Making Lincoln’s Speeches Stick: A Practical Guide for Middle School

🧠 Making Lincoln’s Speeches Stick (Even for Middle Schoolers)

Lincoln’s words weren’t written for 13-year-olds—but with the right scaffolds, your students can connect to his message. In this post, I’m sharing my 3-day strategy for teaching Lincoln’s four key speeches—from “House Divided” to “Second Inaugural”—in a way that actually makes sense to students and sparks powerful conversations about leadership, unity, and national healing.

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