This presentation discusses the teaching of Rhetorical Criticism to undergraduates, and recommends a method of using genealogical research as an opening to critical study of historical speech texts.

2. Las Vegas, NV
November 21, 2015

35. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/eamon-de-valera-in-boston

45. http://www.britishpathe.com/video/lusitania-disaster-1915

52. An Example

62. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsuuuc3t1UM

71. Exercises in Critical Reading

74.  President of the New
Hampshire College of
Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, 1893-
1903.
 Born: May 30, 1856
 Lowell, Massachusetts
 Died: Nov. 11, 1926

78.  Father: John
Murkland
 Born in Kilmarnock,
Scotland, 1810
 Married, 1833
 Immigration, 1848
 Citizenship, 1856
 Died in Lowell, 1876
 Occupation:
Cordwainer

81.  May 13, 1856
 John Murkland becomes a U.S. Citizen in
Massachusetts.
 May 19-20, 1856
 Charles Sumner, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts,
delivers “Crime Against Kansas” speech.
 May 22, 1856:
 Preston Brooks attacks Sen. Charles Sumner
 May 30, 1856:
 Birth of Charles Sumner Murkland, Lowell,
Massachusetts

85.  May 19-20, 1856