Vocabulary
This vocabulary word means “boring”
What is ...Tedious?
The study of medicine in space will make everyone’s lives healthier and happy
What was Kennedy's first claim for need of research in space medicine?
Kennedy compliments and motivated his audience by associating them with leaders in their field and implies that they are making history by calling them this
The day after this speech.
When was President Kennedy was assassinated.
This vocabulary word means “an injury or weakness”
What is ..Impairment?
To persuade the audience; to motivate Americans to do something new and pioneering.
Another speech writing technique used by JFK is called repetition (used to reinforce an idea or belief)
Provide evidence of this in the beginning of his speech
What is in the first paragraph and repeats the word “era”?
This vocabulary word means “the process that allows for growth and life”.
What is ....Metabolism?
Evidence to support his reason that "Medical space research may open up new understanding of man’s relation to his environment"
*provide line # and evidence
lines 45-49 "...can teach us more about the differences between normal and abnormal, about disorientation, and about changes in metabolism which could result in extending life span" & lines 50-55, "...effects of exhaust gases on our astronauts, and you seek ways to reduce their toxicity, you are working on problems similar to those we face ..."
What is the importance of the Aerospace Medical Health Center, and the necessity of the United States Space Program.
Identify one of the speech writing techniques that President Kennedy used with this speech on lines 11-13… .
“It is a time for pathfinders and pioneers.”
This word means to change for the better/improved
What is ... “revolutionize”?
and "develop instruments to to help small children who suffer miserably from eye defects"
What evidence did JFK provide for his second reason to support his claim, "Medical space research may revolutionize the technology and techniques of modern medicine" line 56
The reason Kennedy mentions Charles Lindbergh and Claire Chennault (lines 14-23)
To motivate his audience and remind them those people were air pioneers who trained in San Antonio…who set out to discovery something new
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite to orbit earth.
What happened in 1957 that motivated President Kennedy to push the United States Space Program?
This word means “the driving force or motivation behind an action”
What is Impetus?
(1)Space research has no value on Earth. (2) Research in space medicine competes for natural resources that are needed to develop Earth.
What opposing viewpoint were addressed by Kennedy's counterarguments "..1) Research holds the promise of substantial benefit. The wartime development of radar spurred the development of the transistor. (2) Space is a partner and coproducer of resources, and space medicine is going to make people’s lives healthier and happier."
Kennedy uses a metaphor on these lines for his argument that the U.S. should continue space research, even though it will be difficult.
lines 112- What is ..."This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it. Whatever the difficulties, they will be overcome. Whatever the hazards, they must be guarded against."