It is here: 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Please let me know what you think of it. Thanks.

Very nice, Lane. I especially like your father's comment at the end regarding coming to America.

(11-19-2013 08:05 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Very nice, Lane. I especially like your father's comment at the end regarding coming to America.

Thank you. But, Peter Schramm's father. I'm sorry that's not clear enough. Thanks again.

I thought that was amazing! Your article and the following video. I was completely engrossed by your words, and the video finished it off. Thank you for sharing. The voice was perfect and the artwork was..... again amazing. It was dark, yet somber and uplifting. It was as if Abraham Lincoln and Frank Miller got together and collaberated on a modern version that could appeal to a young group, while still keeping adults happy. I loved it.
I have read many articles today, yours by far has been the best.

(11-19-2013 07:39 PM)ELCore Wrote:  It is here: 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Please let me know what you think of it. Thanks.

Lane, your analysis, research, and overall explanations of the events leading up to and including President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is amazing. I have spent a lengthy amount of time reading through various Gettysburg dedication, and historical sites, and your article, by far is superior to most sites, in their entirety.

Karin

Lane, I sure agree with Joe, Mike, and Karin. You get an "A" from this retired teacher. Great job! I read somewhere that the man in the foreground of that one photo might be Alexander Gardner himself. I have forgotten where I read that and do not know its veracity.

For some reason yesterday, I could not get your link to open. It did just fine today, however, and was quite a good lesson. Here's an A from another used history teacher. Thank you.

Thanks, everybody, for your kind words. They mean a lot to me, coming from other Lincoln nuts.... I mean, from my fellow Lincolnians.

The site was acting a little hinky that day; a server reboot went awry, or something like that.

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(11-19-2013 11:28 PM)irshgrl500 Wrote:  Lane, your analysis, research, and overall explanations of the events leading up to and including President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is amazing. I have spent a lengthy amount of time reading through various Gettysburg dedication, and historical sites, and your article, by far is superior to most sites, in their entirety.

Thanks, Karin, for posting a comment at the site, too.

I just received this link in an e-mail from a friend.

"Imagine learning about the Gettysburg Address without a mention of the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, or why President Abraham Lincoln had traveled to Pennsylvania to make the speech. That’s the way a Common Core State Standards “exemplar for instruction” — from a company founded by three main Core authors — says it should be taught to ninth and 10th graders."

This is what happens when the primary goal in education is focused on answering test questions correctly, and not on learning

I won't even touch this because it is so against my personal beliefs as a teacher.

Roger, what would Lincoln say about Common Core? This is from your link. "...This close reading approach forces students to rely exclusively on the text instead of privileging background knowledge, and levels the playing field for all students as they seek to comprehend Lincoln’s address." I figured there was an agenda somewhere.

Since when is historic context "privileging background knowledge" ? What are they learning in history class? The way you level the playing field is to teach those students who don't know, why the speech was written in the first place.

I can't see the issue here. Sorry.

Best
Rob

(11-30-2013 07:33 PM)Rob Wick Wrote:  I can't see the issue here. Sorry.

Best
Rob

Maybe I'm not reading it correctly. I hope that's the case.

You're reading it correctly, Anita, with the eyes of a teacher. Very often, those who write these constant revisions to the curriculum and attempt to change standards have never faced a classroom of students. Remember the old saying, "Those who can, teach; those who can't, teach teachers."