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December 3, 2018 |

Royal Ice Cream Counter Histories

By vmlkchassncsu

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Royal Ice Cream Counter Histories
  • Listening Experience
  • Historical Perspective
  • Audience’s perspective (from the podium)
  • Audience’s perspective (from the first row)
  • Audience’s Perspective (from the floor)
  • Audience’s perspective (from the balcony)
  • “Fill Up the Jails” Speech Reenactment
  • Timeline
  • 1957 – Royal Ice Cream Sit-In
  • 1960 – Sit-Ins and MLK’s Speech
  • 1967 – White Rock Torn Down
  • 2008 – Durham Sit-in Marker
  • 2013 – Research and Writing
  • 2014 – Recreation of the Speech
  • 2015 – Audio-visual Exhibitions
  • 2016 – Multifaceted Experiences
  • 2017 – Public Exhibits
  • Public Speaking Materials
  • Assignment One: Multi-textual Presentation
  • Assignment Two: Multi-textual Presentation Speech Analysis
  • Activity One: Structure and Argument
  • Activity Two: Identifying Modes of Persuasion
  • Activity Three: Listening to the speech
  • Activity Four: Language
  • Activity Five: Audience Activity
  • Public Speaking Exhibitions

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