Abraham Lincoln: The Early Years
Stacey Douglas, Michelle Kraft, Cristie Koechle, Katie Nelson
Unit 5 Schools
Summer 2006
An Adventure of the American Mind
Illinois State University
The goal for this unit is for students to learn about Lincoln’s early years through book reading, Power Point, games, writing and class discussion. The students will be able to recall facts about Lincoln and also compare them to current day experiences.
Overview/ Materials/LOC Resources/Standards/ Procedures/Evaluation/Rubric/Handouts/Extension
Overview Back to Navigation BarObjectives / Students will:
· observe, examine, and discuss primary source material of Abraham Lincoln’s early life before his presidency.
· use primary resources to learn more about Abraham Lincoln in his early years and how they affected him as a leader
Recommended time frame / 4 Days
Grade level / K-3
Curriculum fit / Social Studies, Language Arts
Materials / Abraham Lincoln PowerPoint
Student Worksheet
Abraham Lincoln Game
Illinois State Learning Standards Back to Navigation Bar
Social Studies
GOAL 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations
· 16.A.1a Explain the difference between past, present and future time; place themselves in time
· 16.A.1b Ask historical questions and seek out answers from historical sources (e.g., myths, biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork, other visual or electronic sources).
· 16.A.2c Ask questions and seek answers by collecting and analyzing data from historic documents, images and other literary and non-literary sources.
· 16.A.3c Identify the differences between historical fact and interpretation.
Language Arts:
GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
· 1.B. Apply reading strategies to improve understanding and fluency.
•1.B1a Establish purposes for reading, make predictions, connect important ideas, and link text to previous experiences and knowledge.
•1B.1c Continuously check and clarify for understanding.
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Day One: As a class, complete a KWL chart on Abraham Lincoln. Read If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln by Ann McGovern. Discuss the events and artifacts in the years leading up to his presidency. Compare and contrast with a Venn Diagram his life to the lives of the students.
Day Two: Read A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, by David Adler. Continue discussion of Lincoln’s early life and complete book at this site:
http://www.americanmemory.org/TR_Activity_Book/Activity_Book.pdf
Day Three: Read Abe Lincoln’s Hat by Martha Brenner and Donald Cook. Review facts previously learned and discuss new facts learned through the text. View and discuss PowerPoint at Abraham Lincoln.ppt. Students may play a Lincoln game that is linked to the end of the PowerPoint.
Day Four: Students participate in Abraham Lincoln game Abraham Lincoln game Hold a class discussion on how these artifacts affected Lincoln and his presidency.
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Students complete the prompt for the class book. Teachers will use the provided rubric for evaluating each child’s page of the book.
Extension Back to Navigation Bar
Students can complete web quest on http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/aam/resources/StandardsBasedActivities/learning_experiences/Early%20Elementary%20k-3/lincolnquest/lincolnwebquest.doc
Primary Resources from the Library of Congress
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Image/Resource / Description / Citation / URL/ Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front]. / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA LC-USZC4-2439 DLC / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dag:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3a14822))
/ Log cabin of Abraham Lincoln / Log cabin built by Abraham Lincoln and his father near Farmington, Illinois in 1831 http://www.goodintentfarm.com/Good%20Intenr%20Farm%20Links.htm, (06/2006) / http://www.goodintentfarm.com/Good%20Intenr%20Farm%20Links.htm
/ Historic American Buildings View from Southwest / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA HABS KY,62-HODGV,1- / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ky/ky0000/ky0095/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&linkText=-1&title2=Abraham%20Lincoln%20Birthplace,%20Hodgenville,%20Larue%20County,%20KY&displayType=1&maxCols=4
/ Historic American Buildings View from Northeast / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA HABS KY,62-HODGV,1- / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ky/ky0000/ky0095/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&linkText=-1&title2=Abraham%20Lincoln%20Birthplace,%20Hodgenville,%20Larue%20County,%20KY&displayType=1&maxCols=4
/ Door & Window Detail / Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA HABS KY,62-HODGV,1- / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhphoto&action=browse&fileName=ky/ky0000/ky0095/photos/browse.db&recNum=0&linkText=-1&title2=Abraham%20Lincoln%20Birthplace,%20Hodgenville,%20Larue%20County,%20KY&displayType=1&maxCols=4
/ Page of Abraham Lincoln's student sum book, ca. 1824-26. / Library of Congress, Manuscript Division LC-MSS-25791-2 / http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/022))
/ Page from Abraham Lincoln's sum book / Library of Congress, Manuscript Division William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fawbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(bmc0217))
/ Drinking gourd attributed to Lincoln family / University of Chicago. Library. Lincoln Collection, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library. / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fawbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(apc0050))
/ Split rail fence lining the access road to the Pioneer Farm at Twin Falls State Park. [Photo] / Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cmns:@field(DOCID+@lit(cmns001142))
/ First Berry-Lincoln Store / First Berry-Lincoln Store, http://www.picturehistory.com, (2006) / http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/9742
/ Young Abraham Lincoln / Abraham Lincoln from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#Early_career
/ Lincoln in 1846 or 1847 / Abraham Lincoln from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#Early_career
/ New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln 1831-1837 / Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4104n+pm001760))
/ Artifacts found in Abraham Lincoln’s pocket after he was assassinated / New York Times, vol. XIV, no. 4236
(April 15, 1865) /
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/tlc0070.jpg
/ [Abraham Lincoln's stovepipe hat and umbrella sitting on a table]. / DN-0080728, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. /
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n080728))
/ Spectacles found in Abraham Lincoln’s Pocket /
New York Times, vol. XIV, no. 4236
(April 15, 1865) /
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/at0050hs.jpg
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Mansion House, Nauvoo, Illinois / American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP Image Number, e.g., AEP-MIN73], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library. /
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/aep:@field(DOCID+@lit(icuaep.ILS296))
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Old car / mountain road / Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library /
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hawp:@field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+00187211))
/ Smithsonian Institution interiors. Bicycle at Smithsonian Institution. / Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak CollectionLC-H814-T01-M08-051 DLC (b&w film dup. neg.) / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a38488))
/ Miss Jessie De Both taking a pan out of an oven at Chicago Daily News cooking school / DN-0087571, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n087571))
/ Deer steaks cooking in the skillet / Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress /
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cmns:@field(DOCID+@lit(cmns000735))
/ Lincoln’s fireplace in his home on Knob Creek Farm. / Text and photos copyright 2006 by Abraham Lincoln Online. / http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/knob.htm
/ The Osnabrock school, 1918. / Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo. / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ngp:@field(NUMBER+@band(ndfahult+b359))
/ One Room Schoolhouse / Shawn Miller Photography-All Photographs © 2004-2005 / http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/s/m/smm468/One%20Room%20Schoolhouse.jpg
/ Cabins imitating Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky. / Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection(LC-USF34-055131-D DLC (b&w film neg.) / http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8c12964))
/ Photo of Towanda Elementary School, Towanda, Illinois / http://www.unit5.org/towanda/index.html
Rubric
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Lincoln Eval. Rubric / 1 / 2 / 3The student described in writing, an event or artifact in Lincoln’s early life. / · Shows little or no understanding of the event/artifact described. / · Shows moderate understanding of event/artifact described / · Shows clear understanding of one or more events/artifacts depicting Lincoln’s early life.
The student drew a corresponding picture for the written fact. / · Picture does not correspond with written work. / · Picture somewhat corresponds with Lincoln artifact/event described. / · Picture clearly depicts the Lincoln artifact/event described.
Handouts
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Before he was president, Abraham Lincoln ______
An Adventure of the American Mind
Illinois State University