Your Reactions to Douglass’s “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Before Priscilla Wald visits our class on Thursday (3/25), write down your reply to Douglass and Lincoln in the comments below. Write as small as possible, write as few as possible, write directly in the window, cut from the word processor, paste. But be sure to sign your entry to earn a reward.

If you can do this on Tuesday night, Professor Wald will have the chance to read your thoughts in advance. It is amazing. However, if you can submit it before classes on Thursday (12: 30) you can do it.

Here are some thought questions that Wald Professor has just sent, which you may construct your answer and build our discussion on Thursday classes:

What do you think about the language of these speech? In each case, what do you jump out of? Please also think about specific words, phrases, images, grammatical structures. For example, why does Lincoln often use variants of the word "devotion"? Do you think that everyone is leading his speech? Does anyone want to give stimulation to his audience? What do you think about each presentation?

Are there any surprises in reading one or both speech? You may have read Gettysburg Address many times before. Have you noticed any difference after reading Douglas' speech?

How do each presentation use the past (American history)? What are the aspects and why does each speaker choose America's history? Why did Douglas return to the founder, how did he use them? Why did Lincoln come back to the Declaration of Independence?

Structured text of the original work: Definition of freedom The second Inaugural speech by Abraham Lincoln Speech Abraham Lincoln July 4 Ludwig van Beethoven, Luisa Mel Olcott from all hospital sketches All necessary and auxiliary reading (identification and analysis Designed by Harriet Jacobs from literary and rhetorical terms abnormal student life from accident events Harriet of Malcolm Gladwell Bichesituo slave girls vocabulary: chapter 7 of Uncle Tom's hut) Writing / Evaluation

Please read Abraham Lincoln's "New Haven Lecture" (teacher can extract the part) "as excerpt 1" by Frederick Douglas "what is for slaves, July 4" 2. Write down what you think the purpose of each speaker is in your notebook. Please pay attention to or emphasize the passage of the content and style of the speech to effectively achieve that purpose. News program: Students host a news analysis program in the form of comments on national alliance addresses (examples of watching videos will be helpful). Student roles are anchor (1 or 2), parent Lincoln commentator (2), and parent Douglas commentator (2). News broadcasting is included: 1. A neutral summary of Douglas presentation. Moderators use textual citations to explain the purpose and key arguments. 2. Quote the comment from Douglas supporters, the main contents and style elements in the text and pay attention to their relevance 3