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Lincoln-Douglas Debates

​After reading and analyzing the debates, each student group below will create a rap battle between ​Lincoln and Douglass.

National Park Service: Lincoln Home

THE GREAT DEBATES OF 1858
Rap Battle


The Primary Documents and
Historian Perspectives for the Lesson

Professor Matthew Pinsker on the Lincoln Douglas Debates (Videos)

What were the debates?
What were the debates about?
Who won the debates?

Abridged Text of the Debates (Primary Documents)

First Debate
Second Debate
Third Debate
Fourth Debate
Fifth Debate
Sixth Debate
Seventh Debate

Historians Interpretation of Each Debate (Secondary Sources)

First Debate
Second Debate
Third Debate
Fourth Debate
Fifth Debate
Sixth Debate
Seventh Debate

Unabridged Text of the Debates (Primary Documents)

First Debate
Second Debate
Third Debate
Fourth Debate
Fifth Debate
Sixth Debate
Seventh Debate
After composing the Lincoln Douglas Debates rap battle, the second period students held auditions for SMS students to try out to be Lincoln, Douglas and a Narrator in the debates. 
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Second Period Groups

1st Debate
Preston
Emily
​Abe
​Emma
2nd Debate
Adam
Rainah
Calvin
George
3rd Debate
Jackie
Kade
Braeden
Sophie
4th Debate
ALlison
Jacob B
Madeline
Evan
5th Debate
Owen
Brooklyn
Bryce
Ryan
6th Debate
Maddy
Ella
Richard
7th Debate
Max
Jacob J
Alanah
​Brady
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