Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities, Primary SourceDate Posted: 1/22/2009
Use this interactive document to bring one of the five known handwritten copies of the Gettysburg Address to life! Students can zoom in on the document, click on highlighted passages that help put the famous speech into context and listen to actor Liam Neeson read the entire address. Transcripts of the manuscript are also available in English and Spanish to help students understand one the most famous speeches in American History. This resource is included in the online exhibition entitled The Gettysburg Address.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
The Battle of Gettysburg was a critical turning point in the American Civil War. During the first...
1800, executive, politics, chief executive, political science, civics, 19th Century, presidential, executive branch, Civil War, speech, Pennsylvania, nineteenth century, Gettysburg, government, United States Government, presidency, Lincoln, Abraham, president, primary source
The story of the Gettysburg Address, illustrated with watercolors and archival photographs.
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