1. “The Emancipation Proclamation” Lincoln Get out your paper, and pencil.

2. Common Core Standards RI 11.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including analyzing how an author uses and refines the meaning of a key term over the course of a text RI 11.5 Analyze in detail how a complex primary source is structured, including how key sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text contribute to the whole. RI 11.3: Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events, interact and develop over the course of the text. Objectives: Chart sequence of events to find significance in speeches Chart sequence of events to find significance in speeches To understand how the diction and tone of Lincoln’s speeches changed over time based on the events of the Civil War To understand how the diction and tone of Lincoln’s speeches changed over time based on the events of the Civil War LiteratureStandard Date Taught Date Tested Emancipati on Proclamatio n RI 4 RI 5 RI 3 2/11-12/2014TBA

3. Bell Work: Analysis of Civil War Images www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjM6zjwi4R0 Based on the tone of the song and the Civil War images, title and caption this video using strong, accurate words (diction) Be prepared to explain your title, etc.

4. Historical Timeline Requirements Lincoln’s birth date and death date Beginning and end of the Civil War 3 major battles from the Civil War 4 things you find interesting about the 1860s (inventions, expansions, international affairs, domestic affairs, etc.) Dates of the following speeches: “The First Inaugural Address” “The First Inaugural Address” “The Second Inaugural Address” “The Second Inaugural Address” “Emancipation Proclamation” “Emancipation Proclamation” “The Gettysburg Address” “The Gettysburg Address” 15 Dates and Events

5. Timeline Birth: February 12, 1809 1 st Inaugural Address: March 4, 1863 Civil War Begins: April 12, 1861 The Emancipation Proclamation: September 22, 1862 The Emancipation Proclamation becomes law: January 1, 1863 “The Gettysburg Address”: November 19, 1863 2 nd Inaugural Address: March 4, 1865 Civil War Ends: April 9, 1865 Death: April 14, 1865

6. Discussion What did you find?

7. “The Emancipation Proclamation” Hand out copies.

8. Sourcing the document (pre-reading) What year did Lincoln write this? What important events have occurred which help set the context of this speech? What do you think is the purpose of the “Emancipation Proclamation”? What do you think Lincoln hopes to accomplish in this speech? What do you think Lincoln hopes to accomplish in this speech?

9. Annotation: What is it? a note of explanation or comment added to a text. Tone: an expression of attitude Ex. Wow! Isn’t it cold out there? (Friendly and unconcerned) Ex. Wow! Isn’t it cold out there? (Friendly and unconcerned) Vs. Vs. I can’t even handle how freezing it is. Don’t even look at me right now. (Angry and antisocial) I can’t even handle how freezing it is. Don’t even look at me right now. (Angry and antisocial) Diction: specific word choice Ex. Hey. How are you doing this evening? Ex. Hey. How are you doing this evening? VS. VS. Yo. What up? Yo. What up?

10. Annotation: Modeling Read and annotate Lincoln’s “Emancipation Proclamation” Summarize each paragraph Underline/highlight words you cannot define based on context clues (diction) Circle words that are repeated Discuss the tone of the speech (write in margins)

11. First Two Paragraphs: Modeled Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

12. Annotation: Individual Work Finish the whole speech. Read and annotate Lincoln’s “Emancipation Proclamation” Summarize each paragraph Underline/highlight words you cannot define based on context clues Circle words that are repeated Discuss the tone of the speech (highlight words/phrases that show Lincoln’s attitude)

13. After Reading Discussion Questions 1.When does the Emancipation Proclamation become law? 2.Which states does it refer to? 3.Which slaves does it free? 4.What will the government do to help freed slaves? 5.Why might some abolitionists and African Americans have felt betrayed by the Emancipation Proclamation?