Wyatt: "It was great to work together and see our finished product."
Lucy:
"We got to learn about Lincoln and really know how he felt and what he was thinking during this time in our country's history."
Nate: "I have trouble with tone but I feel like this helped."
Rodina: "We represented President Lincoln's speech in a passionate, interesting, and engaging way."
Jaiden: "I learned to speak with confidence and be more interesting to listen to."
Kate: "It is great that we can begin public speaking at such a young age because it will be expected as we get older."
Bailey: It's a new, fun, and innovative way to teach speaking skills and history - completely hands-on and mostly student driven."
Brooke: "This was an interactive experience and ties into our history class."
Elsie: "The project was hands-on and allowed us to be ourselves while reliving history and learning about Abraham Lincoln."
Quinn: "This was a new, fun and innovative way to teach speech and history, and it allowed us to speak to an expert on speech and our government."
Harrison: "It was fun because our coach was talented and had a good time with us."
Kaylan: "Saying a line in a very important speech in history is better than just reading a textbook and answering questions. You get involved by doing it yourself."
Leah: "I'm better at public speaking now."
Gigi: "When we started, we dissected the whole speech and learned the background of the speech, before we knew which parts we would each present."
Kendall: "We all got a chance to work together and bond while learning, and we were able to see the finished product after a lot of hard work."
Damian: "I came away from the experience as a better speaker, more confident with talking in front of others."
Miles: "I loved being able to stand up and present with my classmates. We got to learn about presenting in a fun way."
Ann Hunter: "When you speak it, it's more meaningful than reading it. It's a fun and new way to teach history because we can all get into character."
Abbey: "It was an experience that was fun and different, a new way to learn."