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Secession Crisis: In Two Virginia Communities
Students are divided into groups and are assigned newspaper articles from the year 1861. The articles are from either Republican or Democratic parties discussing the Virginia secession. They complete worksheets and have a whole class...
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.
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Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg
Students describe the Gettysburg Campaign and the major actions of the armies during each day of the battle. They analyze the motives, actions, and experiences of several participants in the battle and evaluate the Gettysburg Address.
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Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union (2 Parts)
Students examine the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. They explore the trials and tribulations of the Civil War, and the problem of slavery that destroyed the Union. They also explore the man behind the image of the 16th president.
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Looking for Lincoln During the Civil War
Eleventh graders examine the presidency of Lincoln. In this American History lesson, 11th graders watch various videos on Lincoln and the Civil War. Students read and answer questions.
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First Inauguration Speech of Abraham Lincoln
Students read an annotated excerpt of Lincoln's speech. In this government lesson plan, students discuss questions related to the speech to identify Lincoln's ideas to preserve the Union. Students may write optionally write their...
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Fragment on the Constitution and Union (1861). The Purpose of the American Union
Eleventh graders examine how President Lincoln formulated the principles of the Declaration of Independence as the goal of the American Union. For this American Government lesson, 11th graders read and analyze primary sources based...
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Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Constitution
Students investigate President Abraham Lincoln's use of the U.S. Constitution and its importance to the Civil War. For this US history lesson, students read text about President Lincoln and the US Constitution. Students examine the...
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Abraham Lincoln
Students discuss key events of Abraham Lincoln's life. In this Civil War lesson, students discuss the major events of Abraham Lincoln's life and role during this time through a song.
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Lincoln Was President of the United States
In this Lincoln worksheet, students use the letters in "Lincoln was president of the United States" to make as many words as possible.
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Cryptogram
In this cryptogram worksheet, learners fill out the key to a code and decipher a cryptogram about Abraham Lincoln. Students fill in the missing letters and read the message. The pattern in the key is not obvious.
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All That Sparkles is Silver!
Students analyze photographs for information about life in Virginia City Nevada in the late 1800s. In this Nevada statehood instructional activity, students work in teams to analyze photographs from Virginia City. Students brainstorm...
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Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address
In this Abraham Lincoln learning exercise, students identify the picture of United States president Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address.
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Abraham Lincoln Greets Union Soldiers
In this Abraham Lincoln worksheet, students identify the picture of Abraham Lincoln greeting the Union soldiers. Students color the picture.
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Stamp Stories of Abraham Lincoln
Students build a 5 stamp collection based on the Abraham Lincoln unit theme. In this historical lesson plan, students discuss their collections within their group and build a new collection of 10 stamps. As a class, students debates the...
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U.S. History Worksheet #68
In this United States history worksheet, learners utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation's early history. A short answer question about Abraham Lincoln is included as well.
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Abraham Lincoln Story Paper
In this Abraham Lincoln worksheet, students see a realistic drawing of Lincoln, followed by blank lines. While there are no directions, it seems this will be used to write about this famous President.
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Lincoln Writing Paper- (wide ruled)
In this Lincoln worksheet, students see a picture of Abraham Lincoln at the top of the page, followed by blank lines for writing. The lines are widely spaced for younger students.
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The Civil War
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the Civil War and they conduct research using a variety of resources. The research is used to create the context for class discussion and a possible project as an extension to the...
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Lincoln, Douglass, and Black Emergence (Literature and Politics, 1840-1865)
Students examine the ideas of Lincoln and Douglass. In groups, they compare and contrast writings from each man and how they formed the nation with their ideas. After watching "Glory", they discuss how people like Lincoln and Douglass...
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Lincoln's Political Theology
Students continue to examine the events of the Civil War. Using primary source documents, they identify how Lincoln's religious beliefs affected the decisions he made during this time period. They discuss the meaning of his "Meditation...
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The Great "What If" Question. How might American history have been different had Lincoln lived?
Students examine the impact of the assassination of President Lincoln. After researching the Republican positions on Reconstruction and analyzing documents related to the Reconstruction, students take a position and explain their...
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Ambitiousness
Students research Abraham Lincoln and explore the ambition he had in life. After examining a penny, students list the contributions that Lincoln made to America. Individually, they write a goal they wish to accomplish. Students are...
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Abraham Lincoln
First graders explore famous people in America. They read and discuss a story about Abraham Lincoln. After the class discussion, 1st graders create a web of important events in the life of Abraham Lincoln. Finally, students write...