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1. Reading, Writing and Speaking (KidsClick)
   Provides resources compiled by librarians.

2. Public Speaking

3. How to Reduce Public Speaking Fear (StressCure.com - Orman)
   "If you correctly understand the hidden causes of public speaking stress, and if you keep just a few key principles in mind, speaking in public will soon become an invigorating and satisfying experience for you." 3-05

4. Apache Speaking Dictionary (WUSD)
   Provides a small dictionary. 05-06

5. Boy Suspended for Speaking Spanish (MSNBC News)
   Zach Rubio reportedly was talking in Spanish to a friend during a break at Endeavor Alternative School. The account further states that a teacher overheard the exchange and the principal then suspended the student for talking in Spanish. "The school district has officially rescinded his punishment and said that speaking a foreign language is not grounds for suspension. Meanwhile, the Rubio family has retained a lawyer, who says a civil rights lawsuit may be in the offing."
   
   "Conflicts are bursting out nationwide over bilingual education, 'English-only' laws, Spanish-language publications and advertising, and other linguistic collisions. Language concerns have been a key aspect of the growing political movement to reduce immigration." 12-05

6. Oral Communication Assessment (NWREL)
   Provides a rubric for assessing oral communication. In PDF format. 9-01

7. Speech Tips (Allyn and Bacon - Doyle)
   Provides suggestions to assess your situation, analyze your audience, research your topic, organize and write your speech, and deliver your presentation. 3-05

8. Oral Presentation Rubrics Creator (Rubistar)
   Provides printable forms and selectable content for creating rubrics to evaluate presentations. Requires signing up. 3-05

9. Rhetoric by Cicero (Tinkler)
   Provides instructions on public speaking by the ancient Roman, Cicero. It deals with the deliberative and demonstrative genres of rhetoric. 3-05

10. Text-to-Speech Program (Tucows.com)
    Translates almost any highlighted text, even Web text, to speech. Pitch and speed of speech can be regulated. For example, the Mary in Hall voice can be set to its highest pitch to create a little girl's voice. You need to select a character, show character, highlight text, then press "Ctrl" plus "C" key to start the character speaking. Costs about 20 dollars. Awesome Library does not endorse this product, but provides it as an example. 10-02

11. McCartney, Heather Mills (Landmines.org)
    "Determined to lead a constructive life and remove the stigma often associated with being an amputee, Heather became a role model by learning to ski again and taking up surfing and Rollerblading, speaking publicly about her accident and recovery, visiting the disabled, embarking on a crusade to provide war-torn countries with artificial limbs, and waging an international battle against landmines." 12-02

12. 09-04-03 Bush Administration Seeks U.N. Support in Iraq (MSNBC)
    "The Bush administration said it was reaching out to the international community on Wednesday in offering the United Nations a bigger role in Iraq’s security, political transition and reconstruction."
    
    "But some European countries are likely to resist, or protest, if the United States continues to try to hold on to all the lucrative and influential ventures — such as oil contracts and the political rebuilding process, according to some council diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity." 9-03

13. AIDS - World Losing Battle with AIDS (BBC News)
    "The American Health Secretary, Tommy Thompson, has warned that the world is losing the fight against Aids."
    
    "Speaking in Zambia on World Aids Day, Mr Thompson called on the international community to intensify its efforts to combat the disease."
    
    "To mark the day, the United Nations unveiled ambitious plans to supply three million HIV sufferers with the drugs they need by the end of 2005."
    
    "An estimated 40 million people are now infected with HIV around the world." 12-03

14. Forbes, James Alexander (NOW with Bill Moyers)
    "In their March 4, 1996 issue, Newsweek magazine recognized Forbes as one of the 12 'most effective preachers' in the English-speaking world. He was designated as one of America’s greatest Black preachers by Ebony magazine in 1984 and 1993. Forbes won the Alumni Charter Day Award of Howard University for Distinguished Post Graduate Achievement In Ministry. In 1995 he emerged in the Baylor University Survey as one of twelve remarkable and most effective preachers in the English-speaking world."
    
    "On June 1, 1989, The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. was installed as the fifth Senior Minister of The Riverside Church. Forbes is the first African-American to serve as Senior Minister of one of the largest multicultural congregations in the nation. He is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches and the Original United Holy Church of America." 12-03

15. 02-21-04 U.S. Deadline for Iraqi Sovereignty Unchanged (CNN News)
    "[U.S. civilian administrator in Iraq Paul] Bremer said the United Nations estimates 'somewhere between a year and 15 months' would be needed to get Iraq ready for elections, though that could be sped up."
    
