Lincoln's Assassination
Website Name and URL Description Background Lessons Students

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

 

Library of Congress

This site offers summaries, timelines, and photo galleries that provide background knowledge for visitors. 

X

 

Grades 6-12

 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/booth.html

 

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

This site contains photos and descriptions of John Wilkes Booth.

X

 

Grades 6-12

 

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

 

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

This site provides information about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

X

 

Grades 6-12

 

www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp4.html

 

Elementary Lesson Plan

 

This site answers the question, “What Events Led to Lincoln's Assassination?”

 

X

Grades

3-5

http://www.click2history.com/abraham_lincoln/abraham_lincoln_ch1.htm

 

Click 2 History

This site categorizes the different stages of Lincoln’s assassination into individual chapters.  Within each chapter there are links to primary source images.

X

 

Grades

6-8

 

http://www.surratt.org/

 

Surratt House Museum

 

The Surratt Museum presents field trips/summer trips on the escape route of John Wilkes Booth, and information on the Surratt House Museum annual conference on Lincoln.  For 2009 it is “Lincoln’s Assassination: All Things Considered”, March 27-29, 2009.

X

 

Grades 6-12