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1 Freedom Project Lesson Three/ Course/Grade Level: U.S. History 8 th Grade Lesson Title: The Gettysburg Address and its impact on our country. Teacher: Jim Webb- Lincoln Middle School 1. Set Induction: Honoring all those who have died. a. Discuss why we celebrate Memorial Day. b. Students write down people they know who have served in the Armed Forces. c. Read Gettysburg Address from the textbook and poster. d. Go to show students how to navigate through the site. 2. Aims/Objectives and Standards: a. Student will gain knowledge of what was said by Lincoln at Gettysburg. b. Students will gain understanding and importance of Lincoln s address. c. Students will apply the principles that Lincoln espoused in the address. 3. Procedures, Assessments and Materials Required: a. Review Gettysburg Address as part of the Civil War unit. b. Make use of the Gettysburg Address poster and website. c. Review the Kids Discover Lincoln booklet. d. Students will work with partners through the project in their investigation. e. Discussion will take place in each area of the project. 4. Resources and Scholarship a. Creating America: McDougal Textbook b. Historical Pictures-FlickR/Google Documents c. d. Gettysburg Address Poster/Lincoln Mosiac e. Kids Discover- Lincoln booklet 5. Conclusion/Lesson Wrap-up a. Review parts of the Gettysburg Address. b. Discuss why Lincoln gave the speech. c. Come to conclusions as to how this applies today in our world. d. Students will write out what they have learned from the unit.

2 Lincoln Kids Discover Questions Abraham Lincoln U.S. History Mr. Webb Abraham Lincoln- Historical Overview 1. He became our President. ( ) 2. When and where was he born? 3. First Term Second Term 4. Age at Inauguration 5. Political Party 6. First Lady 7. Children,,,. Key Events as President How many states seceded to form the Confederate States of America? 9. President of the Confederacy is. 10. War breaks out at. 11. The Union Army is defeated at the battle of Confederates are stopped at. 13. The Union is defeated at What does the Emancipation Proclamation do?

3 15. Where are Confederates defeated at? 16. Where does Grant win at? 17. Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address Who is made commander of all union forces? 19. What city does the confederacy abandon? The Union Army captures, the capital of the Confederacy. 21. Who surrenders at Appomattox? 22. Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

4 U.S. History Mr. Webb Gettysburg Address McDougal Littell pg. 524 A Closer Look (Lincoln s Modesty) 1. What features of Lincoln s address make it so memorable? Fighting for a Cause 2. What cause is Lincoln referring to in the Gettysburg Address? Main Ideas: Gettysburg Address a. Founding Fathers created a nation based on equality. b. Fighting a war to preserve the nation. c. We are here to dedicate a cemetery as part of the battlefield. d. What the soldiers did at Gettysburg did is the most important thing, not what the living do to honor them now. e. The living must dedicate themselves to finishing the work of the soldiers to make sure that freedom will survive and that democracy will endure. Notes provided by Creating America. Terms to Know 3. score- 4. consecrate- 5. detract- 6. take increased devotion to- 7. gave the last full measure- 8. in vain- Gettysburg Address poster, Investigation Questions 9. When was it given? Think About It 10. Who are the founding fathers?

5 11.What is meant by a new birth of freedom? (clue: Consider the Emancipation Proclamation.) 12. What is the main message of the address? 13. What do you think is the last full measure of devotion? 14. Why does he say the dead shall not have died in vain? Battle of Gettysburg 15. List three facts about the Battle of Gettysburg? 16. List three facts about the aftermath? A Great Speech 17. Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address? 18. What new reason for fighting did Lincoln give to Americans? Myth or Fact 19. Give two myths and then three facts which clear up the myths. a. Myth/Fact b. Myth/Fact 20. Go to Click on the Lincoln Mosiac- Choose two pictures to investigate. Click on Pictures to gain more background. Record your findings about the people. a. b.

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