helena Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 We're doing the Gettysburg Address for sure, since it goes with our history timeline. I'm open to any time period or subject. I need short ones for August, December, and March. Thanks!! I'm updating with a new question. :) I've printed and mounted all but one speech. I'd really like to do an excerpt from Socrates' Apology. Can anyone suggest a specific section? If you can, I'd also love to know why. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 There are some interesting ones from 1900 on listed on AO's year 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Two that have come up for us that we then found on Youtube: -I Have a Dream--MLK The speech with "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."--JFK summer 1962 (I think at Rice University??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Two that have come up for us that we then found on Youtube: -I Have a Dream--MLK The speech with "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard."--JFK summer 1962 (I think at Rice University??) :iagree: For MLK, look at the longer you tube recordings that show the whole speech and how large the crowd was. :iagree: Anything JFK JFK's Inaugural Address http://www.bartleby....124/pres56.html "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." Reagan's speeches) on the Challenger disaster, including ths famous bit: The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth†to “touch the face of God.†The funeral oration of Pericles is wonderful, classic, but not a snappy read, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Winston Churchill had several - "we shall fight them on the beaches", "their finest hour", etc. Chief Joseph - "I will fight no more forever" Elizabeth I's speech to the troops - "I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England, too" Sojourner Truth - "Ain't I a woman?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Dover Books has anthologies of great speeches. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Great+speeches+dover+books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history_junkie Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches has a lot of great ones. Stalin and Hitler are both fascinating to analyze with our 20/20 hindsight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I just want to say that this is the kind of thread that makes me love this forum! :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2OandE Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 From General Douglas MacArthur's acceptance speech of the Thayer Award: Duty, Honor, Country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball speech is nice short one. FDR's address to the nation following Pearl Harbor Spiro Agnew's Television News Coverage is interesting from a historical perspective. It's long. For short ones, have you considered movie speeches? Famous in the pop culture sense :) some historical-like, too. Some movies I can think of off-hand, but not sure of ratings: A Few Good Men ("Son we live in a world that has walls .... You can't handle the truth!") - Good Will Hunting (debate at the bar) Braveheart (Wallace's FREEDOM speech) A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More's Devil speech) To Kill A Mockingbird (Gregory Peck's court scene) Patton (General Patton's speech LOL) Dead Poets Society (Carpe Diem) Any Given Sunday (Al Pacino's pep talk) Pulp Fiction (Samuel Jackson's Ezekiel) Lord of the Rings/Return of the King (Viggio at the black gate) Field of Dreams (James Earl Jones) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I was going to suggest the Patton one as well. :-) I always assumed it was based on a real speech- is it really just a movie speech? There's the old "Four score and seven years ago" of Lincoln There's some great speeches in Shakespeare- Shylock's "If you prick me, do I not bleed", watch Mel Gibson do this one in Man Without a Face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 How about Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury before the fleet went out to meet the Spanish Armada? Great rousing stuff: My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safe guard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down my life for my God and for my kingdom and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm; the which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know, already for your forwardness, you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you, in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the meantime my lieutenant-general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject, not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches has a lot of great ones. Stalin and Hitler are both fascinating to analyze with our 20/20 hindsight... Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 From General Douglas MacArthur's acceptance speech of the Thayer Award: Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball speech is nice short one. FDR's address to the nation following Pearl Harbor Spiro Agnew's Television News Coverage is interesting from a historical perspective. It's long. For short ones, have you considered movie speeches? Famous in the pop culture sense :) some historical-like, too. Some movies I can think of off-hand, but not sure of ratings: A Few Good Men ("Son we live in a world that has walls .... You can't handle the truth!") - Good Will Hunting (debate at the bar) Braveheart (Wallace's FREEDOM speech) A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More's Devil speech) To Kill A Mockingbird (Gregory Peck's court scene) Patton (General Patton's speech LOL) Dead Poets Society (Carpe Diem) Any Given Sunday (Al Pacino's pep talk) Pulp Fiction (Samuel Jackson's Ezekiel) Lord of the Rings/Return of the King (Viggio at the black gate) Field of Dreams (James Earl Jones) Another great idea! She'll be reading To Kill a Mockingbird for History Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 13, 2013 Author Share Posted June 13, 2013 I'm so glad I asked!!!! I'll be reading through a lot of speeches in the next few days. :) Any from ancient history that wouldn't be too difficult? