The Gettysburg Address

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1. The Gettysburg Address

Vaudio Media chose this document as our demonstration project, because it combines the simplicity of vocabulary and the depth of ideas that makes one sit up and take notice. It is a short but powerful piece that is well known, but not frequently accessed and studied. The questions that were constructed to test for comprehension reflect the range of information and concepts that can be extracted from a mere 150+ separate words. A few questions look to the arithmetic lessons that can be extracted, but then expand to include arithmetic that clarifies the historical timeline. Here are the first four lines of the Gettysburg Address and some questions associated with those lines. The prescribed procedure, as with all Vaudio Media?s Sunshine Readers, is to distribute the answer sheet and then test multiple times until mastery is achieved without prompts.

The Gettysburg Address Questions

Line 1
In this case an ADDRESS is

1. A place where a person lives
2. A speech given to a group of people

Line 2
How long ago is 1863?

1. More than 150 years ago
2. More than 100 years ago
3. More than 50 years ago
4. A and C
5. B and C

Line 3
Is Pennsylvania

1. A city
2. A state
3. A country

Line 4a
If a score equals 20 years, then four score equals

1. 60 years
2. 87 years
3. 80 years

Line 4b
What year is four score and seven years before 1863? _________

Line 4c
What happened four score and seven years before the Gettysburg Address?

1. The French Revolution
2. The American Revolution
3. The Civil War

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