Stand & Deliver: Ten Short, Historic Speeches to Practice and Learn

Stand & Deliver: Ten Short, Historic Speeches to Practice and Learn

by Dave Bricker
Stand & Deliver: Ten Short, Historic Speeches to Practice and Learn

Stand & Deliver: Ten Short, Historic Speeches to Practice and Learn

by Dave Bricker

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Overview

Actors learn and practice monologues; speakers benefit by doing the same.
Expand your speaking skills with this collection of ten short, historic speeches and speech excerpts. Practice the art of oratory with Abraham Lincoln and Lou Gehrig. Fight on the beaches with Winston Churchill. Join the March on Washington with Josephine Baker. Ask what you can do for your country with John F. Kennedy.
Selections include historical notes, eyewitness accounts of the original speeches, links to transcripts and videos, and a practical approach to using this material to become a better speaker.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780986296055
Publisher: Essential Absurdities Press
Publication date: 11/15/2019
Pages: 136
Sales rank: 924,687
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.32(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

How to Use this Book 5

Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address 11

Worksheet: Abraham Lincoln 15

Winston Churchill: We Shall Fight on the Beaches 21

Worksheet: Winston Churchill 25

Josephine Baker: March on Washington 33

Worksheet: Josephine Baker 37

John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address 43

Worksheet: John F. Kennedy 47

William Lyon Phelps: A Borrowed Book 57

Worksheet: William Lyon Phelps 61

Lou Gehrig: Farewell to Baseball , 69

Worksheet: Lou Gehrig 73

General Douglas MacArthur: Duty, Honor, Country 79

Worksheet: Douglas MacArthur 83

Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death 91

Worksheet: Patrick Henry 97

Susan B Anthony: Are Women Persons? 103

Worksheet: Susan B. Anthony 105

Sojourner Truth: Ain’t I a Woman? 109

Worksheet: Sojourner Truth 113

Final Exercise 121

About the Author 123

Other Books by Dave Bricker 125

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