Content Area and Grade Level

This lesson is anchored in 11th grade U.S. history, although art, and English to a lesser extent are also part of this lesson.

Curriculum Standards

For Virginia Educators, this lesson addresses Virginia SOLs

* 11.16 "The student will interpret the significance of excerpts from famous speeches and documents in United States history."
* 11.17 "The student will develop skills for historical anaylysis, including the ability to: analyze documents, records, and data. . .,"formluate historical questions and defend findings based on inquiry and interpretation. . .," and "communicate findings orally, in brief analytical essays, and in a comprehensive paper."
* 11.18"Students will dvelop skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing with repsect to enduring issues and determine how divergent viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled."