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\nClassroom Lincoln-Douglas Debate\n

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\nUnfamiliar with the Lincoln-Douglas Debate format? Check out this resource that details the procedures of the debate, the roles and responsibilities of each participant, and the timing of each round.\n \n
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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates — Springboard to the White House\n

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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates saw two primary political candidates debating seven different times about one of the most important social movements in United States history. Middle and high schoolers read an article that describes the...\n
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\nNovice Lincoln Douglas Debate Curriculum\n

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\nHow do you affirm and negate a statement of value? What is refutation? Interested in debate? Introduce your class to the format of the Lincoln Douglas debate with 14 lessons, designed to be used in order, so that debaters learn the logic...\n
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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858\n

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\nEleventh graders examine transcripts of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates and create a platform for each candidate in the 1858 Senate race.\n
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\nPresidents Quiz\n

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\nExplore the Lincoln Douglas debates with this short, interactive, online worksheet. Unfortunatley, there are only four questions provided, but it could be a quick assessment, if needed. \n
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\nLincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858\n

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\nHigh schoolers examine the transcripts of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates and create a platform for each candidate in the 1858 Senate race. They utilize the candidates' arguments to explore the historical and political impact.\n
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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858: Interactive Map Activity\n

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\nEleventh graders utilize an interactive map to explore the 1858 Senate campaign in Illinois and how factors such as population, transportation, and party strongholds can affect campaign strategies.\n
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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858: Interactive Map Activity\n

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\nStudents utilize an interactive map to explore the 1858 Senate campaign in Illinois. They examine how factors such as population, transportation, and party strongholds can affect campaign strategies. Students write an essay discussing...\n
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\n1850-1874 The Kansas-Nebraska Act\n

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\nHow the Kansas-Nebraska Act created Bleeding Kansas is complicated—until scholars research and examine documents from the time. After completing activities that include mapping, photo, document analysis, and discussion, learners...\n
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\nSchool Uniforms: Debating the Issue and Creating an Advertisement\n

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\nFifth graders debate the issue of school uniforms. They research, finding supporting evidence supporting their stance. Using the Lincoln-Douglas form of debate, 5th graders discuss the positive and negative issues of the topic. They...\n
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\nBackground to the Conflict: Pre-Civil War Days\n

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\nThe American Civil War was a complex test of a relatively young democracy in the mid-nineteenth century. Discuss the events and factors that led to the Civil War with a thorough slideshow presentation.\n
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\n36 Public Policy Questions to Energize Your Government/History Classroom Debates\n

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\nNeed topics that are sure to engage your debaters? This list of public policy questions includes such topics as school mascots, regulation of major league baseball, physician-assisted suicide, and violence in video games. A great...\n
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\nThe Cherokee Removal\n

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\nEleventh graders examine the issue of Cherokee removal from the perspectives of Andrew Jackson, members of Congress, and members of the Cherokee nation. They adopt the perspectives and engage in debate over the issue of Cherokee removal.\n
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\nThe Anti-Slavery Movement\n

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\nEleventh graders as a class create and write a constitution for an anti-slavery society. They investigate demographics of slavery, treatment of slaves, the colonization movement, and women in the abolition movement, and present their...\n
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\nLincoln, Patriotism and Protest\n

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\nEleventh graders explore arguments surrounding Abraham Lincoln's opposition to the Mexican War. They compare the arguments surrounding Lincoln's opposition to war with those surrounding war protestors during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.\n
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\nThe Kansas and Nebraska Act\n

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\nStudents use a primary source of a political cartoon to set the context for a lesson. They answer key questions in writing or orally. Students conduct a class discussion about the issue to stimulate higher order thinking skills like...\n
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\nSongs of the Times: American Concerns in 19th Century Campaigns\n

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\nStudents examine campaign songs from the 1840, 1848, and 1860 elections to explore the campaign strategies of 19th century political parties.\n
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\nThe Black Hawk War-Reconstructing \"Stillman's Run\"\n

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\nEleventh graders compare several eyewitness accounts of Stillman's Run, and discuss how a historian might use them. They act as historians and try to reconstruct what happened during Stillman's Run from the eyewitness accounts.\n
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\nFounding.com: Lincoln Douglas Debates\n

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\nThe content of seven Lincoln-Douglas Debates from August to October of 1858.\n
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\nU.s. History: The Lincoln Douglas Debates\n

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\nThe Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858 exemplified the rift in the nation concerning the issue of slavery and who should be able to determine whether states were free or slave. Read about this war of ideas that moved from the stage in...\n
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\nSiteseen: American Historama: Lincoln Douglas Debates\n

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\nDiscussion of the Lincoln Douglas Debates, a series of seven public debates held in 1858 between Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Stephen Douglas as they contested the Illinois Senate seat.\n
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\nNational Park Service: Lincoln Home: The Lincoln Douglas Debates of 1858\n

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\nThis site provides the transcripts to all 7 of the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.\n
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\nLearn Lincoln: Douglas Debate\n

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\nDebate Central: Important Terms in Lincoln Douglas Debate\n

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\nTwenty-three important terms to know when conducting Lincoln-Douglas style debates. They can also be used when weighing any logical argument.\n
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