Presidential Speech Analysis

This hand out will be given to you in class 10/5/2010.

You will select ONE SPEECH from the following speeches ONLY:
1. President Williams J. Clinton in 1995
2. President George W. Bush in 2007
3. President Barack Obama in 2009

In order to be successful with this assignment, you will need to know and reference the following terms:
1. US CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION Article II Section 3
Vocabulary
• Bi-partisan
• Domestic Policy
• Executive agreement
• Executive order
• Executive privilege
• Foreign Policy
• Formal powers
• Implied powers
• Item veto
• Joint session of Congress
• Mid-Term Elections
• Partisan
• Pocket veto
• Presidential Agenda
• State of the Union Address (Article II-Section 3 of the Constitution)
• Treaty

Here are some links that can help you.

THIS MIGHT BE YOUR BEST LINK!!!!!!!
http://www.c-span.org/Executive/State-of-the-Union.aspx

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-and-remarks

OR

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pubpapers/search.html

See the handout for more details.

THIS IS DUE

OCTOBER 21, 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED. MAJOR TEST GRADE.