Comments on: Fourth Lincoln Douglas Debate

By: Doris Kearns Goodwin - Life Lessons For Us From Some Of Our Great Presidents

Doris Kearns Goodwin - Life Lessons For Us From Some Of Our Great Presidents — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:54:39 +0000

[...] Fourth Lincoln Douglas Debate – House Divided is a great place to learn more about the Lincoln Douglas Debates. Through the Lincoln Douglas Major Topic Page, you can search by different events, such as by individual debates. One such debate was the fourth, … [...]

By: Sus23

Sus23 — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:37:15 +0000

My students like to use word clouds because they are very visual. So looking at the top 50 words used in the document gives them a great way get a picture of the piece before reading the it.

By: Deltalogtrio

Deltalogtrio — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:29:48 +0000

I think that this is a useful resource for students to compare text from not only the debates, but also to find patterns in other public speeches made by Lincoln. There is a growing body of scholarship that has relied heavily on search engines such as this; applying it to Lincoln’s oevure brings us closer to understanding his intellectual development.

By: Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:22:34 +0000

I think this is a great website and the word cloud is amazing. This is something that I will use in the classroom. Thanks so much for such great ideas.