Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 1/15/2009
This online exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The website covers each major period of Lincoln's private and public life, especially his years in Washington when he made the crucial decisions that ended slavery and preserved the nation. Also included are the artifacts of Lincoln's assassination-his top hat, the prison hoods of the conspirators, and other sobering reminders of this tragic story.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
Abraham Lincoln's interest in canal building, river commerce, and internal improvements not only ...
Civil War, 1800, inauguration, Illinois, nineteenth century, 19th Century, President, slavery, hero, Lincoln, Abraham, presidential, emancipation proclamation, President’s Day, chief executive, executive, executive branch, presidency, assassination, Lincoln, Mary Todd, biography
A collection of writings beginning with rhymes in the margins of young Abe's arithmetic book and ...
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