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The Gettysburg
Address Socratic Dialogue
| Essential Question: Why is this speech considered
to be one of America’s defining documents, a cornerstone of
American expression of the nation's ideals, mission, and patriotism?
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| What is the purpose of the Socratic Seminar? |
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• To motivate scholarly discourse based on an essential question. |
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• To create an essential question that raises multiple perspectives
and responses |
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• To engage students in civil conversation encouraging them
to listen to different
interpretations of the same text—an interpretation supported
by evidence in the text.
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• To encourage higher order thinking; (including analysis
of a text, synthesis of ideas, evaluation of concepts, and inferential
reasoning) |
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• To develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills |
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| Vocabulary in Gettysburg Address: |
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• Students need to educate themselves on unfamiliar vocabulary |
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• Students should track their new found vocabulary within
the resources. |
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four score
conceived
equal |
civil war
endure
consecrate |
hallow
devotion |
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| Scaffolding for the Gettysburg Seminar |
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• Students need to have knowledge of the subject and contextualization
of the time and subject |
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• Have students do their own study and/or research on the
topic to help them get grounded in the content. |
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| Important Supporting Document: |
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Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Second Inaugural
Address, The Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Content Questions: Gettysburg |
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Where is Lincoln giving this address? |
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According to Lincoln, to what proposition is the new nation dedicated? |
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What is the war testing? |
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What “unfinished work” remains before us? |
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Describe a new birth of freedom. |
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Supporting Documents |
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| The
Gettysburg Address (July, 3, 1863) |
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Library of Congress
Exhibit on the Gettysburg Address |
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Gettysburg Address |
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The
Gettysburg Address: Ken Burns (Video) |
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Context
for the Gettysburg Address |
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| Declaration
of Independence, (1776) |
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U.
S. History Organization Declaration (text and image, rough drafts,
etc…) |
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U.S. History Organization:
Declaration—History, signers, etc… |
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Declaration
from Government Archives |
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| The
Constitution, (1787) |
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Constitution
from Cornell Law School (Hypertext of the document) |
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The U. S. Constitution
Online |
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| The
Emancipation Proclamation, (January 1, 1863) |
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The Emancipation
Proclamation |
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The
Emancipation Proclamation: Ken Burns (video) |
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National
Archives: The Emancipation Proclamation (Featured Document) |
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| President
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) |
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Important American Documents |
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Our
Documents: 100 Important Milestone Documents |
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The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by
the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily
from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States
history from 1776 to 1965. |
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Archives
of Important Documents 1800-1899 |
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Other U.S.
Documents—Mayflower Compact, I Have a Dream Speech, etc… |
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National Archives
Exhibits |
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| The
Civil War in Four Minutes |
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The Making
of the Civil War in 4 Minutes Map |
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