Gettysburg Address Assignment: Simply put--memorize it!
The above file is a copy of the Gettysburg Address that was handed out in class.
The above file is a "cloze" activity which will help you to better memorize/practice the address.
Student Created Song Parody |
`Due date: During 1863 of our simulation"...272 words later..."
You have been selected (all of you) to protray President Abraham Lincoln delivering his greatest speech--a commemorative address made at the Gettysburg battlefield site on November 19, 1863, only four and a half months after that crucial clash took place. At the time it was given, the newspapers gave Lincoln's speech only mixed reviews. Today it is considered one fo the five to 10 greatest speeches in the English Language, adding to the overall myth and brilliance of our sixteenth president. Oddly, the president was asked to speak at Gettysburg almost as an afterthought. The inviation to him in early Novemeber requested that he make "a few appropirate remarks." The day's main speaker was Edward Everett, the era's foremost orator. Some 15,000 people were on Cemetery Hill for the solemn occasion when the speeches began. Everett spoke first; he finished two hours later. Before Lincoln stood up to make his remarks, the Baltimore Glee Club sang. Finally, Lincoln's military attache and friend, Willard Hill Lamon, introduced him. Two to three minutes and 272 words later, Lincoln's address was over, leaving many of the atendees disappointed. Many had not heard Lincon's softly delivered monosyllabic words. Despite this, the crowd gave him a "sustained ovation." As lincoln returned to the White House, word gradually spread that the president's addresss was destined to be the final words on the meaning of the war and the Union's noble purpose. Source: Lacey, Bill, and Terry Handy. Civil War: A Simulation of Civilain and Soldier Life during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. Carlsbad, CA: Interact, 2008. Print. |
Audio by Jeff Daniels |
Video from the movie Saving Lincoln. |
Learn the Address.org: A national Challenge on the 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg! |