Sandburg/U.S. History Timeline
Name_________________________
Complete the following timeline comparing Sandburg’s life to what was going on in U.S. History at the time.
Choose what you feel are the most important events to document (remember, you are studying why
Sandburg wrote about Lincoln, so include information relating to that writing in your timeline).
Sandburg
Christine Adrian, AHTC/UofI Library Project 2010
U.S. History
After looking at the biography of Carl Sandburg, what U.S. History events during Sandburg’s life do you feel
he might have seen as the most important? Why?
Looking at the time period that Sandburg was researching and writing about Lincoln, what events going on
in the world at that time might motivate him to write these volumes? Why do you think so?
Make a connection between a historical event that has happened in your life and how it affected your life.
Christine Adrian, AHTC/UofI Library Project 2010
Christine Adrian, AHTC/UofI Library Project 2010