    "He was speaking after the White House Friday acknowledged a point U.S. officials have conceded privately -- the administration's plan to use a caucus-style procedure to choose an interim Iraqi government has been shelved. However, it remains firm on the June 30 date for a transition to full Iraqi sovereignty."
    
    " 'Iraq has no election law, it has no national commission to even establish a national law governing political parties, it has no voters' lists, it has not had a credible, reliable census for almost 20 years, there are no constituent boundaries to decide where elections would take place,' Bremer told Dubai-based Al Arabiya satellite network." 2-04

16. Foreign Policy: Kerry (Issue2000.org)
    "In contrast to the dangerous mix of isolationism and unilateralism that characterizes the Republicans, [I support] speaking from a position of strength on international issues-the multilateral cooperative tradition of democratic internationalism forged in the course of two world wars and the cold war. It acknowledges that multilateral organizations are vehicles for the promotion of our ideals and the protection of our interests around the world. And it recognizes that those ideals and interests in this globalized world are consistent with the peace, prosperity, and self-determination of every country on earth."
    
     "Democratic internationalists understand that there are times when America must challenge the UN, NATO, and our allies to stand up for their own preferred values. And they also realize that there are times when America must be challenged to live up to its values as well. America has taken a rare step in human history in arguing that its interests and the world's are one." 2-04

17. -09-01-04 Kerry Vows to "Win War" on Terrorism (CNN News)
    "Speaking to the American Legion national convention Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said that despite an earlier statement by President Bush, the United States can and will win the war against terrorism." 8-04

18. 10-10-04 Soldiers in Iraq Express Frustration (MSNBC News)
    "Several members of the platoon said they were struck by the difference between the way the war was being portrayed in the United States and the reality of their daily lives."
    
    " 'Every day you read the articles in the States where it's like,' "Oh, it's getting better and better," said Lance Cpl. Jonathan Snyder, 22, of Gettysburg, Pa. 'But when you're here, you know it's worse every day.' "
    
    " 'The reality right now is that the most dangerous opinion in the world is the opinion of a U.S. serviceman,' said Lance Cpl. Devin Kelly, 20, of Fairbanks, Alaska."
    
    "Lance Cpl. Alexander Jones, 20, of Ball Ground, Ga., agreed: 'We're basically proving out that the government is wrong,' he said. 'We're catching them in a lie.' "
    
    "Asked if he was concerned that the Marines would be punished for speaking out, Autin responded: 'What are they going to do, send us to Iraq?' " 10-04

19. Sac and Fox Nation History (the Pages of Shades)
    "The Asakiwaki (Sauk) and Meshkwahkihaki (Mesquakie/Fox) belong to the Woodland and Plains Cultures. They are are Algonquin-speaking peoples."
    
    "In the valley the soil was rich and fertile. Using the shoulder bone of a buffalo or deer, the women broke the land and turned over the soil. They grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkin and tobacco. Of all the crops corn was the most important. It could be boiled, roasted, or made into soup or dumplings. After the kernels were stripped from the cob it could be dried and pounded into meal or stored away for further use. When kernels were laid out on a hot rock they would pop into fluffy morsels. Corn provided its own seed for the next year's planting. As long as the Sauk and Fox had a good harvest of corn, they knew they would not go hungry." 10-04

20. Interview with Representative John Conyers (BlueLemur.com)
    "Raw Story’s John Byrne and Larisa Alexandrovna spent some time yesterday speaking with Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.). Although many people have only recently discovered Rep. Conyers through his investigation of Ohio voting irregularities, Conyers has in fact been a prominent force in the civil rights movement for over 35 years." 1-05

21. Rhetoric - Classical Rhetoric (Rhetoric.org)
    Provides links to classical rhetoric sources, such as Cicero. 3-05

22. Toastmasters Leadership Development Program (Toastmasters)
    Provides leadership training and communication skills development. Must be at least 18 years old to join.

