Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source, WorksheetsDate Posted: 8/23/2009
In this lesson plan, students will review an online exhibition, conduct historical research using artifacts and primary source documents, and develop group presentations that discuss ways that Abraham Lincoln's life was extraordinary. This lesson plan is one of the resources connected with the online exhibition entitled Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life.
Cooperative learning, Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Project-based learning, Small group instruction, Authentic assessment
At six feet four inches tall, Lincoln towered over most of his contemporaries. He chose to stand ...
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In this true story, young Grace Bedell writes to Abraham Lincoln and asks him to grow a beard so ...
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