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Hats Off To Lincoln
Judy Hieser and Michelle Reber
Olympia West Elementary
Summer 2007
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.), photographer. "Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait,
standing, facing left." 1864 January 8. Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress.
After a basic introduction about the many hats that Abraham Lincoln wore throughout his
lifetime, students will embark on a journey that focuses on his multiple careers. The
activities will vary to include many of Garner’s intelligences so that all students will be
motivated to learn. Multiple mediums that will appeal to the class include the use of
primary sources, trade books, games, the Smart Board, videos, drama, and art.
Overview/ Materials/LOC Resources/Standards/ Procedures/Evaluation/Rubric/Handouts/Extension
Overview
Objectives
Recommended time frame
Grade level
Curriculum fit
Materials
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Students will:
 use primary sources and other references to discover
that Lincoln had many jobs in his lifetime.
 create an interest in our 16th president when
participating in the Lincoln Presidential Hall of Fame.
 realize that people have various skills and can
contribute to society in a variety of ways.
 appreciate the contributions that Abraham Lincoln
made to our country.
Two weeks
3rd Grade
Social Studies, Language Arts, Visual Arts, Drama
 List of books about Lincoln
 Lincoln career pictures from Abraham Lincoln: The
Boy the Man and Abraham Lincoln by Mara which are
included in the handouts.
 Power Point Presentation
 Links to use in research center:
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http://www.quia.com/jg/65649.html
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=99
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 http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/pre
sidents-day/abrahamlincoln/scramblers/lincoln-memorial.html
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/pre
sidents-day/abraham-lincoln/scramblers/logcabin.html
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/pre
sidents-day/abrahamlincoln/scramblers/reflections.html
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/wordfinds/abraham-lincoln.html
Computer and Smart Board
Pretzel sticks
Colored stones (two colors)
Game boards
Career cards
Stovepipe hat
Worksheets
Animated Hero Classics video-President Abraham
Lincoln 1993 Nest Entertainment, Inc. ISBN 1-56489078-3
Image Table
Illinois State Learning Standards
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English Language Arts
Goal 3 Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.
 3.A. Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation,
capitalization and structure.
 3.A.1 Construct complete sentences which
demonstrate subject/verb agreement; appropriate capitalization and punctuation; correct
spelling of appropriate, high-frequency words;
and appropriate use of the eight parts of speech.
 3.B. Compose well-organized and coherent writing for
specific purposes and audiences.
 3.B.1a Use prewriting strategies to generate and
organize ideas (e.g., focus on one topic;
organize writing to include a beginning, middle
and end; use descriptive words when writing
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about people, places, things, events).
 3.B.1b Demonstrate focus, organization,
elaboration and integration in written compositions (e.g., short stories, letters, essays, reports).
 3.C. Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a
variety of purposes.
 3.C.1a Write for a variety of purposes
including description, information, explanation,
persuasion and narration.
Goal 4 Listen and speak effectively in a variety of
situations.
 4.A. Listen effectively in formal and informal
situations.
 4.A.1a Listen attentively by facing the speaker,
making eye contact and paraphrasing what is
said.
 4.A.1b Ask questions and respond to questions
from the teacher and from group members to
improve comprehension.
 4.A.1d Use visually oriented and auditorily
based media.
 4.B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to
the situation and audience.
 4.B.1a Present brief oral reports, using
language and vocabulary appropriate to the
message and audience (e.g., show and tell).
 4.B.1b Participate in discussions around a
common topic.
Goal 5 Use the language arts to acquire, assess and
communicate information.
 5.A. Locate, organize, and use information from
various sources to answer questions, solve problems
and communicate ideas.
 5.A.1b Locate information using a variety of
resources.
 5.B. Analyze and evaluate information acquired from
various sources.
 5.B.1a Select and organize information from
various sources for a specific purpose.
 5.C. Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to
communicate in a variety of formats.
 5.C.1a Write letters, reports and stories based
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on acquired information.
5.C.1b Use print, nonprint, human and
technological resources to acquire and use
information.
Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and
movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United
States and other nations.
 16.A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and
interpretations.
 16.A.1a Explain the difference between past,
present and future time; place themselves in
time.
 16.A.1b Ask historical questions and seek out
answers from historical sources (e.g., myths,
biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork,
other visual or electronic sources).
 16.A.1c Describe how people in different times
and places viewed the world in different ways.
 16.B. Understand the development of significant
political events.
