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INTRODUCTION
The Thomas and Nancy Lincoln family was composed of the parents, Sarah,
Abraham
and later Dennis Hanks, cousin. Thomas Lincoln died at
birth.
The family grieved the loss of baby Thomas before leaving their home in
Kentucky.
In this activity students will
read
from three books and then use some Internet sites to figure out what
life
was like in the time of Abraham Lincoln as a young boy and man.
LEARNERS
This
activity
is planned for the Primary Grades (late 1st through 3rd Grades, and
possibly
4th Grade). The learners should be able to read and comprehend
the
books listed as resources in this activity.
STANDARDS
This
activity
will help to achieve goals in Reading, Writing, Language Arts and the
Fine
Arts. You can connect practically any of the Illinois Learning
Standards
to this lesson, and adopt the activity to your own curriculum and
content.
In otherwords, this activity allows freedom of the teacher to use it as
you would like, and connect to standards as you see the connection.
PROCESS
Using a
combination
of print books, and selected websites on the Hotlist, students
will
compile information on a special
Notepad . A simple "acknowlegement of source" format will be
used on the
form, to help students learn to give credit to sources at an early
age.
The teacher should stress "not copying" but "re-writing" from source
material.
Teachers may want to do this
on-line project with small groups. Be sure to have a heterogenous
group of ability, with a job for all members. One member of the
group could
be the recorder of information, another the "Internet Specialist,"
another
head "artist." You can invent your own group jobs.
The Thomas Lincoln Family
Project
is planned for students to enter back into the time of being a pioneer
child,
and learn about the things a child back then would do and have.
The
students will hopefully gain a deep respect and knowledge of how tough
life
was in pioneer life. Secondly, they will gain an understanding of
the life of Abraham Lincoln as a child and young man.
FINAL PRODUCT
Each individual or group should
end
up with a technology (computer/software) generated product in which the
information gained from the research can be displayed and
reported.
Here are some suggestions that would be really nice:
- Student or Group word processor created book
with computer images from the Internet, original art scanned. The
text
can be typed in the word processor, images attached, and printed.
- Student or Group Hyperstudio or Power Point
presentation.
- Student or Group dioramas produced with some
computer printed images, original art, found objects-- but with
information gained
from the Internet and the books
- A class play (real actors or puppets), written
and produced by the students with information gained from their research
EVALUATION
Using a simple rubric that includes the
goals/objectives of your own project with methods and media of doing it would
make the best assessment tool.
THE RESOURCES
Books:
Ann McGovern, ". . .If You
Grew
Up With Abraham Lincoln" Illustrated by George Ulrich,
Scholastic,
Inc. 1992, ISBN 0-500-45154-5
Lloyd Ostendorf, "Abraham
Lincoln
The Boy The Man" Illustrated by Lloyd Ostendorf, Phillip H.
Wagner,
Publisher, Wagner Office Systems, 2800-2 S. 6th St. 62703 1962
Amy L. Cohn & Suzy
Schmidt,
"Abraham Lincoln" Pictures by David A. Johnson Scholastic
Press,
N.Y. ISBN 0-590-93566-6
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