Truman's State of the Union Messages

This area of the Project WhistleStop web site contains the text of Truman's State of the Union messages from all eight years of his presidency, as well as related teaching units, lesson plans, and classroom activities:

1. April 16, 1945

2. January 14, 1946

3. January 6, 1947

4. January 7, 1948

5. January 5, 1949

6. January 4, 1950

7. January 8, 1951

Related Teaching Units, Lesson Plans, and classroom activities:

• Teaching Unit: Analyzing State of the Union Messages
  Level: Senior High
  Missouri Show Me Standard Objectives:CA5, SS3, SS4
  Summary:A three-lesson unit covering 1) Group work analyzing the content of Truman's State of the Union messages 2) Truman's 1945 "Address to Congress Upon Assuming Office After Roosevelt's Death" 3) Part of Truman's 1946 State of the Union Message titled "From War to Peace - The Year of Decision."

• Return to Truman Library home page