Analyzing FDR’s four freedoms speech

Chapter 26: Four Freedoms Speech, 1941 – Author: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnrZUHcpoNA (video: 2nd half of the speech)

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=70&page=transcript (text of entire speech)

1) A thorough background of the primary source document and its author(s). What is it (speech, legal document, article, etc)? Who is its author? When was it from? Why was it created? What do you know/can you find out about the author(s) and his/her/their background(s)? Give a general overview about the individual(s) but discuss in detail areas of his/her/their background relating to the document.

2) A summary of the document including an analysis of it. In your own words, what does it say? What is its point? What was the author trying to get across? Analyze the document within its historical context.

3) A discussion of the significance of this primary source for understanding the topics of this course. Why is the source worth examining? Why is the document still relevant

-Sources can not be from encyclopedias.

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