 16.B.1b (US) Explain why individuals, groups,
issues and events are celebrated with local, state
or national holidays or days of recognition (e.g.,
Lincoln’s Birthday, Martin Luther King’s
Birthday, Pulaski Day, Fourth of July,
Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day,
Thanksgiving).
 16.B.1 (W) Explain the contributions of
individuals and groups who are featured in
biographies, legends, folklore and traditions.
Goal 26: Through creating and performing,
understand how works of art are produced.
 26.B.Apply skills and knowledge necessary to create
and perform in one or more of the arts.
 26.B.1d Demonstrate knowledge and skills to
create visual works of art using manipulation,
eye-hand coordination, building and
imagination.
Goal 27: Understand the role of the arts in
civilizations, past and present.
 27.B. Understand how the arts shape and reflect
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history, society and everyday life.
 27.B.1 Know how images, sounds and
movement convey stories about people,
Procedures
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Day One:
Careers in a Hat (whole class activity)
 In a hat place thirteen different career pictures that
represent careers that Abraham Lincoln worked at
throughout his lifetime.
 The pictures will be laminated with a magnet attached
to the back.
 The students will take turns drawing pictures from a
hat. They will share the picture with the class, tell
what career they think is represented, and hang the
picture on the board.
 Turns will be taken until all careers have been drawn
out. Pictures that are included in the resource table
include:
 student, farmer, rail splitter, store clerk,
postmaster, representative, lawyer, union
soldier, speech writer, president, inventor, land
surveyor, and boat hand.
 When all of the pictures have been drawn challenge the
class to figure out who the person is who held all of the
jobs.
 Read A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln by David A.
Adler
Day Two:
Hats Off to Lincoln
Getting to Know You: A Primary Source Power Point
Presentation About the Careers of Abraham Lincoln
 Present the Hats Off to Lincoln Power Point using the
Smart Board. Utilize information from primary sources
and from the book Abraham Lincoln: The Boy the Man
to share stories and lead a discussion about each career
that Lincoln had.
 When the power point presentation and class
discussion have concluded give each group of children
a set of laminated career cards from the first day.
 Have the children try to put the cards in chronological
order based on the information gleaned from the
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discussion.
Day Three:
Lincoln Centers
30 minutes in length
1. Video Center: Watch the video President Abraham
Lincoln from Living History Productions, Inc.
2. Research: Use the primary source links and other
links that are provided to learn more about the
careers of Lincoln. Answer the questions on the
following worksheet:
Lincoln Career Research Links for Center Activity
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3. Log Cabin Construction: Give each child a small
Ziploc bag of pretzels sticks. Use the pretzel sticks
to construct a log cabin.
4. Play Tic Tac Toe Civil War Style: Purchase two
sets of colored stones in the craft section of a store.
The stones should be about one inch in diameter.
Make grids on poster board that are divided into
three rows of three squares each or nine sections
total. Laminate the boards for future use.
How to play the game: The object is to get three stones
in a row up and down, across, or diagonally. Give each
child three stone each (each child has one color). Have
the children sit across from each other. They each
place their stones in the three squares along the base of
the board on their side. They take turns moving the
stones one at a time into empty spaces that touch the
space the stone they are moving is currently in. When
someone gets three in a row they have won the game.
5. Use the Smart Board with the following activities:
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Play Lincoln Matching or Lincoln Concentration
Game.
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Answer multiple choice questions about Lincoln’s life.
Once the questions are answered they can be submitted
for immediate feedback.
http://mercury.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/
Visit this classroom website to learn more about
Lincoln.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidentsday/abraham-lincoln/scramblers/lincoln-memorial.html
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(Lincoln Memorial Puzzle Scramble)
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidentsday/abraham-lincoln/scramblers/log-cabin.html
(Log Cabin Puzzle Scramble)
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidentsday/abraham-lincoln/scramblers/reflections.html
(Lincoln Memorial Puzzle)
 http://www.apples4theteacher.com/wordfinds/abraham-lincoln.html
(Word Find)
6. The ABC’s of Lincoln’s Life
Brainstorm with your group to come up with words for
each letter of the alphabet that have to do with Lincoln.
Day Four and Five:
 Have children pick a career about one facet of
Lincoln’s life.
 To do this place a set of career cards in the Lincoln
stovepipe hat from day one.
 Have each student draw a career.
 Each student will illustrate their career and write a
short paragraph using the information they have
learned plus information from the classroom Lincoln
Library.
 These paragraphs need to include at least three relevant
facts about the career.
 Place these pictures on the wall in a time line.
 The rubric for scoring is included in the rubric section.
