Speech: How to Speak, How to Listen, Practice and Methodology for HS Speech Students

How to Speak, How to Listen: Practice and Methodology for HS Speech

Eulogies, Movies, Politics, Courtroom, Debates

Speech: 144 pages, 41,613 words, visuals

Robert F. Kennedy interrupts his presidential run to plead with his supporters to pray for those close to MLK, announcing MLK's assassination.



"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black.
So I ask you tonight to return home, to say a prayer for the family of Martin Luther King -- yeah, it's true -- but more importantly to say a prayer for our own country, which all of us love -- a prayer for understanding and that compassion of which I spoke.
We can do well in this country. We will have difficult times. We've had difficult times in the past, but we -- and we will have difficult times in the future. It is not the end of violence; it is not the end of lawlessness; and it's not the end of disorder.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings that abide in our land.
And let's dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that, and say a prayer for our country and for our people.
Thank you very much."



There were riots throughout the U.S. as a result of this horrific assassination. Many more if RFK's great speech did not hit the heart of America.



After this course, the successful students will be ready for interscholastic preparation and debate. All Sophomores were required to take this class.



The Buckley/Baldwin debate should be a highlight of this class. Also "The Great Debaters" has been very successful, inspiring more agency for class involvement throughout the school.