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#5 JFK's Speech Excerpt

Last updated over 4 years ago
5 questions
Directions:
1. Watch the YouTube of JFK's Speech to Congress (start at 1:02)
2. Please listen to the recording of the speech excerpt
3. Annotate the text, please do in the "show your work" (it's great practice especially with difficult material!)
4. Answer the questions about the text below

ALL QUESTIONS are graded


Glossary of Unknown/Difficult words:
affirmative (adjective): agreeing with a statement
aggravate (verb): to make something worse, more serious, or more severe
enterprise (noun): a project or activity that involves many people and that is often difficult
exploit (verb): to take advantage of something manpower (noun): the number of people who are available to work pledge (noun): a serious promise or agreement tyranny (noun): cruel and unfair treatment by people with power over others
Please listen to the recording of the speech excerpt. Follow along with the recording.
If you would like to annotate the text, please do in the "show your work" (it's great practice especially with difficult material!)
2

Pt 1 of speech: You can annotate the speech if it helps you

1

Pt 2 of speech: You can annotate the speech if it helps you

Answer the questions about the text below.
3

What are the key (main) ideas of the excerpt?
What is the excerpt mostly about?

3

What point of view towards space travel is being conveyed in the speech?
(How does President JFK feel about space travel?)

1

Choose the word with a STRONG connotation (feeling) attached to them.