Presidential Candidates Speeches and Their Visions (contd.)

Last week, we had an opportunity to examine Mitt Romney's speech accepting the Republican nomination for president.  Last night, Barack Obama gave his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president.  Your task for today is to analyze President Obama's speech and answer the same question about it that you did for Governor Romney's speech.

You can find excerpts from President Obama's speech here.

How did President Obama answer the question, "what does it mean to be an American"?

Select a quotation from the speech and use it in your response as you continue to add to your Google document from last week (go to your google docs to continue to edit it).  Explain what his quotation means, and how the President is defining what it means to be an American.  Be sure to read what the other members of your group are saying as well.  Allow that to guide, change, or enhance your own response.  Look at your responses on the common document as a continuation of the conversation that you had last week only this time it is about Mr. Obama's  speech.

After you've had the opportunity to examine last night's speech, continue your work by comparing and contrasting your responses from last week to this week.  Do another response where you explore your own views and these two visions.  Which candidate do you think answers the question in a way that more closely aligns with your own views and why?

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