Eulogy & Epitaph for Gravestone of President Lincoln

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Eulogy & Epitaph for gravestone of President Lincoln

Directions: You have been given the difficult task of delivering the Eulogy for President Lincoln and the burial site as he is laid to rest after his assassination. You must include at least 3 major impacts that Abraham Lincoln had on America during his time as president. This Eulogy must be typed, double spaced, 12 point font, and it must be at ½ a page long. You will also include a short epitaph that is inscribed on his tombstone.

An epitaph is a short text honoring a deceased person and is inscribed on their tombstone.

A eulogyis a speech or writing of praise of a person who recently died. Eulogies may be given as part of funeral services.

Brainstorm: You may want to jot down some different ideas about his accomplishments in order to help you formulate your Eulogy.

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Accuracy / All information is accurate and relevant to the topic / Most of the information is accurate and relevant to the topic / Some information is accurate and relevant / Information is mostly inaccurate
Focus / Stays on topic at all times / Stays on topic most of the time. / Does not stay on topic very much / Completely off topic and jumps around
Class Time / Stays on task during class at all times during class period / Stays on task during most of the class period / Does not stay on task during class time / Completely off task during class time
Mechanics / There are almost no grammatical errors
(0-2) / There are some grammatical errors can be found
(3-5) / There are many grammatical errors
(6-9) / Hard to understand due to grammatical errors
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Creativity & Effort / Very creative and shows excellent effort in content / Shows some creativity and effort / Minimal creativity and effort shown / No creativity is seen at all

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Reward Poster for John Wilkes Booth

Directions: You are a member of the local law enforcement and on the hunt for President Lincoln’s assassin. You want to capture the murderer of your beloved president. Create a Wanted poster for John Wilkes Booth to be displayed on the streets. Remember news does not travel as fast as it does now, so you must include information about the assassination as well as a picture and a reward for finding him ($$$, Dead or Alive, etc). Include the name of the wanted person, a picture of the wanted person, what he did, when he was last seen, where he might be hiding, what is the reward for finding him. You may add accomplices and rewards for them too and embellish it to look old. Be as neat and creative!

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Accuracy / All information is accurate and relevant to the topic / Most of the information is accurate and relevant to the topic / Some information is accurate and relevant / Information is mostly inaccurate
Focus / Stays on topic at all times / Stays on topic most of the time. / Does not stay on topic very much / Completely off topic and jumps around
Class Time / Stays on task during class at all times during class period / Stays on task during most of the class period / Does not stay on task during class time / Completely off task during class time
Mechanics / There are almost no grammatical errors
(0-2) / There are some grammatical errors can be found
(3-5) / There are many grammatical errors
(6-9) / Hard to understand due to grammatical errors
(10+)
Creativity and Effort / Very creative and shows excellent effort in content / Shows some creativity and effort / Minimal creativity and effort shown / No creativity is seen at all

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Funeral Procession Annotated Map

Imagine you are a newspaper publisher at the time of the Lincoln assassination. Your job is to create a visual of the route the funeral procession will take. You must include a minimum of 5 stops/events with a picture for each one. Include where it started and where he is laid to rest.

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