Persuasion
CONTENT VIDEOS
40-MiNUTE Video (Fentanyl: Looking at problem, CAUSES, & SOLUTIONS)
An amazing news special (from Scripps News Service) that explains the problem of fentanyl, why it is killing and injuring people, and what can be done to reduce overdoses. Using a Problem-Cause-Solution format, this special program uses experts and lay testimony (using logos and pathos) to help persuade folks to take realistic actions to protect themselves and others.
USING words persuasively
In this animated TED Ed, students will learn how words can be effective tools to engage in Aristotle's rhetorical proofs (Ethos, Pathos, Logos).
TED TALKS
What makes people change their mind?
A fascinating animated TED Talk that explores people's attitudes and how arguments relate to our beliefs, values, trust in sources, and evidence.
Lectern Tags: Logic, Argument, Evidence, Logos, Science, Data
Disagreeing Productively
This TED Talk has a champion debater explore how finding common ground is the essence of getting people to make changes in their opinions.
Lectern Tags: Debate, Persuasion, Agreement, Argument
Why WE MAKE IRRATIONAL DECISIONS
The psychology of what makes people make decisions. This TED Talk explores how the audience might make a decision and can be useful for helping you during your persuasive speech solutions offered.
Lectern Tags: Rationality, Decision-Making, Fallacies, Probability, Logic, Bias
LECTURE VIDEO
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Coach Alex Lyon walks viewers through the difference between the 3 rhetorical proofs. An excellent intro video for students.
PATHOS
A professor walks students through a lesson in pathos. An examination of different tactics to capitalize on pathos is provided.
ANALYZE THE PERSUASIVE MESSAGING (ETHOS, PATHOS, LOGOS)
COVID Week 1: PLEASE TAKE PRECAUTIONs
In this video, produced shortly after the pandemic was declared in 2020, a doctor pleads with Chicago and the country to take steps to minimize the spread of COVID-19. A great speech to analyze persuasive messaging.
DOES Tourism solves Intolerance?
A great video to analyze arguments and persuasive appeals. The premise: The speaker contends that tourism can crush intolerance. You decide!
WAS bill gates NOT PERSUASIVE ENOUGH for us to listen?
A little over a year before the COVID-19 pandemic and Bill gates warns about global outbreaks. A solid video to analyze the arguments he makes for a plan for a global response.