Do you believe that this speech should remain in the CSCCs top 50 speeches given since 1925, and why or why not? How well and in what ways has the speaker made her/his point? How balanced is the presentation of the issues under discussion? How trustworthy is the quality of evidence and what kinds are used
Choice 1: FDR Pearl Harbor/Infamy Speech
Video: FDR Speech to Congress in response to Pearl Harbor bombing
Text: FDR speech to Congress in response to Pearl Harbor bombing TEXT ONLY
Choice 2: Lou Gehrigs Farewell to Baseball Speech
Video & Text: Lou Gehrig’s Farewell to Baseball
Choice 3: President John F Kennedy Inauguration Speech
Video: JFK Inauguration speech video
Text: JFK Inauguration speech text
Choice 4: President Reagan’s Challenger Disaster Speech
Video: President Reagan’s Challenger Disaster Speech video
Text: President Reagan’s Challenger Disaster Speech TEXT ONLY
Choice 5: Mary Fisher A Whisper of AIDS
Video: Mary Fisher Whisper video
Text: Mary Fisher Whisper text only
Choice 6: JK Rowling Fringe Benefits of Failure
Video & Text: JK Rowling Fringe Benefits of Failure
Choice 7: Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference
Video & Text: Elie Wiesel The Perils of Indifference
Choice 8: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., What Is Your Lifes Blueprint?
Video & Text: Dr ML King Jr “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint”
Choice 9: Malala Yousafzai: 16th Birthday Speech at the United Nations
Video: Malala Yousafzai “16th Birthday Speech at United Nations” video only
Text: Malala Yousafzai “16th Birthday Speech at United Nations” text only
Choice 10: Emmanuel Jal: The Music of a War Child (note: this is not a formal speech but a TED talk, please make note of the differences between the two if you see any)
Video & Text: Emmanuel Jal: The Music of a War Child
Choice 11: Dr. Maya Angelou: Acceptance of 2013 Literatian Award
Video & Text (close captioned): Dr. Maya Angelou Acceptance
Thesis Outline over Ted Talk and Podcast
I listened to “Essential Workers 8 Months Later” and watched “How Covid-19 Reshaped US Cities”.
Krizek, Kevin J. How Covid-19 Reshaped US Cities. Kevin J. Krizek: How COVID-19 Reshaped US Cities | TED Talk, https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_j_krizek_how_covid_19_reshaped_us_cities.
Gimlet. Essential Workers 8 Months Later. Spotify, Gimlet, 7 Dec. 2020, https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ZFyCg1bc2viQmpA0wrmiE?si=KZPoX8plReS61xhb8qf-Xw.
If you’d like to listen to the episode that came before this one about the beginning of the pandemic, here it is: Essential Workers Call In.
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