ABE UNIT
To begin the unit, I sent home a
note to the parents stating that
the child and I were collecting
information on Abe Lincoln. As the
children bring information in, it is
placed in our display area.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Alec’s great, great, great, great
grandfather was a Civil War Soldier. He
brought in documents about his
grandfather, Abe and the Civil War.
I created an Abe Lincoln Power point Show. We viewed it as a
class, then they watched in individually.
The History Place on the Internet
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
The class documented information we found
on Abe. I had former children of mine
came in and read the Abe Lincoln Books
they created the year before.
Language Skills (Nouns)
We listed “THE PLACES” that Abe is associated with.
One initial activity was a web about Abe’s childhood. We read a couple
of books and then we listed facts about his boyhood. Each child had
to create an ABE WEB using any of the facts.
• Centers are
a part of my
classroom.
One example of my Group Center – This one had
the children labeling two maps. The students are
labeling the North and South regions on their
maps (1860) map. Then on a separate empty US
map, they had to color the four places Lincoln
lived in his life.
I usually have four
groups or centers
1.
2.
3.
4.
Computer Group
Seat work
Group Activity
Guided Reading
Sequence – Using Power Point photos of events in his
life. Individually, the students had to place these in
the correct order.
Then we looked at
his childhood. Using
KIDSPIRATION,
the children had to
list “FACTS” about
his childhood.
They had to know
their source.
Math Lesson – To
demonstrate Lincoln’s 6
foot 4 inch height, we
measured the board
with a basketball
player. We were
learning about
measuring with inch
rulers, so we converted
Abe’s height to 76
inches tall and marked
how tall Abe was on the
cut out.
Using the power point I created, I printed it
putting two slides on one page. Then I made “ABE”
guided reading books to read during center time.
As and ART Project, we used the “Community
Construction Kit” CD and we created a house that
looked liked a log cabin. We printed it and they
constructed their log cabin.
Another ART project was our ABE
STAMPS. Using KID PIX the students had
to create ABE stamps they would have
liked to see designed.
Then I took the original slides from my MS Power point Show
and deleted my words. The students then labeled each photo.
Our Abe
Word
Bank is
placed on
the
computer
to assist
them in
labeling.
Using
the word
bank, I
created
an ABC
Order
Review
Test
One final
project
included our
completed
research
paper.
(Microsoft Word
Document)
Using Microsoft Word, the students had to create questions
they would like to ask ABE.
On the INTERNET, the students were able to
take an electronic practice test on ABE.