portal video

Cold War Kennedy

Homework for over the weekend

321 or traditional notes for the eduportal video below

Cold War 1950's

Do Not Forget...Citations for Project!!!

Do not forget your citation page for project - it needs to be PRINTED out!


 There is a blog post with 2 links for Chicago Style citations.

Citation Link Chicago Style

Chicago Style

Purdue Writing Lab Chicago Style Page

Use Chicago style for citations for your project.  If you have any questions please see me!! This will be the citation style you use for this course.

Tuesday Class Group Work

MLK jr. Excerpts

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

I have a Dream

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Think about what we have learned about Martin Luther King jr. so far.

Refer back to the different documents of King's that we have studied, and pick out some specific parts of them that you and your group think best illustrates the ideal that King was working towards and speaking about.

Each person in the group should quickly pick out the one quote that they personally think best exemplifies King's goal for the nation.

Once each group member has chosen their quote, discuss each quote, and decide on the one that the group thinks is the best representation of King's beliefs and goals.

Once you have chosen the one quote for the group, have someone from the group write it up on the board.

We will then as a class, choose the one quote we all think best represents the goals of King's civil rights movement.

Once we have picked out our quote, we will think about everything we know about king, positives and negative and we will decide what King's legacy is.

MLK Reading for Class April 7

MLK Acceptance Speech Nobel Peace Prize

Friday Night Homework

Watch the TV news for at least 10 minutes

Answer these questions while watching

What day and time were you watching the news?
What channel are you watching?
What news program?
What are the names of the reporter/reporters?
What was the main story that was being covered?
Did they show a photo or footage from the event?
What have you seen in the news broadcast that you can use in your project?

Executive Order 11246

Tuesday Night Homework

Find an example of a lawsuit relating to Affirmative Action that happened from 1994 or later.

Write out the basics about the case.
Who was involved?
What was being disputed?
Where was the case being argued?
What was the result?

Monday Night Homework

Download the Touch Cast app and play around with it.

Turn in Malcolm X Packets

Civil Rights Act 1964

Civil Rights Project

Monday Night Homework

Watch the video linked below and take notes. 3-2-1 or traditional notes are fine.

Civil Right early 1960's

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

read and take notes or annotate this document. We will be using it in class on monday.