Image Source - What Lincoln Knew by Michael Ignatieff - The Atlantic
Standard
HS.H3.2 Analyze how ideologies, religion, and belief systems have influenced economic, political, and social institutions over time.
Learning Target
I am able to identify and explain the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era on the freedom and rights of Black people in the United States.
Instructions
Open the PDF - Speech by President Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address and answer the Guided Notes, Explicit Text-Based Questions and the Implicit questions in your notes.
An audio version of the speech is below, as well.
Guided Notes
Explicit - In the text, Text-Based Questions
Question 1: In the first sentence, what do we learn is the reason for Lincoln’s Address?
Question 2: Given what Lincoln says at the end of the first paragraph, what can you infer that he believes about the course of the war?
Question 3: In the context of the third paragraph, what is the meaning of the word wringing? Explain what Lincoln is describing with the phrase “wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces.”
Question 4: What is Lincoln referring to with the phrase “until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword”?
Question 5: At the conclusion of the speech, what does Lincoln call on the nation to do in order to “achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations”?
Implicit - You have to make the conclusion, using the text to help guide you.
HS.H3.2 Analyze how ideologies, religion, and belief systems have influenced economic, political, and social institutions over time.
Learning Target
I am able to identify and explain the successes and failures of the Reconstruction Era on the freedom and rights of Black people in the United States.
Instructions
Open the PDF - Speech by President Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address and answer the Guided Notes, Explicit Text-Based Questions and the Implicit questions in your notes.
An audio version of the speech is below, as well.
Guided Notes
Explicit - In the text, Text-Based Questions
Question 1: In the first sentence, what do we learn is the reason for Lincoln’s Address?
Question 2: Given what Lincoln says at the end of the first paragraph, what can you infer that he believes about the course of the war?
Question 3: In the context of the third paragraph, what is the meaning of the word wringing? Explain what Lincoln is describing with the phrase “wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces.”
Question 4: What is Lincoln referring to with the phrase “until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword”?
Question 5: At the conclusion of the speech, what does Lincoln call on the nation to do in order to “achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations”?
Implicit - You have to make the conclusion, using the text to help guide you.
- What are the specific inequalities that are being encountered by people living in the United States?
| Speech by President Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address |
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