23. How to Plan, Write, and Deliver a Speech (SpeechTips.com)
    "Your free guide to speech writing and public speaking for eulogies, graduations, best man, father of the bride and any other public speaking engagement." 3-05

24. How to Write a Speech (About.com - Kelly)
    Provides a guide to writing a speech. 3-05

25. What Does Your Use of Language Reveal? (PBS.org)
    "We use language to express our identity. Our way of speaking varies and changes to reflect who we are and who we want to be. Carmen Fought asks the provocative questions: What does your speech say about you?" 3-05

26. Language Prejudice (PBS.org)
    "We often make snap decisions about character and intelligence based on our language biases. Decisions that can at times have devasting consequences." 3-05

27. "Standard American" Dialect for Improving Job Success (PBS.org)
    "The thinking behind My True Voice was straightforward: teach a Standard American dialect to underserved children and increase their chances for future success in the working world." 3-05

28. "Standard American" Dialect and Dialects (PBS.org)
    "Social scientists estimate the number of U.S. dialects range from a basic three - New England, Southern and Western/General America - to 24 or more . Some researchers go so far as to suggest it's actually impossible to count the number of dialects in the United States because under a loose definition of the term, thousands of cities, towns and groups have their own varieties or dialects." 3-05

29. "Standard American" Dialect - Correct American (PBS.org)
    "Linguist Edward Finegan of the University of Southern California looks at the debate over 'correct' American by describing how the two main schools of thought about language - descriptivism and prescriptivism - differ:"
    
    "Descriptive grammarians ask the question, 'What is English (or another language) like? What are its forms and how do they function in various situations?' By contrast, prescriptive grammarians ask, 'What should English be like? What forms should people use and what functions should they serve?' " 3-05

30. State of the Union Speeches (ABC News)
    "On Jan. 8, 1790, President George Washington gave the first of what would become an annual message to Congress by speaking before both the House and Senate meeting in a joint session. Eleven years later, President Thomas Jefferson thought it was too 'kingly' to give oral presentations. He started sending a written message to each house of Congress, which was reprinted by newspapers so the American people could read it."
    
    "For the next 112 years, presidents submitted their assessments of the state of the union in writing. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson revived the oral presentation to Congress. In 1923, Calvin Coolidge was the first president to have his speech broadcast on radio. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman was the first to deliver it on television." 2-05

31. John Paul II - The Authoritarian Pope (Alternet.org)
    "John Paul II took an institution just beginning to throw off the chains of centuries of insularity and autocracy and to be plain speaking, reshaped it into what can only be described as a totalitarian institution."
    
    "In 1958 Pope John XXIII assumed the papacy. Within months he called for an 'aggiornamiento,' a 'bringing up to date' of the church. Church services began to be conducted in native languages. Priests and nuns and laity were given more participation and authority."
    
    "Pope John XXIII died shortly after Vatican II convened. But the reforms he nurtured took root and flowered under his successor. Journalist Gwynne Dyer recently recalled his impressions after visiting Catholic churches around the world in 1978 in preparation for a televised documentary. 'In southern Africa, Catholics were playing a leading role in resistance to apartheid. In Latin America, the phenomenon of 'liberation theology' was reconnecting the church with the impoverished peasant millions whom it had long ignored. In Europe and North America, the old hierarchies were all under challenge, but especially the hierarchy of gender. Justice and equality were the themes and the energy was astonishing."
    
    " 'Twenty-five years later,' Dyer sadly observes, 'it is all gone.' "
    
    "John Paul II attended the Vatican Council meetings in the 1960s and opposed the changes. Upon taking office he undertook to reverse them. To achieve this goal he dramatically centralized and exercised powers."
    
    "In the 1980s French theologican Marie-Dominique Chenu put it bluntly. John Paul harkens back to the 'prototype of the church as an absolute monarchy.' " 4-05

32. Ruzicka, Marla (WashingtonPost.com)
    " 'Marla had no guile. There was a complete lack of cynicism, a total selflessness in what she did,' said Catherine Philp, a foreign correspondent for the Times of London and one of Ruzicka's closest friends, speaking from New Delhi. 'We live in such a jaded community, and she alone seemed untouched.' " 4-05

33. -06-25-05 Rumsfeld Slams Iran's Elections (CNN News)
    "Speaking on 'Fox News Sunday,' Rumsfeld said the Iranian government had paved the way for ultra-conservative Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to win the post."
    
    "The Iranian president does not run the country, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameinei has the final word in matters of state in the Islamic theocracy. But the United States and others hoped the victor in the election would be someone they deemed more committed to democratic reforms." 6-05

34. Ex-Intel Officers: Valerie Plame Was a Secret CIA Agent (Fox News)
    "Eleven former intelligence officers are speaking up on behalf of CIA officer Valerie Plame (search), saying leaking her identity may have damaged national security and threatens the ability of U.S. intelligence gathering."
    
