I have previously compared two State of the Union Addresses by President Obama and thought it would be interesting to take word clouds from the four previous ones as comparison for tonight's State of the Union Address. This might be interesting to share with your social studies teachers as well.
You can find transcripts of the previous addresses for all the presidents through the American Presidency Project and it might be good for your social studies teachers to create their own Wordle or Tagxedo Word Cloud and compare previous State of the Union Addresses from various presidents. Remember, the words that are the largest are the words that appear the most in the speeches.
If looking for a writing assignment, here are some suggestions: Where The Classroom Ends
You can find transcripts of the previous addresses for all the presidents through the American Presidency Project and it might be good for your social studies teachers to create their own Wordle or Tagxedo Word Cloud and compare previous State of the Union Addresses from various presidents. Remember, the words that are the largest are the words that appear the most in the speeches.
If looking for a writing assignment, here are some suggestions: Where The Classroom Ends
2009 State of the Union Address*
2010 State of the Union Address
2011 State of the Union Address
2012 State of the Union Address
2013 State of the Union Address
2013 State of the Union Address
