Persuasive Speech: Working with Evidence
Review Evidence
Review these sources of evidence for the topic "Why Confederate Monuments Should be Removed."
- Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy Links to an external site.
- Group sues over plans to remove Confederate monument in Madison Links to an external site.
- Not just Confederate statues: Indigenous activists want Spanish conquistadors, missionaries removed Links to an external site.
Discuss These Questions with Your Group
- Who put this source together? What do they know about this topic?
- Who is their audience?
- What kind of evidence do they cite?
- Do you find the evidence they cite persuasive?
Criteria: What Makes a Good Source? Links to an external site.
Note to COMM instructors: You will have to make your own copy of the Criteria form & results if you want to use them for your class.
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- List three reasons why you believe this is a credible source.
- Pick at least one fact to cite in an oral citation
- Criteria: Results Links to an external site.
The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, ccn.loc.gov/2010637566. Links to an external site.