As the Ford’s Theatre Teacher-in-Residence for four weeks this summer, Karen Richey researched contemporary speeches from a wide range of human experiences and cultures. Discover new resources that students can use to make connections between the past and present and see take part in civic dialogue.

Throughout history many Americans have used oratory as a way to drive civic change. Read on to discover 10 change-makers whom you might not know about yet.

Learn more about how Ford’s brought a local program to a national audience with the Lincoln Online Oratory Project.

As the site of a racially-motivated political assassination, Ford’s Theatre recognized that we can help educators use Twelve Angry Men to teach about implicit bias, systemic racism and their impact on our society.

Recently, we completed an evaluation report on our summer teacher institutes: Civil War Washington and The Seat of War and Peace. Read on to discover our key findings!

We share lessons learned about the National Oratory Fellows program after completing year one of a three-year evaluation report by our independent evaluator and researcher Catherine Awsumb Nelson.

In our modern political climate, how should a program about Reconstruction and Civil War Memory adapt to meet the needs of teachers and museum educators? Explore what we've learned by running The Seat of War and Peace, a Ford’s Theatre summer program for teachers.

Learn how the Ford’s Theatre education department has adapted its oratory programs to work with English-language learners. 

Learn how oratory education helped one teacher gain confidence and become a better educator. 

Read first-hand accounts from students and teachers who have spoken on the Ford's Theatre stage!