Important Quotes in American History
First Year Experience (FYE)Lesson on American History
Jeff Randolph
Purpose
• To emphasis the importance of our nations history
• To allow an interactive Learning environment– Described through interactive audio clips– Highlighting important people, dates, and quotes
Expectations
• At the completion of the lesson all Learners are expected to be:– Be familiar with the quotes conveyed– Know who said each of the quotes– Describe the significance the quote/person played
in our nations history– Prepare a short descriptive essay and power point
presentation about the lesson and in particular the quote that means the most to each individual learner
George Washington
• "[A] good moral character is the first essential in a man... and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous."
Ben Franklin
• "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it."
Thomas Jefferson
• “The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.”
Thomas Jefferson
• "No power over the freedom of religion is delegated to the United States by the Constitution."
Thomas Jefferson
• "Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people."
Thomas Jefferson
• “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
Abraham Lincoln
• "Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it."
Abraham Lincoln
• "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for that day."
Theodore Roosevelt
• "To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."
Theodore Roosevelt
• "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."
Patrick Henry
• “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
George W. Bush
• “You are either with us, or against us”
Follow up
• Create a power point presentation to be presented in the next class session to your classmates.– Must have a minimum of 12 slides total including
introduction slide– Include at least 10 quotes in American history that
are important to you– Presentation must be a minimum of 5 minutes
