Title: Abraham Lincoln

Type of teaching unit: Lesson Plan

Grade Level: Second and Third Grades

Time Frame: 4 days

Subject Matter: Social Science

Lesson Methods

 

Teacher Information:

Names: Stacy Brase and Shannon Weber

Schools: Midway Elementary and Hamel Elementary

AAM affiliation: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Email addresses: sbrase@ecusd7.org and sweber@ecusd7.org

 

Lesson Plan Description and Rationale:

The importance of our past presidents is an intregal part of our social science

curriculum. The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to our 16th

President, Abraham Lincoln. The students will understand how Abraham Lincoln

influenced our country and the reason for his memorial in Washington, D.C.

 

State Standards:

State Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals, and movements shaping

the history of Illinois, the United States, and other nations.

State Goal 16A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

 

Objectives:

1.    Students will appreciate the importance of our 16th President, Abraham

Lincoln.

2.    Students will view various primary sources.

3.    Students will acquire knowledge about Abraham Lincoln through books

and classroom resources.

4.    Students will understand the importance of monuments and memorials.

 

Resources:

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. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cwar:@field(NUMBER+@band(cwp+4a40821)). (intermediary roll film) cwp 4a40821. February 2004.

Gottscho, Samuel H. 1875-1971, (Samuel Herman), photographer. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Detail of statue. 1932 Oct. 25. Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gottscho:@field(NUMBER+@band(gsc+5a02022)). (intermediary roll film) gsc 5a02022 urn:hdl:loc.pnp/gsc.5a02022 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/gsc.5a02022. February 2004.

Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc., photographer. Washington, District of Columbia. Lincoln Memorial at night. 1935 Nov. 19. Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America: Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gottscho:@field(NUMBER+@band(gsc+5a02692)). (intermediary roll film) gsc 5a02692 urn:hdl:loc.pnp/gsc.5a02692 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/gsc.5a02692. February 2004.

Hooley, W. F. (performer). Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg [sound recording]. New York: E. Berliner's Gramophone , 1898 September 21. Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/berl:@field(NUMBER+@band(berl+136012)). February 2004.

 

Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Frances Loeb Library, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138. Lincoln Memorial, aerial view: Lincoln memorial and basin, West Potomac Park (west end of the Mall), Washington, DC. Building/structure/site dates: 1911; (completed)1922. American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/alad:@field(DOCID+@lit(h22574)). mhsdalad 240069. February 2004.

 

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. [People standing on the steps in front of the home of Abraham Lincoln]. [1924]. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n078337)). (original negative) ichicdn n078337. February 2004.

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. [Crowds walking in front of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln]. [1924]. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n078336)). (original negative) ichicdn n078336. February 2004.

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. [Abraham Lincoln's stovepipe hat and umbrella sitting on a table]. 1926. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n080728)). (original negative) ichicdn n080728. February 2004.

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer. [Print of Abraham Lincoln reading to his wife and son, dark exposure]. 1909. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n007093)). (original negative) ichicdn n007093. February 2004.

 

Websites:

Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com

White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov

 

Books:

 

 

Abe Lincoln’s Hat by: Martha Brenner

 

 

 

Symbols of Freedom: The Lincoln Memorial by: Tristan Boyer Binns

 

Methods:

1.    Students will listen to the primary source of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

and predict who gave this famous speech.

2.    Students will complete a KWL chart on what they Know and questions of

what they Want to know about Abraham Lincoln.

3.    Students will view some primary sources of Abraham Lincoln’s life

through a PowerPoint presentation and discuss how life was different when

Abe was a child compared to life now.

4.    Students will research facts about Lincoln’s life using books and other

resources in the classroom.

5.    Students will complete a mini-book on Abe Lincoln (downloaded from

http://www.enchantedlearning.com).

6. Students will complete their KWL chart on what they Learned about

Abraham Lincoln.

7. Students will create a timeline of Lincoln’s life using the facts and dates

they found.

8. Students will write an expository paragraph about Lincoln’s life.

9. Teacher will read Abe Lincoln’s Hat and discuss the importance of this

hat to Mr. Lincoln.

10. Students will be shown a primary source of Abe Lincoln’s stovepipe hat.

11. Students will create a stovepipe hat out of construction paper.

12.  Students will cut apart their paragraph into sentence strips.

13.  Students will put their sentence strips into the hat of a neighbor.

14. The neighbor will pull out the sentence strips from Abe’s hat and put the

sentences in order to form an expository paper of Lincoln’s life.

15.  Students will understand the importance of monuments by reading the

book Symbols of Freedom: The Lincoln Memorial by: Tristan Boyer Binns

and by viewing the primary sources of the Lincoln Memorial.

 

Evaluation:

1.    Students will complete the mini-book on Abraham Lincoln (downloaded

from http://www.enchantedlearning.com).

2.    Students will create a timeline of Lincoln’s life.

3.    Students will write an expository paper of the facts that they have found.

 

Keywords for this lesson: Abraham Lincoln, Honest Abe, 16th President,

Springfield