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Lesson Plan for History: The Inauguration Speech of President Jefferson Davis
Eleventh graders explain Davis's views on Southern Secession. In this American History lesson, 11th graders read and analyze primary sources.
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The Second Inaugural Address (1865)—Restoring the American Union
High schoolers explore the content of Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. In this Abraham Lincoln activity, students analyze the text of the speech to determine how Lincoln sought to reconstruct the country as the Civil War drew...