PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln, Attorney at Law
This video excerpt takes a look at Lincoln's years as a 'prairie' lawyer with discussion on how his profession helped him later in his presidency. [1:44]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address
In this video excerpt, the content of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is examined and explained by former President Bill Clinton and Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [1:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lincoln Oath | History Detectives
A museum curator is investigating the authenticity of a note signed by Abraham Lincoln honorably discharging a soldier of the Civil War in 1864. What detective work is necessary to determine whether the document is real or a forgery?
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: President Abraham Lincoln
This 1930 biography of Abraham Lincoln is one of the last movies made by early film great D.W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Abraham Lincoln. It gives a good overview of his life, presidency and assasination.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Nor Long Remember: Gettysburg Address
A very short speech, but one of the most famous by an American President. The Gettysburg Address was actually delivered after another speaker's two hour discourse. [15:00]
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: The Face of Lincoln
Professor Merrell Gage describes the life and career of Abraham Lincoln as he sculpts a lifelike bust of the 16th President, making physical changes in the subject's hair, beard and expression to correspond to events in Lincoln's life.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights Before Civil War Pt. 13: To Save the Union
The Civil War began in April of 1861. President Lincoln declared that his primary goal was to save the Union.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Preserving the Union
The topic of this podcast is President Lincoln and the preservation of the Union.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Lincoln Asserts Presidential Power
Looks at President Lincoln's assertion of presidential powers during wartime.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Lincoln Suspends Habeas Corpus
President Lincoln's assertion of presidential powers included suspension of habeas corpus.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 10: Lincoln and the Modern Presidency
President Lincoln contributed to the rise in presidential power through his use of executive power during the Civil War.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics:role of President Pt.20:lincoln and Roosevelt Respond to Crises
Lincoln and Roosevelt both engaged the country in wars by using their emergency powers as set by a Supreme Court decision in 1866. Congressional approval was sought by Lincoln after he acted, and, while Roosevelt asked for approval, he...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Civil War Part 2
In this Crash Course video with John Green, we learn about how the Union won the Civil War and the part Abraham Lincoln played, military technology that impacted the outcome, the role of photography in fashioning public opinion, and...
Other
Lincoln Bicentennial: A Reading of the Gettysburg Address
Listen to actor Sam Waterson read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: The Emancipation Proclamation
Tom Richey presents a rich summary of the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation in this video. [19:14]
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Ford's 150 Remembering the Lincoln Assassination
Take your students on a field trip to the Ford's Theatre and never leave your classroom! Watch this virtual tour of the theatre where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. Experts lead the tour and discuss achievements of the 16th President...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Reading of the Gettysburg Address
Read and listen to the Gettysburg Address. Photo of Abraham Lincoln included.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Voice From the Past on Lincoln Anniversary
The Civil War seems so ancient to us, but we can actually hear recordings made by Civil War soldiers! The Library of Congress interviewed Gen. Julius Howell in 1947 about his experiences in the Civil War. Listen to his remembrances about...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Epistrophe
This lesson introduces epistrophe as a rhetorical device. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content. [2:20]
C-SPAN
C Span: Writings of Abraham Lincoln
An informational site on Abraham Lincoln. Includes general information about his life, works, and writings, including The Gettysburg Address. Also includes links to other sites.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Gettysburg Address Full Text/ Analysis
A close reading of the Gettysburg Address. [11:49]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1844 1877: The Gettysburg Address/setting and Context
The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863. In this video, Kim sets the stage for the address and describes the scene at the cemetery. [9:55]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln's Words
Lincoln's rhetoric was noted and often criticized for its simplicity. In this video segment, several of Lincoln's most famous lines of oratory from different points in his political career are cited. [0:44]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: All Things Lincoln
This video segment takes a look at Lincoln-related artifacts in the Lincoln Museum and in the private collection of Louise Taper. [3:20]