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Civil Rights Movement Final Speech

Topics

You will give an informational speech for the class. The topic of your speech is the Civil Rights Movement. You may do any of the following options:

1. Choose a Martin Luther King Jr. quote and use the quote to describe the Civil Rights Movement.
1. Begin with the quote
2. Analyze the quote while giving specific anecdotes about what the quote connects with.
2. Choose a Langston Hughes poem and use the poem to describe the Civil Rights Movement.
1. Begin with the poem
2. Analyze the poem while giving specific anecdotes about what the quote connects with.
3. Choose an event, method or person in the Civil Rights Movement to describe. These are examples.

Pers0n	Event	Method
Martin Luther King Jr.	Nashville Sit-ins	Speeches
Malcolm X	Selma Marches	Civil Disobedience
Rosa Parks	Bus Boycott	Marches
Thrugood Marshall	Central High- Little Rock Nine	Education
James Meredith	James Merideth – University of Miss.
John Lewis	Freedom Riders
Jim Zwerg	March on Washington
Medger Evers	Children’s March
Langston Hughes	Freedom Summer – Mississippi

Steps

1. Choose the type of speech you want to do.
2. Choose the topic, quote or poem.
3. Brainstorm all the information, examples and anecdotes that you can think of.
4. Prewrite your speech.
1. Introduction

                                                              i.      Use the poem, quote or an eyewitness story.

                                                            ii.      Add a thesis that clearly states the three points that you are going to make.

2. Body

                                                              i.      Topic sentences clearly tell each point

                                                            ii.      Fill the body with your best anecdotes and examples

3. Conclusion

                                                              i.      Clearly restate your points

                                                              ii.      You may finish with repeating the poem or quote or a part or it.

5. Final speech
1. Put your final speech on note cards

                                                              i.      You may write out the introduction and conclusion.

                                                            ii.      The body is notes. One note card for each main point (star idea)

                                                          iii.      The conclusion may be written out.

6. Practice your speech
1. Pay attention to the points on the rubric.
2. You cannot practice to much.
7. Giving your speech
1. You will give your speech in front of  language arts or history class.
2. You will be expected to dress up for your speech

Speech Prewriting

Introduction

T-Chart

Conclusion