Just a quick post today to share that I was asked to write a guest blog post for the National Museum of American History’s blog. The post is entitled, “Exploring the Gettysburg Address with Kids” and it was a great experience working with the staff...
In Part 1 of of this series we started to look at some of the key words and concepts in the Gettysburg Address. Let’s continue our exploration by looking for some deeper meanings. Let’s begin again with the Wordle of Mr. Lincoln’s Famous...
I have talked about the Gettysburg Address in the past but during the 2010 Civil War Preservation Trust Teacher’s Institute I attended a session by Mr. Chuck Teague on Teaching the Gettysburg Address. He has graciously given me permission to share some of...
Since I have posted on The Gettysburg Address in the past, I thought I would share this USA Today headline article about a “new” image of Abe Lincoln at Gettysburg being found at the Library of Congress. The story discusses how an amateur historian was...
The following is from The Lincoln Log website and gives you an idea of what Lincoln’s day was like on November 19, 1863 prior to giving his famous speech. If you plan to have your students recite the Gettysburg Address for class, this should help provide some...
