Educational Video

I found this video of a remix of Barrack Obama and some of his famous political speeches. I was thinking about in older grades such as middle or high school, teaching how one word or thing a person says can be distorted and altered to make it sound negative or positive.

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I want my students to understand that their are always three sides of a story: yours, theirs and the truth. I think that using the President as an example is good idea because he is one person that everyone in our country hangs on his every word and if he is misunderstood it causes a complete backlash. I think this could be helpful in teaching a lesson on voice and word choice in English class. The power of oral communication is just as important as written communication.

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