To end the work week, students began the day engaging in some of Abraham Lincoln’s most impactful speeches: the House Divided Speech, his First Inaugural Address, and of course, the Gettysburg Address. Students delve into these works’ details through understanding the context of the secession crisis Lincoln had to navigate.
After lunch, students had a guest visitor from the League of Women Voters. A speaker from this nonprofit, nonpartisan organization spoke to students about their mission: advocating for voting rights.
Students taking a rest at one of our stops
Afterwards, the annual scavenger hunt took off. With five teams randomly picked from a hat, students and staff took off on a race to win the scavenger hunt. The staff member on the team was responsible for reading the clue and answering no more than three questions about revealing the location. Locations included the campus archives, damage from the shelling of Carlisle, Spradley-Young Hall, and several more. My team took off in a sprint to get to our first location, keeping the energy up throughout the event. We somehow managed to only come in third, partially because RA Jordan Schucker’s team cheated. Prizes were still available in the form of Dickinson merch and candy.
That night, students watched the movie Lincoln. Snacks were provided to get that real movie theater feel. After the movie, students had the opportunity to ask questions and make comments on references they saw
Don’t step on the seal!
in the movie and relate them
to what they learned in class or knew from their own study. Though many of the students did not want to watch a 2.5 hour movie on a Friday night, students were moved to tears and everyone thought the movie was “actually pretty good” and “better than they expected.”
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