FDR's December 7, 1941 address to the nation is the focus of a reading comprehension exercise that asks middle schoolers to read an excerpt from the Pearl Harbor speech and determine the president's purpose.

Concepts

franklin d. roosevelt, pearl harbor, primary source analysis, author's purpose

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the resource to model how to identify the purpose of informational text, as a guided practice exercise, or to assess this reading comprehension skill
• Project images of Pearl Harbor before, during, and after the attack

Classroom Considerations

• The activity assumes individuals have had experience identifying an author's purpose

Pros

• An answer sheet is included

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.6 RI.7.6 RI.8.6