Seuss Style

Poetry

Social Studies

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repetition

nonsense words

unusual word order

syllable stresses

end rhymes

da da DUM

Tell that CAT

in the HAT

that you DON’T

want to PLAY

Karen Whimsy Clip Art

Republican

President in 1861

Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation

Kept the country unified

National Banking System

Our/ con/ TRY

FAM/ ous / man

AR / my / of / the/north

re/ PUB/ li / can

e/ man/ CIP/ a / tion

U / ni /fied

LIN/ coln

Civ / il / WAR

PRE/ si/dent

proc / LA/ ma/tion

This famous man Had a great plan.The country in halfWas almost tornWhen a great warWas fought in the States.A unified countrySo we could live free.

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Examples of Dr. Seuss’ Art

This famous man Had a great plan.The country in halfWas almost tornWhen a great warWas fought in the States.A unified countrySo we could live free.

‘Twas eighty and seven years past, so they sayThat our founders created the US of A

With all of us equal!  The Wuggles!  The Fuzzins!And even our other Confederate cousins!

Now there’s a war and it’s bad and it’s sadBut a time will soon come when we’ll all be quite glad

That our nation still stands and our country’s still hereAnd we’ll all drink a toast with a mug of Sneetch cheer

These bravest of soldiers did not die for naughtWe need a do-over to do what we ought

So let’s have no more of this Civil War follyAnd remember our government’s purpose, by golly

Of people!  By people!  For people!  Yes!But right now this country is in a big mess

I want for this country a sort of rebirthSo all these nice freedoms don’t perish from Earth.

Gettysburg Address Written as aDr. Seuss Poem

Now you are here,So much you have learned.But there’s a little moreOf the story unturned.

Let us be busy Reading and learningSo the message we tellConveys the whole story.