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LESSON 29 THIS I BELIEVELESSON 29 THIS I BELIEVEINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

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Writers Prompt:Writers Prompt: If you bow at all, bow low.

Chinese proverb

There can be no happiness if the things we

believe in are different from the things we do.

Freya Madeline Stark

Smile and the world smiles with you.

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Writers PromptWriters Prompt What gets you through life? What is your

personal philosophy in 25 words or less?

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Assignment

Assignment

This I Believe essay

Final Exam

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This I Believe

This I Believe

Personal Essay

1.5 to 2 pages

Double spaced

Arial/11pt.

Rubric

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The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable

Men and Women

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The Beatles Live OnThe Beatles Live OnMacklin LevineMacklin Levine

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The History of

This I Believe

The History of

This I Believe

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This I BelieveThis I Believe

From 19511955, Edward R. Murrow hosted This I

Believe, a daily radio program that reached 39 million

listeners. On this broadcast, Americansboth well

known and unknownread five-minute essays about

their personal philosophy of life.

They shared insights about individual values that

shaped their daily actions. The first volume ofThis I

Believe essays, published in 1952, sold 300,000

copiesmore than any other book in the U. S. during

that year except for the Bible.

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IntroductionIntroduction -- continuedcontinued

In fact, these Murrow broadcasts were so popular

that curriculum was even developed to encourageAmerican high school students to compose essays

about their most significant personal beliefs.

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Edward R. MurrowEdward R. Murrow Edward R. Murrow (1908 1965) was an

American journalist He first came toprominence with a series of radio newsbroadcasts during World War II, which

were followed by millions of listeners inthe United States and Canada.

Historians consider him amongjournalism's greatest figures; Murrowhired a top-flight cadre of war

correspondents and was noted for honestyand integrity in delivering the news.

A pioneer of television news broadcasting,Murrow produced a series of TV newsreports that helped lead to the censure ofSenator Joseph McCarthy.

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Edward R. MurrowEdward R. Murrow

andand McarthyismMcarthyism

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HarryT

rumanHarryT

ruman Harry S. Truman (1884 1972) was the

thirty-third President of the UnitedStates (19451953).

As the thirty-fourth vice president, hesucceeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, whodied less than three months after he

began his fourth term. Truman, whosedemeanor was very different from that

of the patrician Roosevelt, was afolksy, unassuming president.

He popularized such phrases as "Thebuck stops here" and "If you can'tstand the heat, you better get out of thekitchen.

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Vietnam

Veteran

Vietnam

Veteran

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This I BelieveThis I Believe

William F. Buckley Jr.William F. Buckley Jr.

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Some more examplesSome more examples Read and Discuss

This I Believe Essays