Abraham Lincoln Miscellaneous
Website Name and URL	Description	Background	Lessons	Students
http://www.coverups.com/jfk/lincoln.htm The Lincoln / Kennedy Connection	This is a site that details the “eerie” similarities between the assassinations of Kennedy and Lincoln.	X		Grades K-12
http://americanhistory.si.edu/presidency/home.html The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden	This site offers a variety of information about all of the presidents and the presidency in general.	X	X	Grades K-12
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/ sec3/k2/unit6/u6kinl1.htm Crossroads-A K-16 American History Curriculum	This site provides a K-16 American History Curriculum		X	Grades K-16
http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott /index.html Washington University-St. Louis	This site includes a description of the Dred Scott case	X		Grades 6-12
http://www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org/ Abraham Lincoln's Classroom	This site gives an extensive overview of Lincoln including his personality, his presidency, his beliefs, his family, and much more.	X	X	Grades K-12
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/Homeschool-Worksheets/Famous-People/Abraham-Lincoln.htm Garden and Hearth-Home School Activities	The site provides free worksheets for history projects and many other resources.		X	Grades 1-5
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln Library of Congress: America’s Stories	This site includes basic information on Lincoln’s life. It relates fun stories about his sense of humor and what was in his pockets the night he died.	X		Grades 5-8
http://ia310913.us.archive.org/1/items/abrahamlincoln11172gut/11172-h/11172-h.htm Abraham Lincoln play	This site is offered by Project Gutenberg. It provides an online play by John Drinkwater	X		Grades 6-12
http://www.archive.org/details/abraham_lincoln Abraham Lincoln movie Directed by D.W.Griffith	This link takes visitors to an online movie (1 hour 24 minutes) produced in 1930. (this site and video should be previewed before students view)	X		Grades 9-12
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7547 Images from Writings of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln	This site is offered by Project Gutenberg. It provides writings by Abraham Lincoln.	X		Grades 6-12
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/pages/lincoln.htm Abraham Lincoln	This site gives primary students an overview of the life of Abraham Lincoln.	X		Grades 1 and 2
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/abrahamlincoln.htm# Abraham Lincoln for Kids.	This site provides interactive activities, readings, and links to other Abraham Lincoln sites.	X		Grades 6-8
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/children.htm Children's Bibliography of Abraham Lincoln	This site is offered by the National Park Service. It lists titles for early and middle level readers.	X		Grades 1-8
http://www.americanmemory.org/MonumentalMen/index.htm Barat Education Foundation	This collection highlights the presidents chosen to be on Mt. Rushmore.	X		Grades 5-8
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/lincoln-memorial/activities.html Teaching with Documents Lesson Plan: The Unfinished Lincoln Memorial from The National Archives	This collection of cross curricular activities focuses in on how to memorialize important figures in history.	X	X	Grades 6-8
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=484 Before Brother Fought Brother: Life in the North and South 1847-1861	This site looks at life in the U.S. before the Civil War.	X	X	Grades 6-8
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=659 A House Dividing: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America	This site examines the efforts that were made to keep the Union whole in the face of growing factionalism over the issue of slavery.	X	X	Grades 9-12
http://www.americanwriters.org/classroom/videolesson/vlp14_lincoln.asp# CSPAN-American Writers: Abraham Lincoln Video Lesson Plan	Information from the website: “Use the themes, questions and video clips below to teach and learn with portions of C-SPAN's American Writers program featuring Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address.”	X	X	Grades 9-12
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gaphot.html http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/images/abe.jpg Library of Congress	These sites provide a look at the only known photograph of President Lincoln at the dedication of the Civil War Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863.	X	X	Grades 5-12
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/teachers/lesson2.html Teacher's Parlor	This site discusses the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. This is an interactive map activity by Jennifer Erbach.		X	Grades 9-12
http://www.nps.gov/abli/forteachers/travellingtrunks.htm Traveling Trunk	This site provides information for teachers to borrow a trunk filled with period materials. There is some cost involved in the process.		X	various
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/050221/21lincoln.htm The Real Lincoln by U.S. News & World Report	This article describes Lincoln’s early years, his depression, his relationship with his wife, and different life circumstances that made the man.	X		Grades 8 -12
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/teacher.html History Now	This site includes primary documents, web resources, worksheets, and essential questions.		X	Grades 9-12
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/aboutinfo.html Northern Illinois University Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project	This site is the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project-Northern Illinois University. This is an incredible site with many Lincoln topics.	X	X	Grades 8-12
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html Mr. Lincoln’s Virtual Library	This site combines two collections at the Library of Congress dealing with the life of Abraham Lincoln.	X		Grades 8-12
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1865/assasssination-abraham-lincoln.htm The Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln-Harpers Weekly	This site includes the entire Harpers Weekly newspaper from April 29, 1865. .	X		Grades 8-12