This is a wonderful video about teaching the Gettysburg Address. Forget close reading. Follow the students at the Greenwood School in Putney, Vermont, as they learn to deliver this great speech. Two minutes.

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James E Powell says:

May 25, 2015 at 6:17 pm

I’m going to have to disagree – America’s greatest speech is Lincoln’s Second Inaugural – http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1999/09/lincolns-greatest-speech/306551/

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fonzi2015 says:

May 25, 2015 at 6:32 pm

I also disagree. I think the most important speech is Kennedy’s American University Speech (June 1963) advocating co-existence and explaining the insanity of nuclear war. Dr. Marie Fonzi

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Betsy Marshall says:

May 25, 2015 at 6:47 pm

regardless.. it touched a nerve, watching these children and their teachers.

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jonathanlovell says:

May 25, 2015 at 7:09 pm

That is, the Greenwood School in Putney VT. The Ken Burns documentary “The Address” is very powerful. Brings tears to my eyes.

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Laura H. Chapman says:

May 25, 2015 at 7:59 pm

The speech is the occasion for extraordinary learning and literally…public performance by students lovingly coached and challenged by their teachers.

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H.A. Hurley says:

May 25, 2015 at 9:53 pm

Beautiful and touching.
Made me think of ‘The King’s Speech’.

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jb2 says:

May 25, 2015 at 11:44 pm

‘ of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, for the PEOPLE’…spoken emphasis according to some Lincoln scholars.

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drext727 says:

May 26, 2015 at 6:29 am

Reblogged this on David R. Taylor-Thoughts on Texas Education.

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Gordon Wilder says:

May 26, 2015 at 3:41 pm

Yes, whether the most important speech, we might disagree
but
that these boys, with all their difficulties overcame those difficulties is beautiful to behold. ALL children have something to give to society IF we have the insight to see it.
For me, the final words of the speech are something which we forget at our peril:
“government OF the people, by the people and FOR the people”. “Shall not perish from the earth.
We must NOT let that happen, that that kind of government perish from the earth. ONLY if we fight for it over and over and over again will it remain.

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mathcs says:

May 26, 2015 at 4:01 pm

Thank you Diane. This brought tears to my eyes.

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Richard K. Munro says:

May 30, 2015 at 12:25 am

The Gettysburg address probably is the single greatest speech in American history. Some of the others mentioned are in the top ten. I personally am very partial to JFK’s speeches. As the years go by they still retain their greatness whereas FDR and Regan seem tedious almost trite -almost always date. JFK’s speech retain their clarity and freshness. So do Lincoln’s.

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