STUDENT "JOBS" LISTING #1:

      A.  Go to:  http://www.alincolnlearning.us/travelthetrail.html  and/or http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/cgcc/projects/bright/lincoln01.htm    to see a map and timeline of Abraham Lincoln growing up and ending up in Illinois and later Washington D.C.  Make a simple timeline of your own emphasizing the major events.  Include at the beginning of your Lincoln Notebook.

B.  Go to:  http://www.alincolnlearning.us/Learninglikeabe_student.html to see many activities and resources that describe how Lincoln learned as a boy, and never stopped even into adulthood.

      C.  Go to: http://www.pacificnet.net/%7Ejohnr/aesop/aesopsel.html   Read three Aesop’s Fables on-line.  Write the title of the fable, a very short story synopsis, and the moral that was provided.  Place these in your notebook.

      D.  Go to:   http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/george-washington/short-stories/the-cherry-tree.html  Read the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.  This is from the book that young Abe read by M.L. Weems.  Write a very short synopsis, and maybe illustrate it with a cherry tree cut down.  Place in your notebook.

      E.  Go to: http://www.alincolnlearning.us/Math.html  Do the math problems as Abe would have done, and put your work into your notebook.

      F.  Go to:  http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/cgcc/projects/bright/lincoln01.htm    Make a timeline of Lincoln’s life including only major items.  The timeline could be done in WORD with a table.  Make it simple and clear, much as the example on the web link.   Place the timeline at the very beginning of the notebook collection.

STUDENT JOBS LISTING #2 

      A.  Go to:  http://www.alincolnlearning.us/lawyeract.html    Complete the Lincoln the Lawyer trivia hunt.  Use the links provided to find the answers.  Try to finish this in one class period.

 

      B.  Go to:  http://www.alincolnlearning.us/Hatactivity.html   Look at the picture gallery of judges and fellow lawyers that Abe practiced law with on the circuit.  Read two of the famous cases that Lincoln worked in.  Join up with two or three others, and try the case in your group.  Was the person guilty.  How should judgment be rendered.

 

      C.  Go to: http://www.alincolnlearning.us/lawyer.html   Look over the web-links about the courthouses that Abe practiced in.  No work required here. Just enjoy the pictures and descriptions of courthouses from log structures to brick structures.

STUDENT JOB LISTING #3--   LINCOLN’S PRESIDENCY  

      A.  Memorize the Gettysburg Address and present it to the class when you are ready.  Go Here to find a copy.

 

      B.  Go to the Commander & Chief site http://www.alincolnlearning.us/Lincoln-Commander&Chief.html   and write a paragraph to put in your notebook describing what “A Higher Moral Ground”  means, according to the site where you go to find out and “to you personally.”

 

      C.  Choose one or more of the “five problems” facing President Lincoln as he took office, and during the Civil War.  Write a ½ page description of the problems) you chose and include that in your notebook.

       D.  Go to the “Slavery in America” website at http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212661/    and go through the ten sub-hyperlinks to learn about slavery.  Write a one-page essay stating what you think about slavery and how Lincoln finally handled it.  What was the Amendment that finally ended slavery in the U.S.A.?

 Be sure to include your essay in your Lincoln Notebook

      E.  The Civil War and the enlistment and use of Black soldiers for the first time.  Go to http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212661/id28.htm     Answer the 13 questions with short answers and place this in your notebook.

 

      F.  Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as we all know.  Go to http://www.alincolnlearning.us/travelthetrail.html  and go to step 7 in the time line.  Write a one-page description of the assassination of the 16^th President.  You can write more if you wish.  Include this sad ending to our study of Abraham Lincoln in your notebook.

 

      G.  The Gettysburg Address--Go to the Gettysburg Address Link and study the vocabulary and meaning of this great speech.  Memorize it and present it for your class, or whoever will listen.