Questions

Consider the lively Shared Inquiry discussion these questions would prompt in your classroom or reading group:

Are the signers of the Declaration of Independence motivated by a sense of moral outrage, or by their own self-interest?

In the Gettysburg Address, why does Lincoln say that the war will not only test whether the United States can endure but also "whether . . . any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure"?

Why does Martin Luther King Jr. find it especially difficult to explain racism to children?

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