| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by PBS in 2014. |
| Summary |
The film tells the story of a tiny school in Putney Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address. The Greenwood School students, boys ages 11-17, all face a range of complex learning differences that make their personal, academic and social progress extremely challenging. The Address uncovers how President Lincoln's historic words motivate and engage these students a century-and-a-half after President Lincoln delivered a speech that would go on to embolden the Union cause with some of the most stirring words ever spoken. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Gettysburg address.
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Greenwood School (Putney, Vt.)
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Schools -- Vermont -- Putney.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ken, film director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1122856 Kanopy |
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