Gettysburg+Address+-+Reading+Ladder+Questions

The novel that you read, __The Glory Field__, included fictional characters who fought in the U.S. Civil War. During this war, President Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous speech, “The Gettysburg Address.” Listen to a video clip about “The Gettysburg Address” from the Library of Congress website as well as the speech itself read by Jeff Daniels on You Tube. (You will be viewing the You Tube clip with your teacher, not on your own.)

[|About the Gettysburg Address]

[|Reading of "The Gettysburg Address"]



In this picture, the hatless Lincoln is located in the center of the platform with his bodyguard,Ward Lamon. Lincoln's private secretaries, John Hay and John Nicolay, and speaker Edward Everett may be among those near the president.

Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Facsimile from glass plate negative. Brady-Handy Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress Digital ID # cwpb-07639 []

Next, complete 6 reading ladder questions about Lincoln's speech by posting the questions and their answers in the discussion box for this page or on your personal wiki page after you copy and paste them there. These questions come from the following source in your instructor’s teaching library:

French, Heather, and Joyce VanTassel-Baska. The Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program: a Supplementary Set of Reading Experiences for Project Athena Students. Williamsburg, VA: College of William and Mary, Center for Gifted Education, Project Athena, 2003.

You can access a copy of this speech at the following web site [|The Gettysburg Address - Original & Standard Versions] or use a copy provided by your teacher.

**Characterization**: How does Lincoln characterize the soldiers who died during the Battle of Gettysburg? Support your answer. **Evidence/ Inference**: What inferences can you make about Lincoln’s hopes for the future of the United States? What evidence supports your answer? **Theme/Concept**: What does Lincoln’s address say about the concept of liberty? **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.” **Summarizing**: In 2-4 sentences, summarize the message Lincoln is trying to convey to the American people. **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.