Great Readings to Learn about Abraham Lincoln and his times while in Springfield

"By the Light of the Fire "    BY HOWARD TAYLOR

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READINGS

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Search this photo of President Lincoln by clicking objects or details and find "14" interesting readings concerning the President during his Springfield years.  Print this page if you like and check off each reading as you find them.  You will then read the articles and complete part two  by answering the questions about each reading. 

Three Lincoln-in-Springfield study areas will be planne.    Included in each area will be a short reading that provides information to complete the activity in the Study Area.  Also will be displays of pictures, documents and other items to illustrate the Study Area.
The articles for each area will be printed in a booklet form. 
Here are the Study Areas with themes and activity for each:
1. Life with the Lincolns in Springfield 1840's through late 1859's:  Mary's social life; The Lincoln boys; Politics of the times; The Lincolns leave Springfield in 1861.   The girls will get to learn about Mary and her sister Elizabeth's social life, cooking, the "fan" and the "gloves."  Boys will learn about the Lincoln household including food, boys' play, and the Lincoln animals, as well as appropriate behavior for teen boys in Springfield high society.
2. Life for a black person in Illinois during the 1840's and 1850's:  The Fugitive Slave Law and the Black Laws of Illinois.  Students will consider Illinois in a new light--a dark light.  Illinois was a free state, but African-Americans were often in-danger in this state.  What was it like to be a free-man in Illinois, or a runaway slave?
3. Abraham's law career, his law office, the 8th Circuit, famous cases. Who was Lincoln's most important client?  What kind of cases did he take on?  What was the 8th Circuit?  Who was Judge David Davis?  Four famous cases to consider. 

 Good luck finding and reading the readings.  PRINT VERSION

President Abraham Lincoln, 1863

Lincoln's right eye       Lincolns glasses       Lincoln's bow tie       Lincoln's right ear       Lincolns left eye       Table Top       Book       Cloth       Lincoln's watch chain       Lincoln's mouth       Lincoln's nose       Lincoln's beard       Table stand         Lincoln's left arm

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