Using Word Clouds to Introduce Primary Source Documents

A Sample of Word Cloud Websites

•www.wordle.net

•www.worditout.com

•www.tagxedo.com

Look at this word cloud closely…

What word(s) jump out at you first?

What could be a synonym for the word “dedicated?”

Which small words might be linked to the larger words? Why?

How did the author build emotion into this speech?

What was the author trying to convey to the audience?

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

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