When I challenged my senior speech students to begin their speeches with an intriguing attention-getter, I wasn't quite expecting this. His speech began with a loud air raid siren and then he ordered us to get under our desks. The Cold War Era immediately came to our classroom, and although it was exciting to jump under our desks (before I went to grab my camera), it was also a little scary. And it was a great attention-getter. Grade: A+
