Argente’s blog

I have created a new section for 2nd course NA so that you guys can find links resources, videos and interesting websites I come across.

As you can see I am using this blog as a mini-website for extraclass materials and resources, but I want to hear your suggestions about it too.

Remember that teachers also need to be encouraged from time to time! so let me know what you think about it!

It is 1963 and Doctor Martin Luther king is giving a speech before a huge crowd in     Washington        and he shares his dream:

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.

“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

Click on the following link to read and listen to the speech

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

and the dream has come true. We are witnessing a historical moment and I invite you to listen to the first African-American president of a new era. One day we will tell our grandchildren about wednesday 5th November 2008 and this particular speech. Read an extract of what Barack Obama says in his victory speech before thousands of supporters in Chicago, his hometown.

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This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell Yes,We can

Watch and read the victory speech if you click on the following link

http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/videos/2008/programmes/obamas-victory-speech.htm