Thursday November 19, 2015

How do Lincoln's speeches reflect the changing goals and course of the war?

Tasks: 

• Complete short answer quiz.
• Begin class with reflection on Lincoln's Inaugural Address: How does Lincoln defend the Union in 1861?
• Class Notes
• Objectives of the War - Union and Confederate objectives
• View excerpts from Civil War by Ken Burns 
• "A Bloody Affair" 
• "Our Boy" - What are the characteristics of the soldiers? (minute 27:35 - 31:54)
• "Arts of Death" - What type of destruction did the new technology have on the nation? (minute 43:59 - 54:06)
• Assign Emancipation Proclamation.
• What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Reminders: 

• Annotated Bibliography due Friday 11/20