Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Good Morning!

Today is the 145th anniversary of President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Here are some free resources to learn more about this historic speech.

Lessons:

Absolute English has a short lesson on the Gettysburg Address for grades 9-12.

Drafting the Gettysburg Address, from Education World is another short lesson, for grades 6-12.

Audios:
Homeschool Freebie of the Day issued a challenge to their young readers to memorize the Gettysburg Address. Here are some of the entries.

At FreeAudio.org, you can download and listen to recordings of the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's second Inaugural Address and Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863.

Neat website:

Gettysburg National Military Park's Civil War Page For Kids