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Lincoln's
Address at Gettysburg, 1863
(1)Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
(2)continent a new (3)nation, (4)conceived in (5)liberty and (6)dedicated to the
(7)proposition that all men are (8)created equal.
Now we are (9)engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation
or any nation so conceived and so (10)dedicated can long (11)endure. We are met on
a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a (12)portion of
that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives
that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not (13)consecrate -
we can not (14)hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who
(15)struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or
(16)detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say
here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the
living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they
who fought here have thus far so (17)nobly (18)advanced. It is rather for us to
be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from
these honored dead we take increased (19)devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly
(20)resolve that these dead shall not have died in (21)vain - that this nation,
under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of
the people, by the people, for the people, shall not (22)perish from the
earth.
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GETTYSBURG
VOCABULARY GLOSSARY:
1. Fourscore--4 x 20=80 years;
a score is twenty years
2. Continent-- one
of seven great bodies of land
3. Nation-- a
country such as the United States
4. Conceived--
thought of, invented by someone
5. Liberty-- freedom
as Americans enjoy
6. Dedicated-- you
truly believe in an idea or concept such as complete equality of all men
7. Proposition-- an
idea or suggestion
8. Created-- made-up
by someone's imagination or talent
9. Engaged-- in the
middle of doing something
10. Dedication
(Dedicated)-- to show your personal respect for, to feel strongly about
an idea or something such as the high respect of the dead soldiers at
Gettysburg
11. Endure-- being able to
last through trials and problems such as war
12.
Portion--
part of a whole thing or object
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13.
Consecrate-- to bless or make "special"
14. Hallow-- make
very "special"
15. Struggled--
worked very hard and suffered to get the job done, such as fighting in
the war
16. Detract-- to
make less important, or to try to change the subject
17. Nobly-- at a
high level of performance-- do your best
18. Advanced-- made
the effort or job end up much better than it started
19. Devotion-- to
show great respect for the soldiers that died in the Battle of
Gettysburg
20. Resolve-- our
minds our made up, and we will make it work or end up right
21. Vain-- a wasted
effort, to give up your life for no reason
22. Perish-- to die,
as in the Battle of Gettysburg
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YOUR JOB:
Click here
for a print version of the questions
Find the
answers to these questions:
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What caused the Civil
War?
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Who were
some of the big or little shots (officers) at Gettysburg?
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What are the highlights
of the July 1 through 15, 1863 Gettysburg Battle?
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What is a
regiment? Name 4 of the Gettysburg Union regiments.
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What is the state militia?
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What was a regimental doctor called?
What was his responsibility?
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What
governmental department was in-charge of Union army food?
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What do these "food" words mean:
rations, mess, messmates, haversack, hardtack?
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Who reported to the nation about the war
and the Gettysburg battle?
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What
person would take the gathered news to the newspaper? What
other "quicker" means was used to transport the news?
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Who
provided music for the regiments? What is the difference
between a regimental band and a brigade band?
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Name the three main instruments used to
march the army into battle?
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Soldiers
often liked to write letters home. Why? What is the
envelope of a letter called?
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Use ten
"slang" words from the list and write a paragraph using these slang
words.
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Battle flags and regimental flags were
important. What were flags called? Who carried the
regimental flags?
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What was the color guard responsible
for?
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Many granite statues stand on Gettysburg
National Cemetery. Who is depicted in these statues?
When were the statues created and placed?
Go to the
Gettysburg
National Park Service Kids Site, click their side-bar links and find the
answers
AN OPTIONAL
JOB
MEMORIZE THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, AND PERFORM IT FOR
YOUR CLASS, PARENTS OR WHOEVER WILL LISTEN! YOU MAY DISCOVER YOU
CAN GIVE A GOOD SPEECH!
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