{"product_id":"black-history-month-speeches-1-week-mini-unit-for-grades-9-to-12-wells-truth-du-bois","title":"Black History Month Speeches 1 Week Mini Unit for Grades 9 to 12 | Wells, Truth, Du Bois","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROBLEM:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMany secondary ELA and history classrooms want to teach landmark American speeches, but the original language can be dense and rhetorically complex—and students often read at very different levels. That forces teachers to translate on the fly, reteach constantly, or simplify so much that the speech loses its power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSOLUTION:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis differentiated Speech Week Mini-Unit (5 Days) solves that problem by giving you both the complete original speeches and an adapted, close-prose version designed to keep the same argument and voice while lowering the reading load. 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