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

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