Teachable Moment: FDR's Speeches

FDR's Fireside Chat 12 March 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

First Fireside Chat 

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstfiresidechat.html 

 

 American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ 

has a marvelous selection of FDR's speeches. There is nothing like hearing the real thing--the emotion in the voice, the emphasis on certain words and passages. Even the unusual accent of the upper class from that period of American history.

Each December 7, when I was teaching high school, I would always play the 'Day of Infamy' speech, even though I was teaching English. 

Please utilize this marvelous resource.