LITERARY MODELS

Essay Sampler

GREAT SPEECHES

American Rhetoric Top 100 Speeches

The History Place

Guardian.co.uk  an annotated collection of speeches

DEBATE

iDebate an extensive resource for debate topics with major issues on two sides articulated for each topic.  This is a great resource for beginning research.

Middle School Public Debate Program is a resource developed to assist students and teachers in establishing debate programs in their middle schools

RHETORICAL DEVICES AND SPEECHES

American Rhetoric a speech bank that students can use as part of their research on effective communication

Silva Rhetoricae a resource for teachers and students who are looking to identify rhetorical devices.  This is an advanced source and will be most useful to teachers and very advanced students.

FigaroSpeech a resource that makes it much easier to understand figures of speech and rhetoric generally.  It includes a fun, informative article on teaching Rhetoric to Children.

CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts This site explores some of the great issues and controversies that surround the constitution and it's amendments.

Oyez a resource that helps you to understand the amendments and modern day application. 

NRHS Rhetoricae Information