Day Six, Seven, and Eight:
 Have each student choose a career from Lincoln’s life.
They will then use Primary Sources, information they
have already acquired, and resources from the Lincoln
Presidential Classroom Library to write a brief
presentation at least one minute but no longer than one
and a half minutes in length about that career.
 Each child will dress up in clothes to depict that career.
A small colored laminated construction paper “ON”
button will be taped to each child’s arm. A live
Lincoln Hall of Fame will be set up in the classroom.
 Other classes will come to the Hall of Fame to learn
about Lincoln.
 Each student will stand frozen in a pose.
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When a student from a visiting class pushes the
laminated on button that student will give their sixty
second presentations about the career they are
representing.
The short speech will be written on the sixth day,
students will memorize and practice their speech on
day seven, and the class will present the information in
the Lincoln Hall of Fame on the eighth day.
Day Nine
 Cut out a black top hat from construction paper that
fills up most of the page.
 Write words around the hat that have to do with all of
the careers that Lincoln had.
 Use descriptive words and information.
Evaluation
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Use the following rubrics to assess student work:
 Lincoln Hall of Fame Rubric
 Career timeline paragraph and illustration rubric
Extension
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Activity One:
Set up a Lincoln Library in the corner of the room for
children to utilize during their free time. Books that
can be included in the Lincoln Library are on the
Lincoln Classroom Library list.
Book List for the Lincoln Classroom Library
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Activity Two:
Assign each student in the class a different president to
research using primary sources and other references
and books. The students will prepare a two minute
presentation about their president. A live Presidential
Hall of Fame will be set up for the purpose of
presenting the material in the same manner as in Day
five through seven.
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Activity Three:
Talk about different careers that members of the class
family have. Invite parents to come to the class to do
short presentations about their careers.
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Activity Four:
Take a trip to various businesses in your local town.
Have the proprietor of each business tell the class
information about their job. Take a tour of the facility
if possible. If taking walks to local businesses isn’t
feasible have local business leaders come to your class
to talk about their careers.
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Alternate Culminating Activity
A field trip to Springfield or New Salem can be taken.
In Springfield students can visit Lincoln’s home, the
museum, the Old State Capitol Building, the
Monument and Tomb, the depot, Lincoln’s pew, his
law office, and the Presidential Library.
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Book List for the Lincoln Classroom Library
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Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln 1989 Holiday House
Alter, Judy. Abraham Lincoln 2002 Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Armentroug, David and Patricia. People Who Make a Difference Abraham
Lincoln 1962 Rourke Publishing LLC
Brenner, Martha. Abe Lincoln’s Hat 1994 Scholastic, Inc.
Coblentz, Catherine Cate. Martin and Abraham Lincoln 1947 Childrens Press
Collier, James Lincoln. The Abraham Lincoln You Never Knew 2003 Children’s
Press
Freedman, Russell. Lincoln A Photobiography 1987 Ticknor & Fields, a
Houghton Mifflin Company
Fritz, Jean. Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln The Story of the Gettysburg Address
1993 Grosset and Dunlap
Gross, Ruth Belov. True Stories About Abraham Lincoln 1973 Scholastic, Inc.
Heinrichs, Ann. We the People The Emancipation Proclamation 2002 Compass
Point Books
Kunhardt, Malcah. Honest Abe1993 Greenwillow Books
Lee, Susan Dye. Heroes of the Civil War 1978 Children’s Press
Mara, Wil. Abraham Lincoln 2002 Children’s Press McGovern, Ann. …If You
Grew Up With Abraham Lincoln 1992 Scholastic, Inc.
Metzger, Larry. Abraham Lincoln 1987 Franklin Watts
Ostendorf, Lloyd. Abraham Lincoln The Boy the Man 1962 Phillip H. Wagner
Sandler, Martin M. Civil War 1996 Eagle Productions, Inc.
Stone, Tanya Lee. Abraham Lincoln 2005 DK Publishing, Inc.
Waber, Bernard. Just Like Abraham Lincoln 1964 Houghton Mifflin Company
Wallner, John and Alexandra. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln 1989 Holiday
Wargin, Katahy-jo. L is for Lincoln An Illinois Alphabet 2000 Sleeping Bear
Press
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Primary Resources from the Library of Congress
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Image
Description
PRESIDENT
LINCOLN,
WRITING THE
PROCLAMATION
OF FREEDOM.
January 1st, 1863.
Citation
After David G.
Blythe.
