Foundations of American Rhetoric · 1750 to 1800
Foundational Documents and Universal Themes
Analyzing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as living documents with enduring literary merit.
Key Questions
- 1How can a document be both a legal framework and a work of persuasive literature?
- 2What role does diction play in defining the scope of human rights?
- 3How do these texts resolve the tension between individual liberty and social order?
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.9
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Foundations of American Rhetoric
Period: 1750 to 1800
Suggested Methodologies
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