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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA House Dividing: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was dri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: U.S. Constitution, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln Papers
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Branches of Government, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyAbraham Lincoln Papers presents Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, his second inaugural address, an 1864 memo exp...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Gettysburg Address (1863)-Defining the American Union
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine the most famous speech in American history to underst...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEngaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Literature, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, United States HistoryIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, groups of students investigate the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Addres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSmithsonian in Your Classroom: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a War
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social Science, United States HistoryLessons in which Smithsonian portraits of Lincoln introduce a study of the Civil War. Analysis of the portraits—the famous “crac...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Gettysburg Address
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, Literary Analysis, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThe Gettysburg Address contains images and transcriptions of the various drafts of the famous document as well as translations i...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThis page, from the A Hypertext on American History Web site, contains the text of Abraham Lincoln s Inaugural Address, delive...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe First Inaugural Address (1861)-Defending the American Union
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's First Inaugural Address to understand why h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln and Wartime Politics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyStudents focus on Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, the Emancipation Proclamation, his decision to arm the freed slaves, hi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Second Inaugural Address (1865)-Restoring the American Union
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address to determine how h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLincoln Goes to War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Writing StrategiesThis EDSITEment lesson explores the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War, focusing on deliberations within th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFragment on the Constitution and Union (1861)-The Purpose of the American Union
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine Lincoln's brief but insightful reflection on the impo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAbraham Lincoln Papers
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, is a digital collection of Abraham Lincoln s papers. Included ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkLincoln/Net
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Branches of Government, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyLincoln/Net presents writings, speeches, and materials from Abraham Lincoln's years in Illinois (1830-1861). Biographical mater...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAttitudes Toward Emancipation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Humanities, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students explore the obstacles and alternatives facing the nation at the time of the Emancipatio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMyth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore myths surrounding the Gettysburg Address. They think critically about commonly b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWelcome to Civil War Documents
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Economics, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from AmericanCivilWar.com, features reproduced text versions of Civil War documents. This page offers the text of...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEmancipation Proclamation
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis resource, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, contains images of the original document of the Ema...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe Must Not Be Enemies: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThe focus for this six-lesson EDSITEment unit is on the address given by Abraham Lincoln at his first inauguration as U.S. Presi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0