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 We are doing the ones listed in "Living Memory: A classical memory work companion" We will listen to/read these in full but do memory work on: An excerpt from Plato's Apology excerpt from Blood, Toil, Tears and sweat by Winston Churchill excerpt from Give me liberty, or give me death! by Patrick Henry Excerpt from The Strenous Life by Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from I have a dream by MLK jr Our Family Creed bu John D. Rockefeller Jr Also doing but not in that book: These Canadian speeches Excerpts from Louis Riel's speech from his treason trial Excerpts from Joseph Howe's speech at his trial that solidified freedom of speech by the press Exceprts from Sir Wlifrid Laurier's speech to deplore the house of commons decision to hang Riel(at the end of his treason trial) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 If you are interested in crossing the Pacific, then this speech by one of our not much liked Prime Ministers was voted by Australians as the third most significant speech ever. (Behind Sermon on the Mount and Martin Luther's "I have a dream.." speech.) It was Paul Keating's Redfern Speech offering both a full and unreserved acknowledgment of the value of our first Australians and also the harm they have suffered. It was delivered in a Sydney suburb with a high population of disadvantaged Aboriginies. Anyway, here is its background... http://en.wikipedia....ern_Park_Speech Here is its transcript... http://en.wikisource.../Redfern_Speech And here is a film clip... http://aso.gov.au/ti...edfern-address/ Have fun with this unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Had to go and find the book. "Great Speeches, words that shaped the World" edited by Edward Humphreys and published by Arcturus Publishing Ltd, London, 2010. It starts with Elizabeth 1 and ends with Obama, has about 40 speeches. Doesn't have the Redfern apology but does have one by Kevin Rudd, has most of those mentioned along with a good selection of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFM Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I am loving these suggestions! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Reagan's Challenger speech...it always makes me cry. Here is a link to The History Place -- Great Speeches collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
history_junkie Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I'm so glad I asked!!!! I'll be reading through a lot of speeches in the next few days. :) Any from ancient history that wouldn't be too difficult? Thanks! Apology by Socrates Funeral Oration by Pericles Among Us You Can Live No Longer by Cicero I taught Rhetoric this year :) I don't think I've personally read the Cicero speech, but the other two I studied either as a student or teacher. Shaunna Howat's Biblical Worldview Rhetoric is the text we used.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILiveInFlipFlops Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Reagan's Challenger speech...it always makes me cry. Here is a link to The History Place -- Great Speeches collection. Just the part quoted here now made me cry :lol: I'm loving these suggestions too. DD10 has been enjoying poetry memorization. It never crossed my mind to do some speeches as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbabe Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 George Washington's farewell address. Patrick Henry's Liberty or Death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 If you want something recent so that you can tie it in with modern politics, Obama's keynote speech at the 2004 DNC is generally considered one of the great ones. Love him or hate him, the man's a great speaker. http://navedz.com/2008/11/05/the-speech-that-made-barack-obama-famous/ This was basically the moment that won him the presidency, even though he didn't run for another four years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaMom Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Here is a list of top 10 speeches. http://www.time.com/...1841736,00.html Winston Churchill is a fave of mine so defintely anything by him. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Oh my gosh. Is it normal that I have a headache and massive lump in my throat from going through all of these speeches??!! I love a good speech. :) I also really like William Faulkner's Nobel Prize speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 reported Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDebbie Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What about "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"? It's about ancient history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDebbie Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What about "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"? It's about ancient history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 John Stuart Mill's "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What great selections! Thanks all for sharing :) You're inspired me to add speeches into American history this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 The best one...the one you must do...Sojourner Truth, Ain't I a Woman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavscout96 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 many have already been mentioned: Socrates "Apology" Mark Antony (Shakespeare) "Friends, Romans, Countrymen...." Henry VII (Shakespeare, again) "St. Crispin's Day aka: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...." Patrick Henry "Give me liberty or give me death" free on Amazon Kindle Washington's Farewell address Gettysburg address FDRs address following the attack on Pearl Harbor Churchill's address to parliament regarding the Battle of Britain "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few." MLKs "I have a dream" Kennedy's Inaugural Speech Reagan dress in Berlin 1987 "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" Reagan Farewell speech "Shining city upon a hill" - cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 This speech by Solzhenitsyn is supposed to be huge: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/solzhenitsyn/harvard1978.html You rarely hear about it because he is not a politician or public activist just a novel writer. But if you google it you'll be suprised by the resonance it has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 I just want to say that this is the kind of thread that makes me love this forum! :001_wub: :iagree: I don't know if I would have ever thought of this--other than an isolated speech here or there, but what a great and inspiring idea. My sons are not to the rhetoric stage yet, so I might have come across something like this as they got older, but now I will be specifically planning for it. Going to type it in my "future curriculum" plans right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Reagan's speeches) on the Challenger disaster, including ths famous bit: The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth†to “touch the face of God.