    "In a statement to congressional leaders, the former officers said the Republican National Committee (search) has circulated talking points focusing on the idea that Plame was not working undercover and deserved no protection." 7-05

35. Kielburger, Keil - Labor Hero (MyHero.com)
    "In 1995, when he was 12 years old, Craig Kielburger read a newspaper story that changed his life. Another 12-year-old boy, Iqbal Masih in Pakistan, had been murdered for bringing the world's attention to the terrible conditions endured by children working in the carpet-making industry. 'I saw him as a hero for speaking out about child labor,' says Kielburger. I suddenly understood that a young person can make a difference."
    
    "Kielburger set out to educate himself about human rights, and became so passionate about it that his parents reluctantly allowed him to accompany Alam Rahman, a Canadian human rights worker, on a trip through South Asia. There Kielburger saw, first-hand, the personal horrors behind child labor issues. He wrote about this experience in a book Free The Children."
    
    "Believing education to be one of the best ways to fight child labor, Free the Children [project] established 'Friendship Schools,' linking schools in developing countries with ones in North America, Europe and industrialized countries around the world. In all of these schools, it was children who saw the need and worked to find solutions...." 7-05

36. -09-14-05 What Went Wrong in New Orleans (MSNBC News)
    "By the predawn hours, most state and federal officials finally realized that the 17th Street Canal levee had been breached, and that the city was in serious trouble. [President] Bush was told at 5 a.m. Pacific Coast time and immediately decided to cut his vacation short. Bush blithely proceeded with the rest of his schedule for the day, accepting a gift guitar at one event and pretending to riff like Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business.' "
    
    "At 2 o'clock on the morning of the storm, only 82 of 120 cops had obeyed a summons to report for duty. Now the numbers were dwindling; within a day, only 28 or 30 officers would be left to save the stranded and fight the looters, recalled a sad and exhausted Capt. Eddie Hosli, speaking to a NEWSWEEK reporter last week."
    
    "Normally, the Guard is under the control of the state governor, but the Feds can take over—if the governor asks them to. [New Orleans Mayor] Nagin suggested that Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, the Pentagon's on-scene commander, be put in charge."
    
    "More than a week later, there was still no agreement. [Governor] Blanco didn't want to give up her authority, and Bush didn't press." 9-05

37. -09-25-05 Israelis Launch "Crushing" Retaliation (MSNBC News)
    "Israel launched a "crushing" retaliation Saturday against Hamas in Gaza with deadly airstrikes, troops massed at the border and a planned ground incursion after militants fired 35 rockets at Israeli towns — their first major attack since the Gaza pullout."
    
    "Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told security chiefs in a meeting that "the ground of Gaza should shake" and that he wanted to exact a high price from Palestinians everywhere, not just Hamas."
    
    "Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicize details of the plan, said the operation would stop only if the Palestinian Authority asserted control over Gaza or Hamas declared an end to rocket attacks."
    
    "Israel also sealed the West Bank and Gaza, barring thousands of Palestinians from reaching jobs in the Jewish state." 9-05

38. Coulter, Ann (AnnCoulter.org)
    "Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961 in New York City) is a prominent American syndicated columnist, bestselling author, and television pundit. Her conservative commentary has earned her a reputation for strong criticism of social and political liberalism. Her speaking and writing style is provocative and aggressive, with heavy use of sarcasm." 9-05

39. Murrow, Edward R. (Eve's Magazine)
    Provides stories of Murrow's life and career, including stories about his resourcefulness and courage.
    
    "Murrow did not kill off McCarthy or McCarthyism, but he helped halt America's incredible slide toward a native brand of fascism. Unbelievable. You had to live through the times to know how fearful -- indeed, terrorized -- people were about speaking their minds."
    
    "On the night of the broadcast, March 9, 1954, the night the spear was hurled against the terror that held America in thrall, Edward R. Murrow spoke words that should be handed down as legacy to every generation of Americans:"
    
    " 'We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were for the moment unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility.' " 11-05

40. Editorial: Generation Gaps and the Boomer Generation (ABC News)
    "They both love boomers and love to hate them. They see a talented, successful and outspoken generation that also can be hopelessly dismissive and self-absorbed."
    
