AMERICAN SPIRIT

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

HOW CAN SPEECHES INSPIRE A HISTORICALLY LITERATE GENERATION?

Objectives:  SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted secondary source text on the American Spirit with emphasis on building evidence-based reasoning skills necessary for the A.P. American Exam

Citations:

Video - Author Interview:  David McCullough, Historian (2005) “American Spirit – Who We Are and What We Stand For.  (9:03 mins)

http://www.c-span.org/video/?426887-1/qa-david-mccullough

McCullough, David (2017) The American Spirit:  Who We Are and What We Stand For.  New York:  Simon & Schuster (pgs. 105-120)

Book Review: 

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/22/524919339/david-mcullough-collected-speeches-will-give-your-american-spirit-a-boost