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Focus Question

Explore the importance of equality as a belief worth fighting for, with a focus on Abraham Lincoln's legacy and the Civil War era. Engage with key figures like General Meade and General Lee, analyze word repetition and rhetorical devices in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Identify text structures and strategies for interpreting historical texts. Dive into the significance of Lincoln's call to action for a lasting impact on society.

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  1. In what ways is equality a proposition, or belief, worth fighting for? Focus Question

  2. What do you know about Abraham Lincoln?

  3. You have 1 MINUTE.Write down as many facts as you can about Abraham Lincoln.

  4. 1-2 facts = 1 point 3-5 facts = 2 points 6+ facts = 3 points Tally Your Points

  5. General George G. Meade UNION

  6. General Robert E. Lee CONFEDERACY

  7. More than 50,000 dead or hurt.

  8. Legislation to create national cemeteries

  9. Word Whiz In Your Own Words • Your group has definitions ofsome words from a part of the Gettysburg Address. • Your job is to review the words and their definitions and use them to help you re-write the text in your own words.

  10. Catch My Drift: Word Repetition • we = 10 times • here = 8 times • dedicate or dedicated = 6 times • nation = 5 times

  11. Catch My Drift: Word Challenge Create a sentence that contains these 4 words and no more than 12 total words that summarizes the purpose of this speech. In other words, what did Lincoln want people to remember, or take away, from it? • nation ~ dedicate(d) ~ here ~ we

  12. Telltale Techniques: Rhetorical Devices • Rhetorical devices call attention to and strengthen ideas. • Contrasts: putting two opposite ideas in one thought • Triads: repeating three related thoughts, usually using similar grammar

  13. Telltale Techniques: Contrasts • “To be or not to be . . .” William Shakespeare’s Hamlet • “The best means of insuring peace is to be prepared for war.” Alexander Hamilton • “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Mohammad Ali

  14. Telltale Techniques: Triads • Hear no evil,see no evil, speak no evil.” • “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness” Declaration of Independence • “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Sir Winston Churchill

  15. ID It: Text Structures • Cause and Effect • Chronological Order • Compare and Contrast • Description • Problem - Solution

  16. ID It: Text Structure • Chronological Order • Past • Present • Future

  17. ID It: Past

  18. ID It: Present

  19. ID It: Future

  20. ID It: Clues to the Past What is the year President Lincoln is referring to in this passage?

  21. ID It: Clues to the Past Which word and which phrase in this passage refers to afamous historic document?

  22. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal. . . with certain unalienable Rights. . . among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

  23. ID It: Clues to the Past

  24. Jan. 1, 1863

  25. ID It: Call to Action In persuasive writing, particularly in speeches, the writer makes a call to action. This call to action asks or encourages the audience to do something about a problem.

  26. ID It: Call to Action

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