How do you hope to use it as a teaching moment?
We are studying early American history this year, and I have a vague hope that later on, when we get to the presidencies of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, we'll be able to tie back to having watched the swearing-in of the current president. I hope it makes the stories of those early presidents more real. And if the inaugural address is well-crafted and well-delivered — certainly we've been led to expect a great speech — perhaps it'll lend itself to studying alongside those inaugural addresses made to a newborn United States.
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