A Few Famous Speakers and their Famous Speeches

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OBJECTIVES

• To encourage students to read and listen to speeches

• To help students realize the power that speeches can hold and share

MOSES• The Ten

Commandments

• Delivered at Mt. Sinai in Egypt

• See next page for text of the Ten Commandments and Listen to audio of the Ten Commandments by clicking below: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20&version=NIVSource: http://www.emersonkent.com/famous_speeches_in_history_date.htm

The Ten CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before[a] me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the

waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery. 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his

ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”Listen to audio of the Ten Commandments by clicking below:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20&version=NIV

JESUS of NAZARETH• Sermon on the Mount

(Matthew 5) – The Beatitudes

• Delivered in Galilee, in Ancient Palestine

• See next slide for excerpt from the speech or

• Watch this dramatic interpretation of The Sermon on the Mount: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNn7JWm3H8&feature=relatedImage source: bing.com

Sermon on the MountThe Gospel according to Saint Matthew 5:1

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, . . . Lk. 6.20-23

3 ¶ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 ¶ Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Is. 61.2

5 ¶ Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ps. 37.11

6 ¶ Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Is. 55.1, 2

7 ¶ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8 ¶ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Ps. 24.4, 5

9 ¶ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

10 ¶ Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: 1 Pet. 3.14 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 ¶ Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 1 Pet. 4.14

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets 2 Chr. 36.16 · Acts 7.52 which were before you.

Source: Youtube.com / Watch this dramatic interpretation of The Sermon on the Mount: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfNn7JWm3H8&feature=related

SOCRATES

• Apology of Socrates (In defense of Socrates) • As transcribed by Plato• 399 B. C.• Rhetorical device: Irony• Listen to this video of the speech:

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=apology+of+socrates&view=detail&mid=16CC703ECA49AF03256916CC703ECA49AF032569&first=0&FORM=LKVR2

Jonathon Edwards

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

• Enfield, Connecticut• July 8, 1741• Sermon that sparked theGreat Awakening in

Americahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vUYUyZFINE&feature=related

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Patrick Henry

• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• 1775

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJrSdr34co&feature=related

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SUSAN B. ANTHONY• Is It a Crime for a Citizen of

the United States to Vote?

• 1873

• Click to listen to speech audio: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/185/civil-rights-and-conflict-in-the-united-states-selected-speeches/4855/is-it-a-crime-for-a-citizen-of-the-united-states-to-vote/(Go to: 27:48 in speech)

• Or Click to view video about Anthony: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDPZudU0ek

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SOJOURNER TRUTH• Ain’t I a Woman

• Delivered in Akron, Ohio

• May 28, 1851

• Key Element: Rhetorical Questioning

• Watch Alfre Woodard’s interpretation of Truth’s speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vr_vKsk_h8

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

• Gettysburg Address• Delivered at dedication

of Gettysburg Cemetery in Pennsylvania

• November, 19, 1863

• Listen to the speech by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Bojjx_Dew&feature=related

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George C. Wallace

• Segregation Forever . . . Inaugural Address

• Alabama• January 14, 1963

• See video of the speech by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLLDn7MjbF0

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

• I Have a Dream

• Washington, D. C. March

• August 28, 1963

• Click on link to here speech excerpt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57lotnKGF8&feature=related

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Malcolm X• By Any Means Necessary• Detroit, MI• Nov. 10, 1963• Purpose: To promote a

sense of self acceptance that would in turn motivate blacks to demand just treatment in society

• Device: Rhythmical speech

• Listen to this very short excerpt by clicking here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DlfEQ7cyk&feature=related

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GEORGE W. BUSH• 9-11-01 Speech• Washington, D.

C.• Watch speech

delivery at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqCquDl4k4&feature=related

Barack Obama

• Osama Bin Ladin • Delivered in

Washington, D.C.• May 2011• Watch video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHoX4rGrGbY&feature=fvwrel

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