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Gettysburg Address Lesson Plan - 0 views

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    Conceive - to form a notion or idea Proposition - a suggestion that something be done or thought about Engaged - to be occupied with a task Endure - to continue to exist or last Consecrate - to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate Hallow - to honor as holy or sacred Detract - to draw away or divert attention Devotion - dedication, or commitment to a cause Vain - without real significance or value Perish - to pass away or disappear
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Crowdsourced hate speech database could spot early signs of genocide | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Fascinating...the idea is that if people report hate speech into a computer database, one could see more quickly where genocide or serious precursors to it are happening.
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The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Discussion Questions | PBS - 0 views

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    Discussion questions for each chapter of Ken Burns
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http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%205_Civil%20War%20and%20Reconstruction/Ema... - 0 views

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    Great way for students to critically think about the purpose and effect of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Sources are already modified! 
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Why Gettysburg is a turning point - 0 views

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    Here you go Kate!!!
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Glory discussion questions - 0 views

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    A decent set of questions as we watch Glory.
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Mr. Lincoln gets his picture taken - 0 views

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    Interesting article about Lincoln and Matthew Brady.
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Slaves Declared Contrabands of War - 0 views

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    Based on a conversation with Rich, this clarifies the slaves as contraband during the Civil War....passed the year before Emancipation. 
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Glory In The Classroom | Civil War Memory - 0 views

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    Teaching Glory during Civil War
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Horace Greeley: Our Country, Right or Wrong! (1846) - 0 views

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    The whole article by Horace Greeley, opponent to the Mexican-American War
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Republican Party Platforms: Republican Party Platform of 1860 - 0 views

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    Just in case you were wondering what the Republican Platform was here it is. Oh do you like daily mail service...well thank the GOP
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Political Cartoons About Lincoln - 0 views

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    A collection of cartoons on Lincoln some making fun of him others supporting him. The site also provides an explanation of the cartoons.
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Lesson 3: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty and the Political Polari... - 1 views

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    KS-NB Act of 1854
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Kansas Bogus Legislature - Slavery - 0 views

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    Laws made by the Kansas Legislature in 1855
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home | Creating Safe Schools Guide to BULLY Movie - 0 views

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    Did anyone see the film Bully (2012)? I didn't. Instead I chickened out, fearing that I would be too distraught by the horror stories of contemporary bullying. Last year Facing History created an educator's resource guide for the film. Would we ever show Bully at WMS?
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Joe Courtney Pans 'Lincoln' For Upsetting Historical Inaccuracies - 0 views

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    Inaccuracies about Linocln, the movie
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Calling out 'Lincoln' inaccuracies: Earring holes, amendment votes and affairs | Yahoo!... - 0 views

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    article about Lincoln movie inaccuracies
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The Boys of War - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Great pictures and stories about teenage soldiers... some drummers as young as 8! 
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Music and the Civil War --PBS - 0 views

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    Lesson Plan which looks at two different versions of "Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Dixie"
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