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Learning Like Abe:  Read'n, Writ'n and Cipher'n
History On-Line Activity by Howard Taylor

READ'N
1819, WITH ABE LINCOLN (LEARNING ACTIVITY)
BY HOWARD TAYLOR

While with the Lincoln family, you will have to share a book with Abe.  He has a lot of trouble finding good books to read.  Tonight he has these great books to read.  Do the activity and pages given to you by your teacher, or use the links for these titles as provided.  Aesop's Fables by Aesop You will also write your own fables using actual MORALS provided by Aesop himself. Lincoln & Excerpts of Aesop Shakespeare's Hamlet The Love of Shakespeare Handout Activity A. Lincoln on Shakespeare: “To be, or not to be” was less impressive than the murderer Claudius’s speech beginning “Oh, my offence is rank.” Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, 1678 (Read an excerpt here) The Biography of George Washington with Curious Antecdotes  Cherry Tree Edition by M.L. Weems 1800 Lincoln and George Washington Autobiography of Ben Franklin  Lincoln & Excerpts of Franklin   The Kings James Version of the Holy Bible, 1611 compiled by a committee of 100 men, using ancient versions Abraham Lincoln on the Bible:  "I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to men. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book." The Declaration of Independence, 1776 Rough draft by Thomas Jefferson, signed by several Patriots A. Lincoln on the Declaration: "I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence." Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence: Dolly Madison the Rescuer   Return to the Learning with Lincoln  Home Page