Today’s Walking Classroom podcast talks about President Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address – a speech he gave in 1863 when the Gettysburg battlefield was being turned into a cemetery because thousands of Civil War soldiers had died there four months earlier. The Gettysburg Address was a very short but powerful speech.
Character Value: Forgiveness
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Common Core
L–Language | SL–Speaking and Listening | RI–Reading: Informational | RL–Reading: Literature | W–Writing | RH–6-8 Literacy in History/Social Studies | RST–6-8 Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Elementary School:RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, SL.3.1, SL.3.4
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, SL.4.1, SL.4.4
RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.3, SL.5.1, SL.5.4
Middle School:
RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.3, SL.6.1, SL.6.4
RI.7.1, RI.7.2, RI.7.3, SL.7.1, SL.7.4
RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, SL.8.1, SL.8.4
RH.6-8.4
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Quiz: (Make sure you're already logged into your Gmail account, then click to copy this Google form to your Google Drive. Quiz keys are here.)
Gettysburg, Part 1 Google Quiz
Slide Deck:
Gettysburg, Part 1 Slide Deck
Visit the battlefield and its various memorial sites in this virtual tour from The National Park Service.
Test your ability to command military troops in this Military.com Battle of Gettysburg simulation.
Research an assigned myth in groups and creatively present what truth the myth does and does not hold in this project from the International Reading Association.
Develop your own interpretation of the Gettysburg Address (Activity 2) by responding to questions in this lesson plan from The American Battlefield Trust.
Explore the decisive moments of the Battle of Gettysburg with this Smithsonian Magazine Interactive Map.
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