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1864 Four Newspaper Reports on the Gettysburg Address



Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing newspaper coverage of the Gettysburg Address for messages about partisan news coverage and media bias.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

High School, College

Media Type(s)

Editorial Opinion, News - Print, Speech

Author(s)

Sox Sperry & Chris Sperry

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Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: History Social Studies (RH), Reading: Informational text (RI), Speaking and Listening (SL)