President Lincoln
Writing the
Proclamation of
Freedom, January 1,
1863.
Cincinnati: Ehrgott
and Forbriger, 1864.
Lithograph.
Prints and
Photographs Division.
Reproduction
Number: LC-USZC41425 (4-22)
Permanent URL
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Lincoln, taking a
break from splitting
rails
"Lincoln the rail
splitter." c1909. Prints
and Photographs
Division, Library of
Congress.
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brary.gov/aa/lincoln/a
a_lincoln_youth_2_e.
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Lincoln's "business
card"
Lincoln, Abraham.
"A. Lincoln. Attorney
and counselor at law.
Springfield, Illinois ...
My old customers,
and others, are no
doubt aware of the
terrible time I have
had in crossing the
stream, and will be
glad to know that I
will be back ... ready
to swap horses,
dispense law, make
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This print is based on
David Gilmore Blythe's
painting of Lincoln writing
the Emancipation
Proclamation. Blythe
imagined the President in a
cluttered study at work on
the document near an open
window draped with a flag.
His left hand is placed on a
Bible that rests on a copy
of the Constitution in his
lap. The scales of justice
appear in the left corner,
and a railsplitter's maul lies
on the floor at Lincoln's
feet.
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jokes split rails and
perform other matters
in a small way
[Business card of
Abraham Lincoln,
probably printed by
the Democratic
committee in 1864.]
[Springfield?]." 1864.
An American Time
Capsule: Three
Centuries of
Broadsides and Other
Printed Ephemera,
Library of Congress.
Lincoln's Sense of
J. F. Feeks, "Hey!
Humor
Uncle Abe, are you
Lincoln liked to tell
joking yet? Tunetales about his
"Johnny Cope." J. F.
experiences. After his Feeks, 26 Ann Street,
time as a soldier in the and 636 Broadway,
Black Hawk War,
New York. [n. d.]."
Lincoln joked that he
c1864. America
had seen no "live,
Singing: Nineteenthfighting Indians"
Century Song Sheets,
during the war but had Library of Congress.
"a good many bloody
struggles with the
mosquitoes." He knew
that laughing with
visitors helped break
the ice and that he
could tell a funny
story to avoid a
reporter's difficult
question. His sense of
humor was wellknown. Here are the
words to a song that
was inspired by
Lincoln, called "Hey!
Uncle Abe, are you
joking yet?" Keep in
mind that it was
written by members of
the political party that
opposed Lincoln's
reelection.
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Lincoln for President
poster from 1860
"For President
ABRAM LINCOLN.
For Vice President
HANNIBAL
HAMLIN." H.C.
Howard, 1860. Prints
and Photographs
Division, Library of
Congress.
Lincoln's student sum
book
‘Lincoln, Abraham.
"Page of Abraham
Lincoln's student sum
book, ca. 1824-26.
(Herndon-Weik
Collection of
Lincolniana)." Words
and Deeds in
American History:
Selected Documents
Celebrating the
Manuscript Division's
First 100 Years,
Library of Congress.
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brary.gov/aa/lincoln/a
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Abraham Lincoln
looking presidential in
1864
Brady National
Photographic Art
Gallery (Washington,
D.C.), photographer.
"Abraham Lincoln,
three-quarter length
portrait, standing,
facing left." 1864
January 8. Selected
Civil War
Photographs, 18611865, Library of
Congress.
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Lincoln's 1861
Inaugural Address
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The crowd gathered
before the east portico
of the unfinished
Capitol to glimpse
Lincoln's inaugural
ceremonies
"Washington, D.C.,
1861." [Lincoln
Inauguration.]
Copyprint deposit,
1861. American
Treasures of the
Library of Congress
exhibition.
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Lincoln's
Emancipation
Proclamation was
issued on January 1,
1863
The Strobridge Lith.
Co.,
Cincinnati."Abraham
Lincoln and his
Emancipation
Proclamation." c1888.
Prints and
Photographs Division,
Library of Congress.
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brary.gov/jb/civil/jb_c
ivil_subj_e.html
Mirror Lake in
Yosemite Valley
Hunt, Samuel
Valentine, engraver.
"Mirror Lake,
Yosemite Valley."
Steel engraving by
S.V. Hunt after
painting by Harry
Fenn. c1872. The
Evolution of the
Conservation
Movement, 18501920, Library of
Congress.
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Yosemite Land Grant
Signed
June 30, 1864
What would happen if
land were not
preserved? People
would probably
develop it and build
on it, right?
