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Civil War Home

Home of the American Civil War: Election of 1864

For Students 9th - 10th
The re-election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864 was not a done deal. Read about the peace explorations, the Republican and Democratic conventions, the campaigns, and eventual "landslide" for Lincoln. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by...
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Lincoln & Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill lived through remarkably comparable challenges and difficulties in cataclysmic wars just eight decades apart. With very different upbringings and contrasting personalities, they led their war...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Antietam: The Emancipation Proclamation (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by Abraham Lincoln in September, 1862, and put into law on January 1, 1863.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Presidents' Day Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Presidents' Day lessons for Grades 10-12 on the constitutional legacies of George Washington, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan, and how they shaped the history and Constitution of our nation. Each instructional activity...
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: President's Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find out about the achievements of President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln. Includes links to President's day activities and information, plus resources for each president and a list of literature relating to each.
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White House Historical Association

White House Historical Association: The Great Cause of Union

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information with lesson plan for grades 9-12 about Abraham Lincoln's presidency focuses on the decisions and political actions he had to make throughout the Civil War.
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Curated OER

Study Guide for a Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This study guide provide activities for all chapters in Madeleine L'Engle's fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time. Connected text questions are provlded for Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: u.s. Presidents and Inaugurations

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of images from Smithsonian Libraries celebrates U.S. Presidents while providing a glimpse of the presidencies and inaugurations of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Document Library: Lincoln: Cooper Institute Address

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text transcript of Abraham Lincoln's address to the Cooper Union Institute, delivered in February 1860 and largely credited as the speech that won Lincoln the presidency.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Abraham Lincoln Assassination

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and information on John Wilkes Booth and other conspirators that were involved in the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865.
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University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: Lincoln's Last Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This American History site provides the text of Abraham Lincoln's last speech given on April 11, 1865.
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University of Groningen

American History: Presidents: Proclamation on the Wade Davis Bill, 7 8 188

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the text of Abraham Lincoln's response to the Wade-Davis Bill, Congress' response to his plan for Reconstruction.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Civil War for Kids: President Abraham Lincoln's Assassination

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth; major event in the American Civil War.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the composition of Lincoln's first inaugural address and copies of the manuscript along with Lincoln's notes in the margins. What a resource!
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Other

Memories of the Lincoln Assassination Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
A first-hand account written by Brigadier-General Henry Lawrence Burnett of the investigation and trial of Booth and his accomplices.
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Ibis Communications

Eye Witness to History: The Death of John Wilkes Booth, 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of Booth's flight from the scene of the assassination of Lincoln, and Booth's eventual death. Includes an eyewitness account.
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: A More Perfect Union: Gallery B

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a large site from American Treasures covering primary source documents from the early 1800s through the Civil War and on to Western Expansion.
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Other

The Dirksen Congressional Center

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An effective site that provides non-partisan information concerning Congress and its leaders. The website includes CongressLink, up-to-date information on the US Congress; Congress for Kids, an excellent resource for younger students on...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Commemoration of the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson engages students in projects centered around the Gettysburg Address. Students will study primary sources and make group presentations to share their learning. Then students will assume the roles of "experts", hypothesize...
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Curated OER

Loc: Abraham Lincoln, Congressman Elect From Illinois

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides numerous examples of photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln. Identifies when the picture was taken and where it was taken. Describes the connection of photographs and Abraham Lincoln.
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Curated OER

Loc: Abraham Lincoln, Congressman Elect From Illinois

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides numerous examples of photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln. Identifies when the picture was taken and where it was taken. Describes the connection of photographs and Abraham Lincoln.
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Curated OER

Loc: Abraham Lincoln, June 3, 1860

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides numerous examples of photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln. Identifies when the picture was taken and where it was taken. Describes the connection of photographs and Abraham Lincoln.
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Curated OER

Loc: Abraham Lincoln, u.s. Presidential Candidate

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides numerous examples of photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln. Identifies when the picture was taken and where it was taken. Describes the connection of photographs and Abraham Lincoln.
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Curated OER

Loc: Abraham Lincoln, u.s. President, Holding Glasses & Newspaper, Aug. 9, 1863

For Students 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress provides numerous examples of photographs taken of President Abraham Lincoln. Identifies when the picture was taken and where it was taken. Describes the connection of photographs and Abraham Lincoln.

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