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Lincoln Home National Historic Site
For Teachers
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The lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file "Lincoln Home National Historic Site;" maps of the site and surrounding community; excerpts from primary source documents, including: critical speeches given by Abraham Lincoln, newspaper accounts of Lincoln's nomination and election, and archival photographs of the historic site.
This lesson plan focuses on Abraham Lincoln's life in Springfield, Illinois, especially when he gained national prominence during the 1860 presidential election.
Lincoln Home National Historic Site:
A Place of Growth and Memory
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There are many places where lesson plans about Abraham Lincoln, the Sectional Conflict, and the Civil War can be found.
The following links are meant to be supplemental activities. Each link goes to a pdf file. The last page of each file is a "teacher page" that gives the reading level, educational objectives, and either the National or Illinois Learning Standards utilized. Each file includes a reading activity, writing activity, vocabulary words, and in some cases other exercises. Feel free to download the files and use all or any of the parts that help you.
Biography of Abraham Lincoln
Biography of Mary Lincoln
About the National Park System
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Learn More about Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln Home National Historic Site more... | | Take a photographic tour of the Lincoln Home See photos of each room more... | | Visit the Lincoln Home NHS virtual museum exhibit. Take a peek into the collections at Lincoln Home. more... | |
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Did You Know?
On October 3, 1863 Abraham Lincoln invited his fellow Americans "to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November.... as a day of Thanksgiving....."
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Last Updated: April 19, 2008 at 10:39 EST |