Lincoln's Dream

In 1864, while speaking to a group of citizens in Baltimore, Abraham Lincoln said the following:

"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing."

In saying this, do you think President Lincoln really believes that his dream for a unified and truly free nation will ever be accomplished? What are your thoughts?

Letter from a Civil War Soldier

Imagine that you are a young man who just volunteered to fight as a Union (northern) soldier in the Civil War. Write a letter to your parents explaining why you are going to fight.

Yay, The Video Project is Over!!!

Please reflect on the video project, particularly the process of preparing, researching, interviewing and producing the final product. Then respond to the following questions in a paragraph (not separate answers):

• Did you enjoy the project?
• Identify and discuss one important (or surprising) piece of information that you learned about your topic as you created your video.
• What would you change about the project?
• What was you favorite part of the project?
• What did you learn about group projects that will help you in the future?

Hope you enjoyed the project--I enjoyed watching you all work on it. Great job!!!!!