Gettysburg Address
From: Gilder Lehrman
Grade Level: MS, HS, College
Remote Ready: With Modifications
Time: 1 Class Period
Length of Reading: Paragraphs
Gilder Lehrman has 2 lessons on the Gettysburg Address. This is the first:
The Gettysburg Address.
Our summary: Common Core. This lesson plan is subdivided into 5 lessons, but there's no reason that it couldn't be synthesized into one class period. Lessons 1, 2, and 3: Students read the Gettysburg address (1/2 page) and then fill out graphic organizers for each of the 3 paragraphs. In lessons 4 and 5, students analyze how the word "dedicate"--used 6 times in the speech-- changes meaning. Finally, students answer 3 questions.
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Grade Level: MS, HS, College
- MS=High School
- HS=High School
- College
Remote Ready: With Modifications
- Links to the reading assignments can easily be emailed or posted for students
- Paraphrase questions into your LMS so you can grade student’s written answers more easily or have students take a photograph of their graphic organizers and email them to you
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