Saturday, June 27, 2009

Abraham Lincoln

We haven't been doing as much Summer Homeschooling as I had planned, but we've been sort of informally continuing our American History lessons. This past week, we started learning about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by reading the following books:

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This is a great year for learning about Lincoln, since it has been 200 years since he was born and there have been new websites and books made to celebrate his bicentennial.



If you would like to make a diorama of a scene from Lincoln's life, the state of Illinois offers free print-outs for paper models of buildings that were significant to Lincoln's life, as well as other historic Illinois buildings.

Illinois Historic Building Models

For Middle School and High School aged children, there is this on-line activity about the difficult choices that Lincoln had to make

Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads






"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? "
- Abraham Lincoln
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2 comments:

  1. dawn klingeJune 27, 2009 at 10:34 PM

    Those are all great books. I think I've read all of them with my daughter. Those building models are so cool; thanks for the link.

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  2. TammyJune 30, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    I didn't know it had been 200 years...this is definitely a good year to learn about him! I bet your son will really enjoy it.

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