Ms. Mac's U.S. History
  • Welcome To Ms. Mac's Class
    • Class Syllabus
    • Class Calendar
  • World History
    • Industrial Revolution
    • French Revolution
    • Haitian Revolution
    • World War I
    • Russian Revolution to Soviet Union
    • Chinese Revolution
    • World War II in Europe
  • U.S. History
    • Pre-Columbian America and The Columbian Exchange >
      • Pre-Contact America: Clovis Points
      • Pre-Contact America: Buffalo Hunts and Whaling
      • Pre-Contact America: Cahokia-The Corn People
      • Christopher Columbus
    • Colonial Era >
      • Juan Cabrillo and the San Salvador
      • Jamestown
      • Pilgrims, Puritans and Colonial Wars
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Anti-Slavery Literature
      • Early American Military History
    • Founding Era >
      • American Revolution >
        • Declaration of Independence
        • The Continental Soldier
        • Rappin' the Revolution
        • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Constitution >
        • Constitutional Convention
        • Bill of Rights
        • School Court Cases
        • COTUS Booklet
    • Slavery >
      • Virginia Slave Laws
      • Frederick Douglass
      • Atlantic Slave Trade and Antislavery Art and Poetry
    • Western Expansion >
      • Lewis and Clark >
        • Native Americans
        • Members of Corps of Discovery
        • Jefferson's Vision
        • Mind of Lewis and Clark
        • Corps of Discovery
        • Ethnography
        • Scientific Discoveries
        • Adventures
    • American Civil War >
      • Introducing, Mr. Lincoln >
        • Lincoln's Daily Life in Washington
        • Lincoln Essential Questions
        • Understanding Lincoln
        • Gettysburg Address and Henry V
        • Lincoln-Douglas Debates
      • Civil War Simulation >
        • Massachusetts 54th
        • Berdan Sharpshooters
        • Irish Brigades
        • Zouaves
        • Calvary
        • Artillery
    • Reconstruction and Greater Reconstruction
    • Gilded Age
    • World War I in America
    • Great Depression
    • WWII in the Pacific
    • Cold War
    • Vietnam War
  • Special Projects
    • Bayard Wilkeson Project
    • Ford's Theatre Oratory Project
    • National History Day
    • Hamilton! Lesson Using the Broadway Show >
      • Rappin in the Classroom
      • Founding Fathers on Broadway!
      • Hamilton Traveling Exhibit Activities
      • Hamilton Sign Up!
    • 9/11 History versus Memory
    • The South in American History
    • Books of Study >
      • McCullough's 1776
      • Ambrose's Undaunted Courage
    • Digital History
    • Distance Learning for ALL >
      • U.S. History-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th
        • April 27th-May 1st
        • May 4th-May 8th
        • May 11th- May 15th
        • May 18th-May 22nd
      • World Cultures-Spring 2020 >
        • April 13th-17th
        • April 20th-24th >
          • Marshall Plan
        • April 27th-May 1st >
          • The Kitchen Debate
        • May 4-8
        • May 11-15
        • May 18-May 22
    • Facing Crisis Head On
  • Contact

Ford's Theatre Oratory Project

Through this unique program, students will learn one of President Abraham Lincoln's historical speeches, the fundamentals of performance and public speaking skills with a culminating video showcasing their performance skills.

Ford's Theatre

2018 National Lincoln Oratory Festival

All of Ms. Mac's eighth graders analyzed and memorized Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Some of the students then had observations on the Lincoln's inspiring words. 
NOTE: Students studied Lincoln in-depth before approaching the Lincoln speeches. See Lincoln lesson (Introducing Mr. Lincoln under U.S. History Units of Study) using Lincoln: A Photobiography and the Medal of Honor Character Traits.

Assigned Lincoln Speeches

ALL STUDENTS ARE MEMORIZING THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
Period 1
Speech At Independence Hall
February 22, 1861​
Period 2
House Divided Speech
June 18, 1858
Period 3
Second Inaugural
​Address
March 4, 1865
Period 4
​First Inaugural Address
​March 4, 1865
Period 5
Response to a Serenade
​July 7, 1863
Per​iod 7
Address to 166th Ohio Regiment
​August 22, 1864

LESSONS LEADING TO TEACHER ARTIST, VICTORIA REINSEL

Lesson One
Review Tips of Memorization
Lesson Two
​Historical Context of All Seven Speeches
Lesson Three
Using Tip #3: Writing Out the Speech
Lesson Four
​Tradition and Documents Behind the Gettysburg Address
Lesson Five
Remixing Assigned Speech and Gettysburg Address
Lesson Five with Victoria
PODIUM POINTS

Verbal Skills: PED-TV

P-pace
E-emphasis
D-diction
T-tone
​V-volume

Physical Skills: P-PEG

P-posture
P-presence
E-eye contact
G-gestures

​Lincoln Speeches Used in the Project

House Divided 1858
Independence Hall 1861
First Inaugural 1861
Response to Serenade 1863
Gettysburg Address 1863
Address to 166th Ohio 1864
Second Inaugural 1865

More Lincoln Speeches

Lyceum Address 1838
Republican Banquet 1854
Response to Serenade 1864
Eulogy on Henry Clay 1852
Cooper Union 1860
Peoria 1854
Farewell Address 1861
Last Speech 1865

Lincoln Douglas Debates

1st Debate
2nd Debate
3rd Debate
4th Debate
5th Debate
6th Debate
7th Debate
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