Instructional Video3:44
Jack Rackam

Lincoln Wasn't the Only Target

12th - Higher Ed
I don’t know about you, but the impression I always got of Lincoln’s assassination was that John Wilkes Booth was an actor who really, really hated the president and so in the middle of his show he snuck into the president’s box and...
Instructional Video13:35
Hip Hughes History

The Gettysburg Address Explained (Feat. John Renn) US History Review

6th - 12th
An overview of one of the most historic speeches in US History with a deep dive from John Renn, a Social Studies teacher from Portland Middle School.
News Clip3:06
Curated Video

Things have certainly changed since Abraham Lincoln's time at the Illinois state capital. But Lincoln's imprint is on just about everything in Springfield

Higher Ed
HEADLINE: Measure of a nation: Lincoln's hometown CAPTION: Things have certainly changed since Abraham Lincoln's time at the Illinois state capital. But Lincoln's imprint is on just about everything in Springfield. (Jan. 31)
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Looking for Lincoln

9th - 10th
A 2 hour video by historian Henry Louis Gates who interviewed many people who have studied Abraham Lincoln through the years. Information on Lincoln from his early years to his assassination.