2-12-2012 Lincoln's 203rd Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABRAHAM LINCOLN!!

Suggested Activities for Lincoln's Birthday

1.     Lincoln Unit from Great American History

2.     Listen to and discuss the Gettysburg Address

3.     Read and discuss the Emancipation Proclamation 

4.     Read and discuss Lincoln's View of Government

5.     The Presidential Election of 1864 political cartoon

6.     Will the real Abraham Lincoln please stand up?

7.     Lincoln Lessons

8.     CSPAN Video Lesson Plan

9.     Lincoln was 6'4", how do your students measure up, other presidents, or his contemporaries?

President's Day Activities

1.     Write "If I Were President" poetry or essays

2.     Construct acrostic poems using the words American, Lincoln, or President

3.     Create a timeline of a President's life.

4.     Write letters to the President

5.     Have students create Presidential Trading Cards

6.     Produce commercials to earn votes for their President being elected Best President Ever.

7.     Create biographical Glogs on Presidents

8.     Compare/Contrast to our current President

9.     Brief description of how the President is elected from Enchanted Learning

10. President's Day on Primary Games

11. President's Day Crossword Puzzle

12. President's Day Web Quest

Resources, Articles, and Videos

1.     Abraham Lincoln's On-Line Library

2.     Presidential Library and Museum

3.     White House .gov - Lincoln

4.     Biography.com - Lincoln

5.     Miller Center - Abraham Lincoln

6.     The History Place

7.     Spartacus Educational

8.     Lincoln's Assassination 

9.     BrainPop jr.

10. A great site created by Mrs. Payton's Class

Please post a comment below if you have a site or lesson idea to share for teaching these concepts.  I would love your input!