Here is a recording of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. We will be studying this speech later in the year. I will update this post with more links as we approach the project.
Here are some interesting links that show how what we are doing in class relates what is going on in the world.
One of our department goals this year is to move toward a more aligned Seventh grade humanities curriculum. An important part of this process it the 2008 Presidential Election Persuasive Writing project. All Seventh graders will complete a project that involves the analysis, documentation and citation of a variety of source dealing with this years national Election. These sources will be used to write a persuasive paper dealing with a candidate or election issue. This project will run through the first quarter and be completed on November 3, the day before the general election.
