1863 - Gettysburg Address

Resources for Teachers

• Gettysburg Address: Web Guide Primary Documents in American History.  
• Abraham Lincoln Resource Guide  
• The Gettysburg Address - Collection Connection for the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.  
• The Gettysburg Address Library of Congress exhibition that includes drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's invitation to Gettysburg and the only known photograph of President Lincoln at Gettysburg.  
• Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address:  A lesson plan from Read Write Think that asks students to think critically about common believed "facts" about this important speech.  
• The Gettysburg Address: Defining the American Union From the Edsitement website, this lesson plan examines the most famous speech in American history to understand how Lincoln turned a perfunctory euolgy at a cemetery dedication into a concise and profound meditation on the meaning of the Civil War and American Union.  
• Preppy Prepositions A language arts lesson plan analyzing the Gettysburg Address submitted to CREATE for Mississippi.  

Resources for Students

• Today in History: November 19, Gettysburg Address   
• President Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 America's Story: Jump Back in Time  

Library of Congress Primary Sources

• Pennsylvania. Site where Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address II: American Memory  
• Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg (sound recording): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln to Edward Everett, Thursday, February 04, 1864 (Manuscript copy of Gettysburg Address): American Memory 
• The Gettysburg Address; reproduction of Lincoln's first draft of the Gettysburg Address; and a lithograph of a portrait of Lincoln by Robert Fawcett...New York, Amalgamated Lithographers of American, 1961: American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln to Edward Everett, Friday, November 20, 1863 (Gettysburg Address): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, (November 1863) (Gettysburg Address: Nicolay Copy): American Memory 
• Abraham Lincoln, (November 1863) (Gettysburg Address: Hay Copy): American Memory 
• Alexander Bliss to John G. Nicolay, Monday, March 07, 1864 (Autograph copy of Gettysburg Address): American Memory 
• Edward Everett to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 30, 1864 (Gettysburg Address): American Memory 
• John P. Kennedy to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 04, 1864 (Autograph copy of Gettysburg Address): American Memory 
• David Wills to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 02, 1863 (Invitation to attend the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg and make a few "appropriate remarks"): American Memory 
• The Gettysburg Address. (Chicago, The Lakeside Press 1950): American Memory 
• Interior of the Lincoln Memorial, showing inscription of the Gettysburg Address: Prints and Photographs 
• Lincoln's address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery, November 19, 1863: Prints and Photographs 
• Crowd at Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: Prints and Photographs 

Other Resources

• National Archives - http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=1119 
• Cornell University - http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/gettysburg/ 
• Our Documents.Gov - http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=36