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Primary
Curated OER

National Park Service: Lincoln Home: The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the transcripts to all 7 of the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
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Website
Other

History News Network: How the Telegraph Helped Lincoln Win the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Abraham Lincoln participated in battle strategy in real time thanks to the telegraph. Read the fascinating story of how Abraham Lincoln was intimately involved in the course of the Civil War due to the increased use of the telegraph.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition showcasing key documents linked to Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Included are drafts of the address, transcriptions of the address in English and 28 other languages, Lincoln's invitation to Gettysburg, the only...
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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: u.s. History Module: Did Lincoln Really Want to Free Slaves? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive learning module on Abraham Lincoln that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students examine the evolution of...
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Primary
Other

Ford's Theatre: Remembering Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, has curated hundreds of artefacts from the night he was killed to the months of mourning that followed. Primary sources in this collection include newspaper articles, memorial...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg

For Students 9th - 10th
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Cornell University Library exhibits the Bancroft copy of the Gettysburg Address, one of only five copies in the handwriting of Lincoln.
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Website
State Library-Florida

"Lincoln Letters" at State Archives of Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting site has scanned copies of several documents making reference to Abraham Lincoln as either a presidential candidate or leader during the Civil War. The documents consist of letters, diaries, government records, and...
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: A House Divided: Slavery and the Civil War [Pdf]

For Teachers 8th
In this lesson, 8th graders look at how slavery contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War, at Abraham Lincoln's efforts to save the Union, and at what impact the Emancipation Proclamation had on the North's view of the war. Includes...
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Handout
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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Website
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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Primary
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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Lesson Plan
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 lesson was written and...
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Website
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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Website
US National Archives

Nara: The Emancipation Proclamation

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an elaborate overview of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Content includes detailed background information behind the document, photos of the original...
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Lesson Plan
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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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Emancipation

For Teachers 11th
A learning module on the emancipation of African American slaves after the Civil War. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will...
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like Historians: Emancipation Proclamation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry instructional activity allows students consider whether Abraham Lincoln freed the...
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Lesson Plan
White House Historical Association

White House Historical Association: Thence Forward, and Forever Free

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Informational text and lesson plan for grades 9-12 tracing Abraham Lincoln's battle against slavery from the time he was in the Illinois State Legislature through his presidency and writing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Unit Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lesson3: The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan focuses on the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, popular sovereignty, the political polarization over slavery, Stephen Douglas, and Abraham Lincoln. It provides four detailed activities for use with the lesson and includes...
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Graphic
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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Website
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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Article
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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction Election of 1860 and Lincoln

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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