Summary
A parody song on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- the short, famous speech about democracy, equality, and honoring the fallen. A great pairing with reading the speech itself.
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Ages 9+
Given at a battlefield cemetery during the Civil War -- somber but not graphic.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
A parody song on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address -- the short, famous speech about democracy, equality, and honoring the fallen.
- What was Lincoln honoring when he gave this speech?
- What does 'government of the people, by the people, for the people' mean?
- Why is such a short speech still remembered today?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: address, democracy, equality.
Try it: Put one line of the Gettysburg Address into your own words.