A.A.C.T.+-+Cole+Drenth

My name is Cole Drenth.

**Characterization**: How does Lincoln characterize the soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg? Support your answer. He says that they were brave and fought for their country. He is honoring them and dedicating this place to them.

**Evidence/ Inference**: What inferences can you make about Lincoln’s hopes for the future of the United States? What evidence supports your answer? He hopes that our country will be reunited and made in liberty. He said that our nation was conceived in liberty and that we shall have a new birth of freedom.

**Theme/Concept**: What does Lincoln’s address say about the concept of liberty? Our country was created on the concept of liberty, but we did not follow that concept.

**Paraphrasing**: In your own words, paraphrase Lincoln’s statement, “It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” We are supposed to reunite our nation in liberty and finish what the soldiers who died were trying to do.

**Summarizing**: In 2-4 sentences, summarize the message Lincoln is trying to convey to the American people. We cannot do what the soldiers did. They gave their lives for our country. We are dedicating this ground so that we will not quickly forget what they did. We need to continue fighting for the cause.

**Creative Synthesis**: Pretend you are a stakeholder from the audience (e.g. mother/ father/ sibling of a soldier, a soldier, a congressional leader, the secretary of war, etc.) who has just heard “The Gettysburg Address.” How would you react to the message of Lincoln’s speech? Create a reaction to “The Gettysburg Address.” Write a paragraph with 6 or more sentences. I would be sad that my son died. I would be motivated and make sure my children don't have slaves. I'd teach them that slavery is wrong. I would go to war. I'd try to free the slaves and win the war. I would remember that those soldiers died trying to reunite our country and that we have to finish what they started.

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