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Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
For Teachers

Teachers Packet

This guide can be used to prepare your class for a site visit or as a supplement to your classroom teaching. It contains information about visiting the park, historical information for use in preparing lessons, and a variety of activities that can be utilized to help reinforce the lessons.

Teaching with Historic Places

This lesson plan is entitled “Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: Forging Greatness During Lincoln’s Youth.”  It was written by Mike Capps, Chief of Interpretation and Resource Management at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial.  

 

Abraham Lincoln's Classroom

Abraham Lincoln's Classroom is sponsored by The Lincoln Institute and The Lehrman Institute.

Hibben proposal for the memorial building  

Did You Know?
An early proposal for the memorial building, by Thomas Hibben, who had designed the bronze cabin site memorial, included a structure with four square courts totaling 200 square feet surrounding a 150 foot tall tower housing a large pipe organ.

Last Updated: July 28, 2006 at 09:41 EST