Speech+8th+Grade+LA

I hear you have to find the text of an important speech for your language arts/literature class. You came to the right place! The resources in this wiki pathfinder will guide you to some helpful sources for finding the texts of notable speeches from history.

Web sites

 * [|American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States] - Index to full text of public speeches, lectures, and other recorded media events.
 * [|Gifts of Speech] - Speeches delivered by women from around the world.
 * [|History and Politics Out Loud: A Searchable Archive of Politically Significant Audio Materials] - audio files of famous speeches, many have transcripts of the text.
 * [|POTUS: Presidents of the United States] - a resource on the Internet Public Library. Contains speeches and all manners of other information about the presidents.
 * [|From Revolution to Recconstruction...and What Happened Afterwards: The Presidents] - a resource from the Department of Humanities, Univerisity of Groningen, Netherlands. A listing of speeches and other resources from U.S. Presidents.
 * [|Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States] - Includes text of presidential inaugural addresses from George Washington through George W. Bush.
 * [|Say It Plain: American Radio Works] - Text and audio clips of notable speeches by African-Americans during the past 100 years.
 * [|The History Place] - A collection of "great speeches"

Databases
Cook Memorial Library Highland
 * [| Annals of America]
 * [| EBSCO] - A general middle school database. Be sure to check out the publication //Essential Speeches.//