A Date that Will Live in Infamy - Primary Source 2
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This document provides instructions for analyzing a primary source document. It instructs the reader to first read the background information to understand the context for the document. It then instructs the reader to read the text while annotating and paying attention to any questions. Finally, it has the reader answer any questions about techniques used in the text like repetition, emotionally charged words, or appeals to self-preservation. It also has the reader watch a recording of the speech being analyzed and note how the speaker uses voice to add effect.
A Date that Will Live in Infamy - Primary Source 2
- 1. How to Read a Primary Source 1) Read the question(s). This will set the purpose for the reading. 2) Read the background information. This will give the context for the reading. It help explain “why” the document was written. 3) Read and annotate the text. Pay attention to the questions (purpose). This will keep you focused on the text. 4) Make notes in and around the text. This will highlight the important information. 5) Answer the questions.
- 2. FDR’s “A Date thatWill Live in Infamy” FDR asks Congress for a declaration of war. Primary Source Reading andVideo
- 3. Part 1: Definitions. Knowing this vocabulary will help you better understand the speech.
- 4. Vocabulary. Infamy when something is famous or remembered but for a bad reason
- 5. Vocabulary. Premeditated planned in advance
- 6. Vocabulary. Implications consequences or results of actions
- 7. Vocabulary. Onslaught a fierce or destructive attack
- 8. Vocabulary. uttermost extreme or greatest (another word for utmost)
- 9. Vocabulary. mincing cutting up or grinding into small pieces
- 10. Vocabulary. dastardly wicked or cruel
- 11. Part 2:TheText of the Speech
- 12. The questions. Read the question(s). This will set the purpose for the reading. For this activity, you are reading to see the techniques and structure used by the author (FDR).You will need to know what each of the following techniques are…
- 13. The questions. repetition Are there examples of repeating phrase and/or words?
- 14. The questions. alliteration Are there examples of the author using words that begin with the same letter or sound for emphasis?
- 15. The questions. Emotionally charged words Does the author use words that give you an emotional response, do they use words that make you feel strongly about the subject?
- 16. The questions. Appeal to self-preservation One the strongest emotions is for survival. Does the author use the idea of survival to get an emotional response?
- 17. The questions. Assurance of moral superiority Does the author use the idea that taking an action will make you a better person than those who do not take action?
- 18. The background. Read the background information. This will give the context for the reading. It help explain “why” the document was written. Annotate for important ideas and vocabulary
- 19. The background. Watch this newsreel of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
- 20. The text. Read and annotate the text. Pay attention to the questions (purpose). This will keep you focused on the text. Make notes in and around the text. This will highlight the important information.
- 21. Answer the questions. What examples of the following techniques are used in the text: 1) Repetition 2) Alliteration 3) Emotionally charged words 4) Appeal to self-preservation 5) Assurance of moral superiority
- 22. Part 3:The Recording of theSpeech
- 23. Watch and listen. Now that you’ve analyzed the text of the speech, watch and listen to FDR give his speech.
- 24. Post- listening. How did President Roosevelt use his voice to add to the effect of his words? Consider pitch, volume, pace, and pauses.
- 25. Independent reflection. You are a member of Congress sitting in the Senate chamber. Before Roosevelt’s speech, you were undecided whether to vote to continue US isolation or to commit the county to war. On a separate sheet of paper, write a letter to someone at home explaining how listening to the speech affected you.