Fortunately, President
Abraham Lincoln saw
to it that no one would
develop Yosemite
when he signed the
Yosemite Land Grant
on June 30, 1864.
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This land grant, or
piece of legislation,
provided California
with 39,000 acres of
the Yosemite Valley
and the nearby
Mariposa Big Tree
Grove "upon the
express conditions
that the premises shall
be held for public use,
resort, and
recreation." Do you
know what has
happened to Yosemite
since then?
This is the first page
of the earliest-known
draft of Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
President Lincoln
Delivered the
Gettysburg Address
Lincoln, Abraham.
"Nicolay Copy" of the
Gettysburg Address.
1863. American
Treasures of the
Library of Congress.
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"The Only Known
Photograph Of
President Lincoln at
the dedication of the
Civil War cemetery at
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania,
November 19, 1863."
November 19, 1863.
Copy prints.
[Courtesy of Elizabeth
L. Hill, Chief, Still
Picture Branch,
National Archives,
and staff. Interpretive
Programs Office]. The
Gettysburg Address:
Photographs, Library
of Congress.
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The Homestead Act
Went Into Effect
May 20, 1862
Land available! Come
and get it! This poster
told Americans about
their opportunity to
claim land and farm it,
thanks to the Homestead
Act. President Abraham
Lincoln signed the
Homestead Act on May
20, 1862, to spur
Western migration. How
did a person get 160
acres of one's own? You
had to be a U.S. citizen
and 21 years of age. By
paying a filing fee of
$10 and residing on
your new farm in the
West for at least five
years, the land would be
yours. A great deal, but
it took 20 years to get
the Act passed.
"Millions of Acres.
Iowa and Nebraska.
Land for Sale on 10
years Credit by the
Burlington &
Missouri River R. R.
Co. at 6 per ct Interest
and Low Prices . . . "
Burlington &
Missouri River
Railroad Co., 1872.
An American Time
Capsule: Three
Centuries of
Broadsides and Other
Printed Ephemera,
American Memory
collections, Library of
Congress.
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When Johnny Comes
Marching Home
Again, Hurrah,
Hurrah!" Union
soldiers at the end of
the Civil War march
down Pennsylvania
Avenue in 1865
Brady, Mathew B.
"Washington, D.C.
Infantry unit with
fixed bayonets
followed by
ambulances passing
on Pennsylvania
Avenue near the
Treasury." 1865 May.
Selected Civil War
Photographs, 18611865, Library of
Congress.
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ivil_parade_1_e.html
Crowds surround
Lincoln (hat off) at
the cemetery in
Gettysburg on
November 19, 1863
before his speech in
this only known photo
of Lincoln at the event
"The Only Known
Photograph Of
President Lincoln at
the dedication of the
Civil War cemetery at
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania,
November 19, 1863."
November 19, 1863.
Copy prints.
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[Courtesy of Elizabeth
L. Hill, Chief, Still
Picture Branch,
National Archives,
and staff. Interpretive
Programs Office]. The
Gettysburg Address:
Photographs, Library
of Congress.
Allan Pinkerton, seen
here with President
Lincoln and Major
General John A.
McClernand, saved
Lincoln's life by
warning him of an
assassination attempt
Gardner, Alexander,
photographer. "Allan
Pinkerton, President
Lincoln, and Major.
General John A.
McClernand,
Antietam, Maryland
(another view)."
October 3, 1862.
Selected Civil War
Photographs, 18611865, American
Memory collections,
Library of Congress.
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Cheers for the end of
slavery in the District
of Columbia
F. Deilman.
"Celebration of the
abolition of slavery in
the District of
Columbia, by the
colored people in
Washington, April 19,
1866." Wood
engraving. from
Harper's Weekly, May
12, 1866. African
American Odyssey,
Library of Congress.
http://www.americasli
brary.gov/jb/civil/jb_c
ivil_abolitin_3_e.html
An Adventure of the American
Mind
Illinois State University
Postmaster Lincoln
PAUL M. ANGLE,
Librarian,
Illinois State
Historical Library.
http://www.wedevelo
psolutions.com/Ranso
m/Illpaintings.htm#Po
stmaster%20Lincoln
Lincoln visits General
McClellan at
Antietam.
[Stereograph]
Civil War Treasures
from the New-York
Historical Society,
[Digital ID, e.g.,
nhnycw/ad ad04004]
http://memory.loc.gov
/ammem/ndlpcoop/nh
ihtml/cwnyhshome.ht
ml
DN-0007092,
Chicago Daily News
negatives collection,
Chicago Historical
Society.
http://memory.loc.gov
/cgibin/query/r?ammem/c
wnyhs:@field(DOCI
D+@lit(ad08005))
The Posey Building
of Shawneetown,
Illinois, in which
Abraham Lincoln and
Robert Ingersoll had
law offices.
