Informative Outline
Topic: Nobel Peace Prize winners in Carthage, Tennessee
Specific Purpose: to inform the audience about two Nobel Peace Prize winners from Carthage, Tennessee
Thesis Statement: I am going to inform you about the origin of the Nobel Peace Prize and the two winners from my community: Albert Gore, Jr., and Cordell Hull.
Introduction:
Attention Gaining Device: Carthage, Tennessee is the only town in the United States that can boast of having two Nobel Peace Prize winners.
Relevance: Whether or not you’ve heard of these names, I’m going to provide you with more information on how these two men made a difference in the world.
Credibility: Each year my town honors these winners with events that I volunteer at.
Preview: To help you understand the impact they made, I’m going to talk about the background of the Nobel Peace Prize, then both of the Carthage recipients.
Body:
The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award.
The Nobel Peace Prize was created by Alfred Nobel to recognize those “for the Greatest Benefit to Mankind”.
Alfred Nobel was able to start this award due to his wealth from inventing dynamite.
The Peace Prize is one of six awards given annually.
According to Nobelprize.org, the official website of the Nobel Prize, last updated in 2014, 98 Nobel Peace Prizes have been given out from 1901 to 2017. (oral citation) (statistic)
A seventeen year old was the youngest award winner in 2014.
There were 19 years were the Nobel Peace Prize was not given out.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee selects the Prize winners.
There are five members on the committee.
Transition: Now that you know more about the Nobel Peace Prize, let’s talk about the 1st winner from Carthage, Tennessee.
Cordell Hull was the first person from Carthage to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Cordell Hull’s early stages of life began in Middle Tennessee.
He was born in Overton County.
He graduated from Cumberland University in Lebanon with a law degree.
Cordell Hull was appointed as a Judicial Circuit Judge and moved to Carthage, Tennessee.
From 1931 to 1937, Hull served as a United States Senator.
He ended his term at age 62.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him as Secretary of State.
He was the longest running Secretary of State in U.S. history for twelve years.
Cordell Hull played a key role in World War II.
He resigned due to ill health in 1944.
Cordell Hull is perhaps most well known as the “Father of the United Nations.”
He wrote the Charter of the United Nations.
He pushed for a nonpartisan international structure after WWII.
In 1945, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the establishment of the United Nations, but was too sick to attend in person.
Transition: Cordell Hull also influenced the next winner from Carthage, Albert Gore, Jr.
Here is a picture of Albert Gore, Jr., who was the second Nobel Peace Prize winner from Carthage.
Multiple generations of the Gore family have lived in Carthage.
His father, Albert Gore, Sr., was friends with Cordell Hull.
Albert Gore, Jr., references Cordell Hull in his acceptance speech, and I quote, “ He was an inspiration and hero to my own father.”
The Gore family farm is located on Highway 70 in Carthage.
He served as Vice President of the United States.
In the authors biography of the book, Truth To Power, published in 2017 by noted environmentalist, Albert Gore, Jr., he was the forty- fifth President of the United States for 8 years.
Albert Gore, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in global climate change.
He is the author of five books on climate change.
Albert Gore, Jr., is the subject of two movies on climate change.
He won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for, I’m quoting here, “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.”
Conclusion:
Summary of main points: In conclusion, you’ve heard some information about the Nobel Peace Prize, a former Secretary of State, and a former Vice President.
Closing Statement: These two great men from Carthage started their journey in a small town, and ended up impacting the world.
Work Cited:
"Al Gore- Facts ." Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014, Web. 20 Jun 2018. <“Al Gore – Facts.” Nobelprize.org, www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/gore-facts.html.>.
"The Nobel Peace Prize ." Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018, Web. 20 Jun 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/>.
"Cordell Hull – Biographical ." Nobelprize.org. The Nobel Foundation 1945, Web. 20 Jun 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1945/hull-bio.html>.
Gore, Al. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. Rodale, 2017.
Gore, A. (2008). Our purpose: The Nobel Peace Prize lecture 2007. New York, NY: Rodale.