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Part I: Historical Studies in Persuasion and Demagoguery

Lesson 01: The Study of Rhetoric and Public Address

READINGS:	Reid and Klumpp, American Rhetorical Discourse, 1-19 .
ACTIVITIES:	Complete Class Introduction Discussion Post and respond to peers in Lesson 01 Discussion

Lesson 02: The American Tradition of Popular Speech

READINGS:	William Jennings Bryan “Against Imperialism,” in L&M, 10-24; E. Gardner, Critique of “Against Imperialism,” VOD 5 (2010): 37-56; Theodore Roosevelt, “The Man with the Muckrake,” in L&M, 24-29; A. Heyse, Critique of “Man with the Muckrake,” VOD 5 (2010): 1-17.
ACTIVITIES:	Complete Lesson 02 Quiz

Lesson 03: Rhetoric of War and Peace

READINGS:	Woodrow Wilson, “War Message,” in L&M, 73-79; Woodrow Wilson, “Final Address for the League of Nations,” in L&M, 143-152; J.M. Hogan, Critique of the “Pueblo Speech,” VOD 1 (2006): 59-82.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 03 Discussion

Lesson 04: Depression and Demagoguery

READINGS:

Franklin Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address,” in L&M, 221-224; S.M. Daughton, “Metaphorical Transcendence: Images of the Holy War in Franklin Roosevelt’s First Inaugural,” QJS 79 (1993): 427-446 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.); Huey P. Long, “Every Man a King,” in L&M, 229-236; J.M. Hogan and G. Williams, “The Rusticity and Religiosity of Huey P. Long,” RPA 7 (Summer 2004): 149-171.

ACTIVITIES:

Lesson 04 Quiz

Lesson 05: Rhetoric of the Cold War and McCarthyism

READINGS:	Harry S. Truman, “The Truman Doctrine,” in L&M, 271-276; D. Bostdorff, Critique of “The Truman Doctrine,” VOD (2009): 1-22; Joseph McCarthy, "Speech in Wheeling,” online at History Matters; Richard Hofstadter, “The Paranoid Style in American Politics," online at: Harper's Magazine; Joseph Welch, “Defense of Fred Fisher,” in L&M, 328-332.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 05 Discussion

Lesson 06: Rhetoric of the 1960s: Crisis and War

READINGS:	John F. Kennedy, “Inaugural Address,” in L&M, 341-344; S.A. Mehltretter, Critique of Kennedy’s "Inaugural Address," VOD (2009): 41-59; Lyndon B. Johnson, “Let Us Continue,” in L&M, 388-91; A. Barrett, Critique of Johnson’s “Let Us Continue,” VOD 4 (2009): 97-119; Paul Potter, “The Incredible War,” VOD; J.P. Drury, Critique of “The Incredible War,” VOD 4 (2009): 23-40.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 06 Quiz

Lesson 07: Civil Rights and Black Power Movements

READINGS:	Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream,” in L&M, 375-378; Mark Vail, “The ‘Integrative’ Rhetoric of Martin Luther King’s Jr’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech,” RPA 9 (2006): 51-78 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.); Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power,” in L&M, 441-452; K.M.A. Churcher, Critique of "Black Power," VOD 4 (2009): 132-148.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 07 Discussion

Lesson 08: Watergate and the Age of Political Cynicism

READINGS:

Barbara Jordan, “Statement on the Articles of Impeachment Against Richard M. Nixon,” in L&M, 518-522; Richard M. Nixon, “Address Resigning the Presidency,” in L&M, 523-526; R.A. Katula, “The Apology of Richard Nixon,” Today's Speech 23 (1975): 1-5 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.); Gerald R. Ford, “Address on Pardoning Richard M. Nixon,” in L&M, 529-531; B.J. Sierlecki, Critique of Ford’s Pardon Address, VOD 5 (2010): 72-88.

ACTIVITIES:

Lesson 08 Quiz Complete and submit Historical Case Study (Paper 1)

Part II: Genres and Issues in Rhetoric and Public Address

Lesson 09: The Campaign Stump Speech

READINGS:

Harry S Truman, “Address at Dexter, Iowa, September 18, 1948, online at: American Presidency Project; J.J. Auer, “Give ‘Em Hell Harry” ; Ronald Reagan, “A Time for Choosing,” in L&M, 415-423; K.W. Ritter, “Ronald Reagan and ‘The Speech',” Western Speech 32 (1968): 50-58 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.); George H.W. Bush, Speech at Penn State,” VOD; J. Michael Hogan and S.A.Mehltretter, Critique of Bush "Speech at Penn State University," VOD 2 (2007): 126-151.

ACTIVITIES:

Lesson 09 Discussion

Lesson 10: Rhetorical Malaise and the Great Communicator

READINGS:	Jimmy Carter, "Energy and the Crisis of Confidence," in L&M, 536-542; K. Mattson, "A Politics of National Sacrifice," The American Prospect 20 (April 2009): 16-17; Ronald Reagan, “First Inaugural Address,” in L&M, 549-553; W.F. Lewis, “Telling America’s Story,” QJS (1987): 280-302 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.).
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 10 Quiz

Lesson 11: Religion and Public Life

READINGS:	Edward M. Kennedy, “Tolerance and Truth in America,” in L&M, 565-571; R.J. Branham and W.B. Pearce, “A Contract for Civility,” QJS 73 (1987): 424-443 (Click on the url and then select the "PDF Full Text" link to access.); Mario Cuomo, “Religious Belief and Public Morality,” in L&M, 597-610; C. L. Troup, “Cuomo at Notre Dame,” Communication Quarterly 43 (1995): 167-181.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 11 Discussion

Lesson 12: The Political Apologia 

READINGS:

John F. Kennedy, “Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association,” in L&M, 333- 336; B. Warnick, “Argument Schemes and the Construction of Social Reality: John F. Kennedy’s Speech to the Houston Ministerial Association,” Communication Quarterly 44 (1996): 183-196; Bill Clinton, Address to the Nation, August 17, 1998, online at the History Place; J.M. Hogan, "Public Opinion and Journalistic Voyeurism: The Lesson of the Clinton Apology," .

ACTIVITIES:

Lesson 12 Quiz

Lesson 13: The Politics of Ceremonial Speaking

READINGS:	Ronald Reagan, Address on the Fortieth Anniversary of D-Day, in L&M, 572-575; K.H. Jamieson, “Dramatizing and Storytelling,” in Eloquence in an Electronic Age, 118-164 ; Ronald Reagan, “Address on the Challenger Explosion,” in L&M, 611-612; M.E. Stuckey, “The Memory of Challenger,” in Slipping the Surly Bonds, 82-107 .
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 13 Discussion

Lesson 14: Free Speech in Wartime

READINGS:	George W. Bush, Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People (20 September 2001), at VOD; S. E. Spring and J.C. Packer, Critique of Bush’s September 20 Address, at VOD 4 (2009): 120-131.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 14 Discussion

Lesson 15: Rhetoric of War Revisited

READINGS:	Colin Powell, Speech to the UN, February 5, 2003,online at The Guardian; George W. Bush, Speech on Iraq, March 17, 2003, online at The New York Times; D. Zarefsky, “Making the Case for War: Colin Powell at the United Nations,” RPA 10 (2007): 275-302.
ACTIVITIES:	Lesson 15 Quiz Complete and submit Rhetorical Genre Analysis (Paper 2)