Coming to the End of the War

Today we'll start by finishing our deconstructed Gettysburg Address from yesterday.
Then we'll focus in on the end of the war, using Ken Burns' The Civil War to learn about Andersonville and Sherman's March. We'll go over Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address (using the questions you prepared for homework yesterday) and if time, look at Burns' take on Appomattox.

Here is the Study Guide for Friday's test.
Please also submit your responses to all of the Lincoln/Douglass Worksheet questions to turnitin.com.

The Gettysburg Address

On Thursday last week, we discussed the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation by watching the clips The Higher Object and Bottom Rail on Top from Ken Burns' series, The Civil War. We also read and analyzed Frederick Douglass' editorial, Men of Color to Arms.
Today, we'll look at how Lincoln responded to the events during the summer of 1863 by taking a close look at The Gettysburg Address and doing an "exploded imagery" activity that allowed us to make a new, deconstructed version of the speech.

Election Results, Lincoln Essay, Emancipation

First, we'll finish our Election journals and make time for some discussion about last night's election.
We'll then assign the Lincoln Essay and the Planning the Lincoln Essay chart.
We'll finish by looking at the Emancipation Proclamation and "A Higher Object" from the Ken Burns Civil War series.

Election Thoughts and Road to Emancipation

We'll spend the first part of class considering tomorrow's election, making some predictions and reflecting on this election season.  We'll use this document to do so: Election Journal 2016.

We'll then spend some time going over the documents you prepared for last Friday and today, considering how Lincoln's ideas changed or progressed over time and how they may or may not have been influenced by Frederick Douglass and the progression of the Civil War.

The War Begins

Today in class we looked at some additional sections from Ken Burns' The Civil War.  The sections we watched are linked in this document: The Civil War: 1861-1862. Students were to take notes as we watched.
With time remaining, students were able to work on their homework for the weekend.

Lincoln's First Inaugural

We watched Secessionitis (32:57-47:27) and took notes on the study guide that is in your folder.
We then went over the questions for Lincoln's First Inaugural that you prepared for class today. We uploaded the entire Lincoln worksheet to turnitin at the end of class.

Lincoln's Arguments

Today we'll begin to explore Abraham Lincoln's speeches and the arguments and ideas that are contained within. Last night, you read and annotated two speeches; The House Divided speech that he gave upon accepting the Republican nomination to be the United States Senator from Illinois; and one of the replies he made in a debate against Stephen Douglas during that campaign.  Today you'll look closer at those speeches by following the instructions and completing the questions in this worksheet:
Lincoln Speeches Worksheet #1
When finished with the first two speeches, you can begin to prepare your homework for Thursday. Instructions are contained within the worksheet and on the assignment sheet.