Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: Presidents' Day Lessons
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 activity was written...
Kentucky Educational Television
Ket: Lincoln Bicentennial: I, Too, Am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue [Pdf]
Students prepare for and present a play, I, too am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue. The play showcases stops on the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail, incorporates music and dance, and shows the strong influence of Kentucky and...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: New Birth of Freedom: Lincoln's Presidency and the Civil War
In this lesson, 8th graders will examine primary source letters and speeches to learn about the lives of soldiers and leaders during the Civil War and about Lincoln as a leader. Student resources are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln Throughout His Life
In this two-part lesson, students gather facts about Lincoln through a variety of hands-on activities. They will tell a story about their own lives by selecting classroom objects then create a timeline of Lincoln's life and their own.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: One Life: The Mask of Lincoln
At the Mask of Lincoln website find an impressive gallery of Lincoln portraits and portraits of Lincoln's contemporaries, all captioned with interesting historical sidebars. The famous cracked-plate portrait of Lincoln, taken shortly...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: Looking for Lincoln During the Civil War
Using interactives and videos, this lesson explores the unique challenges Lincoln faced during the five years of bloody civil war which made him America's greatest but most controversial wartime leader.
White House Historical Association
The White House Historical Association: The Presidents
Complete biographies and photos of all past presidents.
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: State of the Union Addresses and Messages
This site compiles all of the State of the Union addresses and messages by all the presidents in U.S. history (except William Henry Harrison and James A. Garfield).
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
These lesson plans help students evaluate Abraham Lincoln's actions during his presidency. Related links assist students in this evaluation.
Read Works
Read Works: Presidents' Day Is Here!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and how they are celebrated each year on President's Day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Other
History View: Lincoln Memorial
Take a virtual field trip to visit the Lincoln Memorial, an American national monument built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Honest Abe [Pdf]
"Honest Abe" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about Abraham Lincoln's honesty; it tells stories of him walking miles to correct an accidental mistake. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from...
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: The Death of President Lincoln, 1865
A detailed description of Lincoln's last day with an eyewitness account of the assassination. Includes information on the trial of Booth's conspirators.
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US Mint
U.s. Mint: One Cent Program: Lincoln Al Fresco [Pdf]
Students explore the meanings of the symbols on the back of the 2010 Lincoln penny.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865
Biographical information on the political career of Abraham Lincoln, Representative from Illinois and 16th President of the United States.
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Lincoln's Last Speech
This American History site provides the text of Abraham Lincoln's last speech given on April 11, 1865.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: President's Day for Early Elementary
Lesson for early elementary and special education students using graphic organizers/thinksheets to learn about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and honesty. Students finish by creating pop-up or pocket books about honesty with teacher...
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: Proclamation on the Wade Davis Bill, 7 8 188
Here is the text of Abraham Lincoln's response to the Wade-Davis Bill, Congress' response to his plan for Reconstruction.
US Mint
United States Mint: h.i.p. Pocket Change: Presidents' Day
Use the information and games on this site to learn interesting facts about not only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but about other U.S. Presidents too.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Assassination of the President
A detailed look at the last evening of Abraham Lincoln as he watched a play at Ford's Theater. See whom John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators targeted for assassination, and read what happened to Booth.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Mr. Lincoln and Friends
Lincoln was surrounded by friends and family. What were those people like? How did they impact his life? Discover the lawyers, the politicians, the members of Congress -- as well as Lincoln's wife and children. Groups who surrounded...
University of California
History Project: Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861
Using primary source documents, this middle school lesson plan focuses on Lincoln's role in the outbreak of the Civil War, specifically his actions as President during his first six weeks in office.
Other
Mr. Lincoln's White House: John Palmer Usher (1816 1889)
Describes the political career of John Usher, once the Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln. Interesting historic photographs accompany the information.
A&E Television
History.com: The First Thanksgiving Celebration
[Free Registration/Login Required] Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first...