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- Copy of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech declaring war on Japan
- Internet access
- Written Document Analysis Worksheet (from Web site listed below)
- Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet (from Web site listed below)
- Explain to students that President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s War Address before Congress is one of the most significant speeches in American history.
- Have the students read, and if possible listen to, the speech. Ask, “What are the important points the President makes in his speech? Do you think the speech is convincing?” The National Archives and Records Administration’s Digital Classroom Web site offers a lesson that provides an opportunity for students to examine this speech closely: “Teaching with Documents Lesson Plan: ‘A Date Which Will Live in Infamy’ — The First Typed Draft of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s War Address” at <http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/day-of-infamy/>. The lesson provides a Written Document Analysis Worksheet, a Sound Recording Analysis Worksheet, and an opportunity to hear a portion of the speech. The text and audio of the speech can be found at the History Matters Web site <http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5166/>. Have the students use one or both of the two worksheets to evaluate the speech.
- Ask students what similarities, if any, they see between the attack on Pearl Harbor and the attack on September 11, 2001, of the Twin Towers in New York City. Explain to students that political leaders and the media discussed many similarities between the two events.
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