Library of Congress,
Prints & Photographs
Division, FSA-OWI
Collection,
[reproduction number,
e.g., LC-USF351326]
http://memory.loc.gov
/cgibin/query/r?ammem/f
saall:@field(NUMBE
R+@band(fsa+8c512
42))
[Print of Abraham
Lincoln reading to his
wife and son, light
exposure].
DN-0007089,
Chicago Daily News
negatives collection,
Chicago Historical
Society.
http://memory.loc.gov
/cgibin/query/r?ammem/c
dn:@field(NUMBER
+@band(ichicdn+n00
7089))
Print depicting
Abraham Lincoln as a
boy sitting by a
hearth, reading, text
on the image reads:
duplicate].
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/c
dn:@field(NUMBER
+@band(ichicdn+n00
7092))
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Letter from Abraham
Lincoln to his Cabinet
Members, August 23,
1864.
Library of Congress.
Manuscript Division.
The Papers of
Abraham Lincoln.
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/p
in:@field(NUMBER+
@band(mssmisc+pin2
201))
The first reading of
the Emancipation
Proclamation before
the cabinet / painted
by F.B. Carpenter ;
engraved by A.H.
Ritchie
Library of Congress,
Prints and
Photographs Division
[reproduction number,
e.g., LC-USZ62110212]20540 USA
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/p
resp:@field(NUMBE
R+@band(cph+3a058
02))
EMANCIPATION.
Published by S. Bott,
No. 43 South Third
Street, Philadelphia,
Penna.
Entered . . . 1865, by
J.W. Umpehent . . .
Pennsylvania.
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/a
aodyssey:@field(NU
MBER+@band(app+
3a06245))
Published in:
American political
prints, 1766-1876 /
Bernard F. Reilly.
Boston : G.K. Hall,
1991, entry 1865-3.
Lincoln's speech at
Gettysburg [sound
recording]
New York: E.
Berliner's
Gramophone , 1898
September 21
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/b
erl:@field(NUMBER
+@band(berl+136012
))
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Lincoln taking the
oath at his second
inauguration, March
4, 1865.
Library of Congress
Prints and
Photographs Division
Washington, D.C.,
20540 USALCUSZ62-2578 DLC
(b&w film copy neg.)
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/cgibin/query/r?ammem/p
in:@field(NUMBER+
@band(cph+3a06250)
)
President Lincoln and
his Cabinet. (on back)
[Pictorial envelope
Civil War Treasures
from the New-York
PR-022-3-2939Historical Society,
http://memory.loc.gov
/cgibin/query/r?ammem/c
wnyhs:@field(DOCI
D+@lit(aj29039))
Pennsylvania. Site
where Abraham
Lincoln delivered the
Gettysburg Address
II.
Library of Congress,
Prints and
Photographs Division,
Theodor Horydczak
Collection [please
give the reproduction
number, e.g., LCH824-0224].
What’s in the News?
http://memory.loc.gov
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oryd:@field(NUMBE
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Under Abraham
Lincoln, farming truly
became a science. In
1862, the U.S.
Department of
Agriculture was
established. Its goals
were to collect and
study seeds, plants,
soils, and animals, to
test new farm
equipment, and to
advise farmers on all
agricultural matters.
Penn State Public
Broadcasting
http://witn.psu.edu/arti
cles/article.phtml?arti
cle_id=204&show_id
=2
Show #2603 Feature:
On the Farm Side
June 21, 2007
That same year,
Congress passed the
Morrill Land Grant Act,
a law that directed the
federal government to
give large pieces of land
to states to build
colleges of agriculture.
The “land grant
colleges” as they were
called, evolved into
some of the nation’s
best known universities
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explore New Salem,
the pioneer village
where Lincoln lived
as a young adult
try out several
occupations -- clerk,
laborer, merchant,
postmaster, surveyor,
before focusing
exclusively on law
and politics.
Lincoln the Boat
Hand
Abraham Lincoln On
Line-Historic Places –
2007
http://showcase.netins.
net/web/creative/linco
ln/sites/salem.htm
© 1995 - 2007 by
Abraham Lincoln
Online.
June 21, 2007
Lincoln HomeNational Historic Site
Illinois National Park
Service U.S.
