Persuasion+Unit

Learning Objectives: Persuasion Unit (Revolution)
Students will be able to...
 * Identify and use persuasive rhetoric
 * Identify and use varied styles of persuasion
 * Identify and use oratory mechanics
 * Understand and analyze the speaker’s choice of persuasive elements for purpose and audience
 * Analyze effectiveness of speaker’s persuasive techniques
 * Understand and analyze the historical context of literature within the development of American thought
 * Understand the development of American thought expressed in early political documents
 * Compare and contrast different persuasive approaches implemented for a similar goals
 * Understand the importance and use collaborative work skills
 * Identify and use effective oral communication skills to persuade and audience.

Ben Franklin
 * "Way to Wealth"
 * "Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America"

Thomas Paine
 * "Common Sense"
 * Peruse "The Crisis"

Thomas Jefferson
 * The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson (Pay special attention to his edits to The Declaration of Independence)