Below are educational Web sites and points of reference on Abraham Lincoln:
- Abraham Lincoln Association
Homepage includes classroom materials links and link to Lincoln Daily Log.
- Abraham Lincoln Camps
Links to Lincoln newsletters, distance learning opportunities with Lincoln presenters, historical information on Lincoln, and student study links.
- Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children
Includes online quiz of Lincoln’s childhood, links to Lincoln Boyhood Memorial, weblinks, and more.
- Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitalization Project
Links to images and documents from Lincoln’s Illinois’ years, 1830-1860, sponsored by Northern Illinois University.
- Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
Located at Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN. Includes a listing of repository guides to the LMU Lincoln Collection under Research Collection.
- Abraham Lincoln Links
Includes links to Lincoln genealogy, classroom activities, legal career, and many more related museums, groups, homes and Presidency.
- Abraham Lincoln Online
Vast resource links to speeches, student resources, fieldtrip ideas, museums, historical sites, Lincoln images, and much more.
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Includes interactive timeline, exhibit information and additional links to other Lincoln related sites.
- Abraham Lincoln Research Site
Multiple listings for Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln links, Lincoln children, student page and much more.
- American History Guide
From About.com. Subdivided by century, major events and includes biography section with links to quizzes and “history today” facts.
- Lincoln Guide
From About.com.
- America’s Library
A kid friendly collection of image, documents & stories of famous Americans & American Historical Events from the Library of Congress.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Lincoln’s Pockets
- President Lincoln
- American President
Includes biographical, cabinet, and key events information.
- Abraham Lincoln
- American President: Abraham Lincoln
From Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Includes images, essays, timeline, biographical facts and more.
- Gettysburg Address
American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank: Audio files of Gettysburg Address by Sam Waterson, Jeff Daniels, Johnny Cash and Jim Getty
- President Lincoln
Civil War Poetry: Includes poems from Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman and Vachel Lindsay.
- Collected Works of Lincoln
Searchable by simple & Boolean searches with unique word index.
- Civil War Book Review
- Enchanted learning.com
Includes historical information with links to additional information including: Lincoln lessons
- History Channel
Link on Lincoln includes hyperlinks to key figures like Mary Lincoln, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Civil War, Springfield and more.
- History Now Includes images, lesson plans, weblinks and more in this quarterly newsletter from Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Lincoln
- History Place
The select a topic, time period from American or World History.
- Abraham Lincoln
A timeline, photos and words.
- Illinois State Archives
- Lincoln Document
A collection.
- Illinois State Historical Society
Scroll down left column for “Illinois History Research Guide” for Lincoln web site links including Lincoln Archives at the Illinois State Library.
- Just for Kids Page from Springfield Visitor’s Center
Includes Lincoln trivia game, color page and puzzle.
- K12-Teaching & Learning Center
Subscription site include over 1500 subject guides. More information on membership at Lincoln Guide. Site includes links to history, biographies and cross reference links to American History, Civil War, speeches and more.
- Ken Burn’s Civil War
Online resources from PBS. Classroom guide with lesson plans, discussion questions and resources for DVD/VHS of series.
- Library of Congress
Entrance to “Treasures,” “Thomas,” “American Memory” and LOC exhibits.
- Library of Congress’ American Memory site search by topic or timeline.
- Lincoln Papers
From the Library of Congress.
- Lincoln’s Virtual Library
From the Library of Congress.
- Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
- About Lincoln
Includes gallery, timeline, speeches and online resources.
- Lincoln Books
Fom Gutenberg.org. Includes works by Lincoln and images found in Lincoln books. Some text is downloadable in electronic format.
- Lincoln Institute
Homepage for “Mr. Lincoln and Friends,” “Mr. Lincoln’s Whitehouse,” and “Mr. Lincoln and Freedom” and more. Teacher and student assistance pages for web sites.
- Lincoln Museum
List exhibits, events and list of Lincoln related web sites.
- Lincoln Pioneer Village
Virtual tour and information of replicas of historic buildings built and used by the Lincoln Family during their Rockport, Indiana years.
- Lincoln Portrait.com
Albert Kaplan’s website dedicated to the quest of proving his daguerreotype “Portrait of a Young Man” is really one of a young Abraham Lincoln. Links to various professional reports he has commissioned to provide proof for his theory.
- Lincoln’s Classroom
Includes cartoons, maps, web links, online quizzes and lesson plans on Abraham Lincoln. Sponsored by the Lincoln Institute and Lehrman Institute.
- Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site
Includes virtual tour of location, online classroom materials under “students” link.
- Looking for Lincoln
List Lincoln Historical Sites of Central Illinois by town with links to historical sites web site.
- Mary Todd Lincoln
Home place, at Lexington, website by Kentucky Historical Sites. Site includes history, photos, and biographical information on Mrs. Lincoln.
- National Parks Service
User can search by state or park.
- Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
- Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
- Lincoln National Home
- PBS Online
Lincoln teacher guides.
- The Time of the Lincoln
Includes lesson plans and teacher resources.
- Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration
Truman State University
- President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument
Listing of history and resources around the cottage Lincoln lived in at the Soldiers’ Home.
- Whitehouse.gov
Past presidents and their wives.
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
- Mr. Lincoln’s Whitehouse
A collection of images and historical information as to how the Whitehouse look like and who came and when in Lincoln’s day. Pages are printable.
- Abraham Lincoln Guide
From yahooligans.com.
- Mary Lincoln Guide
From yahooligans.com.
Prepared for the University of Southern Indiana’s Fourth Annual Lincoln Teachers’ Institute (2007). Used with permission.
