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Teacher Guide: Abraham Lincoln Primary Source Set [PDF/407k]
Teacher Guide: Creating and Using Primary Source Sets [PDF/34k] |
![“Abraham Lincoln.” 1865](AL_toolkit/images/lincoln_print.jpg)
“Abraham Lincoln.” 1865
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![Abraham Lincoln's Student Sum Book, 1824-1826](AL_toolkit/images/sumbook.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln's Student Sum Book, 1824-1826
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![Poem, My Child-hood Home I See Again, 1846](AL_toolkit/images/poem.jpg)
Poem, My Child-hood Home I See Again, 1846
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![Abraham Lincoln to Mary S. Owens, August 16, 1837](AL_toolkit/images/letter_owens.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Mary S. Owens, August 16, 1837
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![Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860](AL_toolkit/images/letter_todd.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860
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![Reynolds's political map of the United States, 1856](AL_toolkit/images/map.jpg)
Reynolds's political map of the United States, 1856
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![Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union, 1862](AL_toolkit/images/fedgovt.jpg)
Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union, 1862
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![Draft Resolutions for Illinois General Assembly concerning repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 4, 1855](AL_toolkit/images/kansas_nebraska.jpg)
Draft Resolutions for Illinois General Assembly concerning repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, January 4, 1855
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![Draft of speech on Popular Sovereignty, May 18, 1858](AL_toolkit/images/sovereignty.jpg)
Draft of speech on Popular Sovereignty, May 18, 1858
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![Notes for lecture on law](AL_toolkit/images/lecture.jpg)
Notes for lecture on law,
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![Fragment on the “Legitimate Object of Government,” 1840s](AL_toolkit/images/legitimate.jpg)
Fragment on the “Legitimate Object of Government,” 1840s
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![Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 24, 1858](AL_toolkit/images/letter_douglas.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 24, 1858
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![Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 29,1858](AL_toolkit/images/letter_douglas2.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Stephen A. Douglas, July 29,1858
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![Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858](AL_toolkit/images/douglas_lincoln.jpg)
Stephen A. Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1858
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![Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858](AL_toolkit/images/trumbull_lincoln.jpg)
Lyman Trumbull to Abraham Lincoln, August 24, 1858
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![Abraham Lincoln to Schuyler Colfax, July 6, 1859](AL_toolkit/images/letter_colfax.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Schuyler Colfax, July 6, 1859
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![Abraham Lincoln to Norman B. Judd, February 9, 1860](AL_toolkit/images/letter_judd.jpg)
Abraham Lincoln to Norman B. Judd, February 9, 1860
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![For president, Abra[ha]m Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, 1860](AL_toolkit/images/flag.jpg)
For president, Abra[ha]m Lincoln. For vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, 1860
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![Autobiographical Notes, May-June 1860](AL_toolkit/images/autobiog.jpg)
Autobiographical Notes, May-June 1860
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![The address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican party, February 27, 1860](AL_toolkit/images/address.jpg)
The address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican party, February 27, 1860
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![“Free speech, free soil, free men. This is to certify that [blank] is a member of the [blank] Wide-awake Club”](AL_toolkit/images/freespeech.jpg)
“Free speech, free soil, free men. This is to certify that [blank] is a member of the [blank] Wide-awake Club”
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![“Chicago Wide-Awake Republican Club to Abraham Lincoln,” June 1, 1860](AL_toolkit/images/club.jpg)
“Chicago Wide-Awake Republican Club to Abraham Lincoln,” June 1, 1860
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![Lincoln's Literary Experiments, April 1894](AL_toolkit/images/literary.jpg)
Lincoln's Literary Experiments, April 1894
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![Recorded Sound](images/title_sound.gif)
Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg
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Map
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Music Analysis Tool
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Poetry Analysis Tool
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