Department of the
InteriorAuthor: Web
Site Volunteer Mike
BallardCreated:
August, 1998
http://www.nps.gov/ar
chive/liho/newsalem.h
tm
June 21, 2007
The Lincolns in
Springfield: 18371847
Lincoln in
Congress1847-1849
Lincoln HomeNational Historic Site
Illinois National Park
Service U.S.
Department of the
Interior
http://www.nps.gov/ar
chive/liho/spring1.htm
June 21, 2007
http://www.nps.gov/ar
chive/liho/spring2.htm
The Lincolns in
Springfield 18491861
The Formative Years
1809-1830
The Papers of
Abraham LIncoln
http://www.nps.gov/ar
chive/liho/congress.ht
m
http://www.nps.gov/ar
chive/liho/spring2.htm
A Project of the
Illinois Historic
Preservation
Agency2004-2007
June 21, 2007
http://www.thelincolnl
og.org/view/1836/6
http://www.thelincolnl
og.org/view/1836/5
http://www.thelincolnl
og.org/view/1836/4
http://www.thelincolnl
og.org/view/1836/6
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og.org/view/1835/9
Adin, Baber. Lincoln
http://www.abelincoln
With Compass and
.com/surveyor_book.h
Chain updated edition tml
The Lincoln Surveyor
Statue Project
Illinois Professional
Land Surveyors
Association
203 South Walnut
Street -- P.O. Box 588
Rochester, Illinois
62563-0588
IPLSA Executive
Director
Robert E. Church
(217) 498-8102
mchurch245@aol.co
m
Abe Lincoln, Inventor
Filed under: History
— @ 9:16 am
Source: Popular
Mechanics 3-1924
http://blog.modernme
chanix.com/2007/04/0
4/abraham-lincolninvent
12 August 2002
http://www.faem.com/
maguire/eliteams.htm
Elite American
Political Leaderships
in the 19th and 20th
Centuries.
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Mr. Earley develops
an important theme in
his article
"Remembering
American Wars"
Knob Creek Farm
Text and photos ©
2007 Abraham
Lincoln Online
Text and photos ©
2007 Abraham
Lincoln Online
http://showcase.netins.
net/web/creative/linco
ln/sites/knob.htm
Knob Creek Farm
Text and photos ©
2007 Abraham
Lincoln Online
Text and photos ©
2007 Abraham
Lincoln Online
http://showcase.netins.
net/web/creative/linco
ln/sites/knob.htm
Abraham Lincoln Legislature
http://sc94.ameslab.go
v/TOUR/alincoln.html
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CAREER TIME LINE PARAGRAPH
FACTS
MECHANICS
SPELLING
ILLUSTRATION
4
At least 4
accurate facts
are included
about the
career.
No punctuation
or
capitalization
errors.
3
At least 3
accurate facts
are included
about the
career.
No more than
two
punctuation or
capitalization
errors.
No spelling
No more than
errors.
two spelling
errors.
Illustration is
Illustration is
neatly drawn
neatly drawn
and colored. It and colored. It
includes small includes the
details. The
major points.
picture is titled The picture is
with the career. titled with the
career.
2
At least 2
accurate facts
are included
about the
career.
No more than
four
punctuation or
capitalization
errors.
No more than
four spelling
errors.
Illustration is
drawn and
colored. The
picture is titled
with the career.
1
At least 1
accurate facts
are included
about the
career.
No more than
six punctuation
or
capitalization
errors.
No more than
six spelling
errors.
Illustration is
done quickly
and is messy.
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Lincoln Hall of Fame Rubric
4
Presentation is
one to one and
a half minutes
in length.
Attire is
appropriate
attire for the
career that you
are
representing
and props are
present.
Stays on task
all of the time.
3
Presentation is
50 to 59
seconds in
length.
An attempt
was made to
dress like your
career and a
few items
were brought
in.
2
Presentation is
40 to 49
seconds in
length.
A few items
were brought
that loosely tie
in with your
career.
1
Presentation is
less than 40
seconds in
length.
No attempt was
made to dress
in your career
or bring in
items that are
used in the
career.
Stays on task
most of the
time.
Makes contact Makes contact
with the
with the
audience and
audience and
stays in
stays in
character all of character most
the time.
of the time.
Stays on task
some of the
time.
Makes contact
with the
audience and
stays in
character some
of the time.
Spends much
of the time off
task.
Out of
character most
of the time.
PREPAREDNESS
Completely
prepared and
well
rehearsed.
