1. Aim: How can we create a video that demonstrates our understanding of JFK’s “We choose to go t the moon” speech? DO NOW: Answer the following question in your notebook. Why do you think Americans wanted to go to the moon?

2. Agenda Do Now Summarize your section of JFK’s speech Practice your part of the speech with a partner Deliver your speech Watch a rough replay of the speech and take notes

3. Why do you think Americans wanted to go to the moon? Scientific inquiry Prove the US is powerful Prove the US can afford to ($) Show the USSR that the US can complete scientific projects quickly and successfully Because the USSR beat us into space, we had to put a person on the Moon first Make it a battlefield for the Cold War

4. What’s next? You will be given a section of JFK’s “Space Race” speech You have 10 minutes to read and paraphrase your section of the speech. Partner with the person next to you to practice your delivery of your section of the speech. Look on the back of your index card. Line up in order from 1 – 18.

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