†This is a great musical tribute that puts the speech with images and a song from John Denver - I feel lucky to have seen him perform this live in Tahoe. It is something that has stayed with me... and every shuttle launch I watched I had that feeling that that is what they were doing.... (and OP - thanks for this thread - it helped me with a school assignment this weekend on speeches!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 From General Douglas MacArthur's acceptance speech of the Thayer Award: Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball speech is nice short one. FDR's address to the nation following Pearl Harbor Spiro Agnew's Television News Coverage is interesting from a historical perspective. It's long. For short ones, have you considered movie speeches? Famous in the pop culture sense :) some historical-like, too. Some movies I can think of off-hand, but not sure of ratings: A Few Good Men ("Son we live in a world that has walls .... You can't handle the truth!") - Good Will Hunting (debate at the bar) Braveheart (Wallace's FREEDOM speech) A Man for All Seasons (Sir Thomas More's Devil speech) To Kill A Mockingbird (Gregory Peck's court scene) Patton (General Patton's speech LOL) Dead Poets Society (Carpe Diem) Any Given Sunday (Al Pacino's pep talk) Pulp Fiction (Samuel Jackson's Ezekiel) Lord of the Rings/Return of the King (Viggio at the black gate) Field of Dreams (James Earl Jones) I come to this forum for learning so that I can teach my child better. But, I have learnt more from this thread than what I knew just a few days ago. So, thanks for enriching my brain! PS: I might only have been able to name the Gettysburg address and the "I have a dream" speech before delving into this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weederberries Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 many have already been mentioned: Henry VII (Shakespeare, again) "St. Crispin's Day aka: We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...." One of my faves... Small correction, the speech is found in Shakespeare's Henry V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavscout96 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 thanks... got carried away :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Spammer reported. And yet again, thanks moderators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Here is one source for the 20th C. My library had it. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Speeches-20th-Cen/dp/B0000032HG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1371378422&sr=1-1&keywords=great+speeches+of+the+20th+century (Sorry I can't link it fancy-style. Our desk top is dead and I am on a tablet. *Moment of silence for my desk top*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trafal Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Charlie Chaplin's speech from the end of The Dictator. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvjoWOwnn4‎ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyndiLJ Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Hewitt Homeschooling has a course for great speeches in history, have you seen this?: https://www.hewitthomeschooling.com/Materials/mItem.aspx?id=8091 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Hewitt Homeschooling has a course for great speeches in history, have you seen this?: https://www.hewittho...em.aspx?id=8091 No, I haven't. Thanks for the link, I'm checking it out right now. I could see using something like this a year or two down the road if it goes well. I've picked my speeches and now I'm printing them up and mounting them on card stock. I want the girls to be able to walk around with them while they read. I have one who's a pacer :) while trying to memorize monthly poetry. I think they're going to be sharp! I'm super excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysticmomma Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Great info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in SJ Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 This one will make you want to invade France. From Shakespeare & Tom Hiddleston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 I've printed and mounted all but one speech. I'd really like to do an excerpt from Socrates' Apology. Can anyone suggest a specific section? Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavscout96 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 so... tell us which ten you picked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 so... tell us which ten you picked! I had to force myself to pick ten, do the work and be done with it. :) Otherwise I'd spend too much time on it. I figure that if this goes over well, it's something I'd do every year. I have plenty of time to do lots of speeches. I'll probably change my mind about one or two, but at least it wont be a big deal to change them out. I'm also thinking of printing up (and mounting) a photo and very brief description of each speaker to display along with the speech. I do something similar with poetry and I like the way it looks. Aug. Muhammad's Last Sermon Sep. Queen Elizabeth I's Speech to the Troops Oct. Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Nov. William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Speech Dec. Aragorn's Speech at the Black Gate Jan. MLK's I Have a Dream Feb. The Gettysburg Address March Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech April Socrates' Apology May Sojourner Truth's Ain't I a Woman? I'm going to come up with a few questions to ask at the end of each month and organize a few resources and links for each speech. I like to have everything ready for fall, or it just doesn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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