Take Increased Devotion...

Here's the portion of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address which you're responsible for memorizing before the end of Fourth Quarter in May. You can also follow the link below to a text version on our class wiki.
 http://bv-civics.wikispaces.com/Memory+Work

• Ask yourself, what is the unfinished work Lincoln wants us to be dedicated to?
• What is the great task remaining before us?
• What would it mean for us to take increased devotion to their cause?
• What does Lincoln's of, by & for at the end have to do with the three principles Jefferson included in the Declaration, which we've been studying this year?

Illustrating Principles with Principles

This covers two assignments. I'm having my HS Commercial Art class illustrate quotes, poems or songs. This is from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. My 8th Grade Art class is learning about the Principles of Design, I asked them to use visual principles to illustrate/express democratic principles ( I also teach their Civics class). This is my humble offering. I'm also going to make a stamp version (ink and rubber, instead of in photoshop).