Informative Speech about Barbie Dolls
Kaitlyn Wyman
Informative Speech Outline
Objective: I will give an informative speech about the history of Mattell’s Barbie Doll. I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter:
a. Girls, this is a question for you. How many of you have had Barbie dolls growing up? (Have time to answer)
b. Well, believe it or not, our beloved Barbie dolls have a whole lot of history behind them.
B. Tie to the audience:
a. I think we, as girls, can all vouch that Barbie dolls were all the rage and so much fun when we were younger, and even when our grandmother and mothers were younger. They still are to this day!
b. Barbie dolls have seriously been one of the most important parts of the toy industry for over fifty years.
C. Preview:
a. In my speech, I will be talking about the inventor, company that helped, and full background of the beloved fashion doll, Barbie!
[Transition: First, I will introduce the lovely inventor, Ruth Handler.]
II. Body
A. Ruth Handler, the inventor of Barbie doll
a. Ruth was born in Denver, Colorado to two Polish-Jewish immigrants.
b. She married her high school sweetheart Elliot Handler.
c. They moved to Los Angeles, where Ruth pursued a business position in her husband’s furniture business. This is where her career took off and she became a successful businesswoman.
[Transition: With that, Ruth took her amazing business abilities and applied it to the successful company, Mattell that her husband and friend Harold developed.]
A. Mattell
a. Elliot Handler, Ruth’s husband, and his good friend Harold Matson formed a business combining Harold’s first half of his last name and Elliot’s first half of first name, making Mattell.
b. Mattell started out as a picture frame manufacturing business, and then much later they started creating dollhouse furniture, since making dollhouse furniture was more profitable than making picture frames at the time.
c. They then focused on toy manufacturing to further their business, and their first
Informative Speech Outline
Objective: I will give an informative speech about the history of Mattell’s Barbie Doll. I. Introduction
A. Attention Getter:
a. Girls, this is a question for you. How many of you have had Barbie dolls growing up? (Have time to answer)
b. Well, believe it or not, our beloved Barbie dolls have a whole lot of history behind them.
B. Tie to the audience:
a. I think we, as girls, can all vouch that Barbie dolls were all the rage and so much fun when we were younger, and even when our grandmother and mothers were younger. They still are to this day!
b. Barbie dolls have seriously been one of the most important parts of the toy industry for over fifty years.
C. Preview:
a. In my speech, I will be talking about the inventor, company that helped, and full background of the beloved fashion doll, Barbie!
[Transition: First, I will introduce the lovely inventor, Ruth Handler.]
II. Body
A. Ruth Handler, the inventor of Barbie doll
a. Ruth was born in Denver, Colorado to two Polish-Jewish immigrants.
b. She married her high school sweetheart Elliot Handler.
c. They moved to Los Angeles, where Ruth pursued a business position in her husband’s furniture business. This is where her career took off and she became a successful businesswoman.
[Transition: With that, Ruth took her amazing business abilities and applied it to the successful company, Mattell that her husband and friend Harold developed.]
A. Mattell
a. Elliot Handler, Ruth’s husband, and his good friend Harold Matson formed a business combining Harold’s first half of his last name and Elliot’s first half of first name, making Mattell.
b. Mattell started out as a picture frame manufacturing business, and then much later they started creating dollhouse furniture, since making dollhouse furniture was more profitable than making picture frames at the time.
c. They then focused on toy manufacturing to further their business, and their first
References: a. www.dolls4play.com b. www.barbiemedia.com c. www.barbielistholland.wordpress.com