    "It's an agenda that leaves him and other young adults members of generations known as X and Y wondering what will be left for them, especially as the cost of living rises, national debt increases, and as the huge population of aging boomers begins to devour Social Security and company pensions."
    
    "He wishes more boomers were willing to be mentors to collaborate and inspire a group of young adults that he worries have become apathetic, partly because they feel powerless. Others, he says, have simply gotten used to boomers speaking for them." 8-05

41. Types of Nebulae (NinePlanets.org)
    "Originally, the word 'nebula' referred to almost any extended astronomical object (other than planets and comets). The etymological root of 'nebula' means 'cloud'. As is usual in astronomy, the old terminology survives in modern usage in sometimes confusing ways. We sometimes use the word 'nebula' to refer to galaxies, various types of star clusters and various kinds of interstellar dust/gas clouds. More strictly speaking, the word 'nebula' should be reserved for gas and dust clouds and not for groups of stars." Also spelled "nebulas." 01-06

42. Charismatic Movement (Reference.com)
    "Charismatic is an umbrella term used to describe those Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit seen in the first century Christian Church, such as speaking in tongues...."
    
    "Often confused with Pentecostalism (which it was inspired by), Charismatic Christianity tends to differ in key aspects: most Charismatics reject the preeminence given by Pentecostalism to glossolalia, reject the legalism sometimes associated with Pentecostalism, and often stay in their existing denominations such as Roman Catholic Charismatics." 01-06

43. -09-14-06 Pope's Remarks Stir Anger of Muslims (BBC News)
    "Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad had brought the world only 'evil and inhuman' things."
    
    "The head of the Muslim Brotherhood said the Pope's remarks 'aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world'." 09-06

44. -11-19-06 Blair: Terrorism Can Only Be Defeated by Backing Moderate Policies (LA Times)
    "Blair, speaking after a meeting with Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, said more aid, moderate Islamic role models and a lasting resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were key to defeating Islamic extremism." 11-06

45. Overcoming Performance Anxiety (Write-Out-Loud.com)
    "These tips for overcoming performance anxiety or fear of public speaking remove the need to battle the fight or flight syndrome head on." 12-06

46. -03-18-07 Senior Officials: Abusive Interrogations Continued in Gitmo (MSNBC News)
    "Speaking publicly for the first time, senior U.S. law enforcement investigators say they waged a long but futile battle inside the Pentagon to stop coercive and degrading treatment of detainees by intelligence interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba."
    
    "In the end, the law enforcement investigators said, they were not able to stop abusive interrogations, but they were able to slow them." 03-07

47. Text-to-Speech Program: Natural Voice (Tucows.com)
    "This is a text-to-speech program with Microsoft Voices. You can have your computer read any part of the news, weather forecast, charting messages and e-mails. The application can also read Word documents, rich text files and PDF files. The speaking speed and voice quality can be changed according to your needs." 03-07

48. -04-30-07 Apes Point to Origins of Human Language (MSNBC News)
    "Our closest primate relatives, the bonobos and chimps, are more versatile when communicating with their hands, feet and limbs than with their facial expressions and voices."
    
    "The finding, detailed online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, supports the notion that humans were communicating with sign language long before they were speaking, an idea known as the 'gestural hypothesis.' " 04-07

49. -01-04-08 Editorial: Everything You Heard in the VP Debate Is Wrong (New York Times)
    "Since the vice presidential debate on Thursday night, two opposing myths have quickly taken hold about Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. The first, advanced by her supporters, is that she made it through a gantlet of fire; the second, embraced by her detractors, is that her speaking style betrays her naïveté. Both are wrong."
    
    "The concerns raised by the Couric interviews — that Ms. Palin memorizes talking points rather than grasping issues — should not be allayed by her performance in the forgiving format of a debate."
    
    "The impression fits with the overall theme that Ms. Palin and Senator John McCain have been trying to advance: that expertise is overrated, homespun sincerity is better than sophistication, conviction is more important than analysis."
    
    "Being able to see Russia from Alaska, then, means you have an understanding of foreign policy; living in an Arctic state means that you have an understanding of climate change." 10-08

50. -01-04-08 Transcript of Couric Interview With Palin and McCain (CBS News)
    "CBS News anchor Katie Couric spent much of Sept. 29 behind the scenes of the McCain-Palin campaign speaking with Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. This is an unedited transcript of the interview portions broadcast on Sept. 30." 10-08