Prepared well,
but could us a
few more
rehearsals.
Unprepared
and
unrehearsed.
CONTENT
All of the
information is
accurate.
Most of the
information is
accurate.
Somewhat
prepared, but
it’s clear that
the student
needs to
rehearse more.
Some of the
information is
accurate.
TIME
ATTIRE
ON TASK
IN CHARACTER
The
information is
inaccurate and
the student is
misinformed.
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Cards to make career day matching activity for centers.
FARMER
STUDENT
STORE CLERK
RAIL SPLITTER
POSTMASTER
LAWYER
SPEECH WRITER
UNION SOLDIER
PRESIDENT
BOAT HAND
STATE AND
NATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE
INVENTOR
LAND SURVEYOR
Lincoln Career Research Links for Center Activity
Links to short excerpts about each career that Lincoln had.
Directions
Click on the links below and use the suggested resources to find out
information about the careers that Lincoln had in his lifetime? Fill the
information in on the hard paper copy of the chart.
FARMER
 Since Lincoln spent part of his life farming he understood the importance of
agriculture. When he was the president what department did he start to
study plants and animals and to advise farmers?
____________________________________________________________
 What state did Lincoln live in when he farmed? _____________________
http://www.nal.usda.gov/lincolns-agricultural-legacy
STORE CLERK
 Where did Lincoln have his career as a store clerk?
___________________________________________________________
 What age did he arrive at the trading post where he worked as a store clerk?
____________________________________________________________
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/salem.htm
POSTMASTER
 How much money did Lincoln make his last year as postmaster?
__________________________________________________________
 How many people had letters sitting in the post office in April 1836 that
were unclaimed? _____________________________________________
 How many days of the week does Lincoln work? Which days are they?
____________________________________________________________
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/quiz696.htm
SPEECH WRITER
 What is Lincoln wearing on his feet? _____________________________
 What is Lincoln’s left hand resting on? ___________________________
 What is in the left hand corner of the picture? _____________________
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PRESIDENT
 What famous address that says our country has a new birth of freedom did
Lincoln give in 1863? _________________________________________
 Who did Lincoln pay tribute to in the address?
___________________________________________________________
 What three things did people have to do to get land under the Homestead
Act?
___________________________________________________________
 What did the Emancipation Proclamation end? _____________________
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/gettysbg_2
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/gettysbg_1
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/homested_1
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil
LAND SURVEYOR
 How much money did Lincoln make for one and a half days of work
surveying land by Pekin, Illinois? ________________________________
 What book documents Lincoln’s life as a land surveyor?
____________________________________________________________
http://www.thelincolnlog.org/view/1836/6
http://www.abelincoln.com/surveyor_book.html
INVENTOR
 What type of invention did Lincoln create?
____________________________________________________________
 How old was he when he began inventing his invention? ______________
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/04/04/abraham-lincoln-inventor/
STATE AND NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
 What year did Lincoln start representing Illinois General Assembly?
____________________________________________________________
 What party did Lincoln represent in the US House of Representatives?
____________________________________________________________
 Why was Lincoln unpopular in 1847?
____________________________________________________________
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/spring1.htm
BOAT HAND
 What type of boat did Lincoln work on when he traveled down the
Sangamon River? _____________________________________________
 Where was the boat traveling to? _________________________________
 What did Lincoln do when his boat got stuck?
____________________________________________________________
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/newsalem.htm
UNION SOLDIER
 What song did the soldiers march down Pennsylvania Avenue to at the end
of the Civil War? _____________________________________________
 What war did Lincoln serve in? __________________________________
 What was his rank in the military? ________________________________
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/civil/parade_1
http://www.faem.com/maguire/eliteams.htm
LAWYER
 What joke did the democratic party play on Lincoln?
____________________________________________________________
 Was Lincoln successful at everything he tried? ______________________
 Did Lincoln win every case he tried? _______________ If he didn’t, how
many cases did he lose? _______________________________________
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln/youth_3
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln/humor_1
STUDENT
 About how long did Lincoln attend school? _______________________
 How far would Lincoln travel to borrow a book? __________________
 What did Lincoln use for an arithmetic book when he went to school in
Indiana? ____________________________________________________
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln/youth_1
RAIL SPLITTER
 What state did Lincoln live in when he became a rail splitter?
____________________________________________________________
 Where was the first ground that Lincoln cleared?
____________________________________________________________
 What did Lincoln do after he was a rail splitter?
____________________________________________________________
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln/youth_2
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