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Library of Congress

Loc: Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library serves as a gateway to two other American Memory Collections on Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana. Also included within...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Lincoln, Abraham 1809 1865

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information on the political career of Abraham Lincoln, Representative from Illinois and 16th President of the United States.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Mask of Lincoln: Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the often-difficult relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, from this artist portrait of the couple and attendant caption.
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Library of Congress

Loc: With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a vast collection of articles, photographs, etc. the Library of Congress is offering an exhaustive exhibition in honor of the bicentennial celebration of President Abraham Lincoln.
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Other

Abraham Lincoln Online: Speeches and Writings

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a fabulous resource that contains dozens and dozens of Lincoln documents including letters, speeches, writings, and original documents that are contained in the Library of Congress. The site also includes Lincoln's view on...
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Abraham Lincoln

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This eight-page lesson unit was developed in honour of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln?s birthday. Students will study Lincoln?s life and his evolution into a great statesman, and the impact Lincoln had on forging the identity...
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Other

Abraham Lincoln Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a wonderful resource for everything you need on Abraham Lincoln! The site contains the text to many of his writings and speeches, many pictures, profiles and biographies, information on places associated with Lincoln, plus...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Loc

For Students 9th - 10th
This American Memory site provides a comprehensive collection of Abraham Lincoln papers. Read the introduction page so you can see how they are organized. You can search by keyword or just browse the collection. Very interesting!!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Abraham Lincoln: A Good Man? Or a Good Man!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students use video from American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man along with primary sources to investigate the life of Lincoln and write a one page argument essay on whether Lincoln was "a good man."
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Claremont Institute

Founding.com: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Trial of the Lincoln Assassination Conspirators

For Students 9th - 10th
Follows the events leading to the trial of those accused of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Historical documents and primary sources describe the events.
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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University: Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Northern Illinois University provides audio, visual, and text documents about Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years. You can search historical themes that relate to Lincoln and a biography of Lincoln. The site offers both primary and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Abraham Lincoln: The Face of a War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed lesson plan of Abraham Lincoln to celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. In a PDF file, the complete lesson is provided along with visual aides needed for the lesson. Draws on photographs and masks of Lincoln's face...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Abraham Lincoln Primary Source Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Library of Congress presents Abraham Lincoln's Primary Source Set. Provides numerous examples of primary documents such as handwritten letters to Mary Todd Lincoln, drafts of speeches, and auditory examples of Lincoln's speech at...
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Slavery, Civil War, and Democracy: What Did Lincoln Believe?

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity in which students examine the concept of democracy and the idea of a "just society" through the eyes of Abraham Lincoln. Lesson includes questions for discussion and activity in which students prepare a speech on the what they...
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Brown University

Brown University Library: Lincolniana at Brown: Lincoln Broadsides

For Students 9th - 10th
Showcases an extensive collection of advertisements, posters, maps, pamphlets, and other miscellaneous objects that document President Abraham Lincoln's place in American culture.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to compare and explore the relationships between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Abraham Lincoln and Executive Power

For Students 9th - 10th
This instructional activity traces the rise of Abraham Lincoln from his humble beginnings to the presidency of the United States. You will examine Lincoln's ideas and decisions regarding slavery and the use of the presidential power to...
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided" (16 June 1858)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the "House Divided" speech that Lincoln delivered on June 16, 1858, as he accepted the Republican nomination for the U.S.Senate seat from Illinois that was held by Stephen A. Douglas. This speech exemplifies...
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US National Archives

National Archives: Letter to President Abraham Lincoln From Annie Davis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
"Will you please let me know if I am free?" wrote Annie Davis. Annie Davis was a slave who wrote this letter to President Lincoln 20 months after the Emancipation Proclamation. To understand her confusion, examine the following documents...
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Other

World Cat: Lincoln: A Photobiography

For Students 9th - 10th
View an excerpt from this book, a collection of images of President Abraham Lincoln.
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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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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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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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