Teach Argument with War in Ukraine

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has generated a tremendous amount of rhetoric that provides rich opportunities for students to understand how language is used to persuade, manipulate, empower, and control — in a truly authentic context. This lesson bundle asks students to closely read, analyze, and compare rhetoric from the remarks and addresses of Ukrainian President Zelensky, Russian President Putin, and American President Biden. The resources in the bundle extend beyond presidential politics, too, as students consider additional viral rhetoric regarding the war in Ukraine.

There’s a lot to this bundle (it spans 29 pages), so you can mix-and-match activities depending on your purpose… jigsaw it for compelling and diversified small-group work… or even turn this into a multi-week unit of study.

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Lesson Description

Wondering what you can expect in this 29-page lesson bundle? Here are the details:

An activity that asks students to analyze the manner in which the war in Ukraine is referenced
An extensive guided analysis of Zelensky’s address to the leaders of NATO
A comparative analysis task that pairs Zelensky’s address to NATO with his speech at the 2022 Grammy Awards
An activity that prompts and organizes an analysis of Putin’s February 2022 address explaining the invasion of Ukraine
An activity that prompts and organizes a comparative analysis of Biden’s March 2022 address delivered from Warsaw, Poland
An extensive guided analysis of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “message to Russians”