LEARNING LINCOLN ON-LINE

BY HOWARD TAYLOR

CHAPTER TWO-B:  PRESIDENTIAL YEARS AND THE CIVIL WAR

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LEARNING ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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Commander & Chief & OTHER SUBJECTS ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR

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1.  Abraham Lincoln, student of war

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2.  The Great Generals of the Civil War from West Point

 

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3.  Great Battles lost and won

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4.  Statistics on Casualties

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5.  Frederick Douglass & Black Soldiers of the Civil War

 

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6.  The Air Balloon for spying

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7.  The United States Military Railroad System: the first railroad war

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8.  Allan Pinkerton, America’s First Private Eye; Union spies during the Civil War

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9.  Finding the lost copy of the Gettysburg Address Treasure Hunt

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10.  President Lincoln Leads the War

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11.  The Higher Moral Ground:  Questions for consideration

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12.  Lincoln and his command

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13.  Civil War politics and the President

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14.  Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction;  Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction

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15.  Reading Abraham Lincoln’s Writing:  It’s your turn now   (from primary sources in original handwriting)  Gettysburg Address; Acceptance Speech; the Emancipation Proclamation

 

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16.  Hail to the Chief Project:  Comparing Presidents:  Which president do you think was or is best?

 

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17.  Lincoln and Abolitionism (Hodges’ letter from the Library of Congress

 

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18.  America’s White House:  Before and after the 16th President:  Student job and comparison chart

 

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19.  The Great Locomotive Chase Resource and Activity

 

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20.  America’s First Ladies:  a learning activity     Guidelines and challenge questions

 

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A First Ladies of America on-line puzzle

 

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21.  Mt. Rushmore Memorial and Gutzon Borglum Learning Activity

 

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22.  Stone Mountain, Georgia Confederate Memorial

 

Appendix

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23.  Lincolns bits and Pieces from his famous speeches

 

   

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24.  Lincoln Readings, the Springfield Years

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24.  Lincoln Readings, the Presidential Years