1. Trump’s Inaugural: inspiring/incendiary?
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2. Vocabulary to Define As it pertains to the article on page 17
Incendiary
Partisan
Inclusion
Warped
Dystopia
Divisive
Prose
Rhetoric
Globalism
Eradicate
Fragile
Ominous

3. Discussion Questions
Why do you think our nation is described as as “more tenuous than it has been at any time since 1860”?
How can a speech resonate differently with different audiences, depending on their point of view?
What does it mean to be “presidential”?

4. Who said it?
(1) “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.”
Lincoln
(2)“My fellow Americans: Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.“
Kennedy
(3)“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.“
Clinton
(4)“We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world.”
Bush
Who said them?
What do the quotes mean to you and what, if anything, do they all have in common?

5. Discussion Questions
What do you think should be included in a presidential inaugural address and what tone do you believe it should take?

6. Inaugural Address Past Inaugural addresses Choose any, and identify:
the most important themes of the address
the statement you think is most impactful from the address
what tone you would use to describe the address
Find a partner and compare. Find any commonalities between the two.

7. President Trump’s Inaugural Address
Read/watch President Trump’s inaugural address.
identify the most important themes of the address
the statement they think is most impactful from the address
what tone they would use to describe the address
With your partner identify similarities and differences between the first address you two analyzed and President Trump’s

8. Answer the Headline Write a 1-page typed response
Grammar and mechanics not needed
1.5 spaced
Name, date, period, assignment in upper left corner
Print with rest of PowerPoint questions for next period
Period 7: Monday 2/6
Period 2: Tuesday 2/7
“Was President Trump’s speech inspiring or incendiary?”
Share any hopes and fears for the next four years and what statements President Trump made in his address to create, support, or refute those feelings.