Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade America | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - A brief 272-word speech considered one of the foremost documents of American history.

The Battle of Gettysburg - This was the most important and most famous battle of the Civil War.

Transcendentalism - A philosophical movement based partly on emotional and spiritual experiences in nature.

The Gettysburg Cemetery Dedication ceremony - Event held on November 19, 1863.

The Culture of Death - A phrase Garry Wills uses to describe the nineteenth century preoccupation with death, dying and mourning.

The rural cemetery movement - A nineteenth century fad that came...
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