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A House Dividing: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was dri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln and Wartime Politics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceStudents focus on Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, the Emancipation Proclamation, his decision to arm the freed slaves, hi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis page, from the A Hypertext on American History Web site, contains the text of Abraham Lincoln s Inaugural Address, delive...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln Papers
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Branches of Government, American Democracy, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceAbraham 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: 0Abraham Lincoln Papers
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, is a digital collection of Abraham Lincoln s papers. Included ar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on one of the most well-known speeches in American history--Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg A...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Attitudes Toward Emancipation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Humanities, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson from EDSITEment, students explore the obstacles and alternatives facing the nation at the time of the Emancipatio...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Emancipation 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: 0Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literature, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, groups of students investigate the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Addres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fragment 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: 0Gettysburg Address (1863)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literary AnalysisThis resource, from Our Documents, features an interactive image of Abraham Lincoln s draft of the Gettysburg Address. Informati...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Lincoln Goes to War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis EDSITEment lesson explores the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War, focusing on deliberations within th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Lincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Branches of Government, American Democracy, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceLincoln Home National Historic Site: A Place of Growth and Memory recounts the life of our 16th president. See photos of the ho...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Lincoln/Net
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Branches of Government, American Democracy, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceLincoln/Net presents writings, speeches, and materials from Abraham Lincoln's years in Illinois (1830-1861). Biographical mater...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceMr. Lincoln s Virtual Library, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, highlights several collections that illuminate t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore myths surrounding the Gettysburg Address. They think critically about commonly b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a War
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceLessons in which Smithsonian portraits of Lincoln introduce a study of the Civil War. Analysis of the portraits—the famous “crac...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0The 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: 0The Gettysburg Address
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, The Civil War & Reconstruction, Literary Analysis, History-Social ScienceThe 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