Lincoln On-Line Master Table of Contents

LEARNING LINCOLN ON-LINE BY HOWARD TAYLOR

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART ONE: LEARNING “BY LITTLES” WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Printed Book Page Numbers	*Hyperlinks*	Topics
4		1. Frontier life and illiteracy
4		2. Daniel Boone, The Northwest Territory and Ordinance of 1787
18		3. Lincoln Family Genealogy Project/Family Tree Project
23		4. The Pioneer Farm If you lived with the Thomas Lincoln Family Activity
38		5. Pioneer Travel: How the Lincoln family traveled into Illinois, 1830
46		6. Abraham moves to New Salem
50		7. Abraham’s many careers at New Salem
63		8. Abraham moves to Springfield/ meets and marries Mary Todd
65		9. The Lincoln family pageant
83		8. Abraham Lincoln, lawyer (Lincoln’s Hat Activity)
91		9. Lincoln the Politician 1840’s-1850’s
97		10. Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858

PART TWO-A: LINCOLN THE PRESIDENT TOPICS

2		1. Slavery
8		2. Lincoln and Secession
12		3. Lincoln's Cabinet
13		4. Life in Washington D.C.: The Lincolns move to Washington D.C.
16		5. Lincolns in the White House
18		6. The Civil War Generals: top general, unsuccessful generals, West Point Generals
21		7. Questions about Lincoln and the Civil War: by category for trivia pursuits or scavenger hunts
23		8. People who influenced the President Puzzle
26		9. The People and the President (How he treated people) “Thistle Picking” questions
28		10. Lincoln's Politics: introduction
31		11. The Founding Fathers: the basis of Lincoln’s political philosophy and Republicanism
34		12. Great Speeches by President Lincoln
34		13. The Gettysburg Address introduction
38		14. Civil War Technologies: PART ONE
47		15. Civil War Life (of the people of the north and south)
48		16. The War Room (President Lincoln’s center of operation)
52		17. On the Battlefield: Lincoln’s commanders in the field
54		18. Emancipation Proclamation: introduction from the Lehrman Institute on-line
54		19. The Medal of Honor: Using the Medal of Honor A-Z Civil War listing website for information
56		20. The War Ends: Surrender at Appomattox
58		21. Civil War (the first modern war)
		22. The President’s Assassination
68		23. Finding Abraham Lincoln and items of the Civil War era using Primary Resources on-line
71		24. Seeing the Real Lincoln through art, casts, and images: introduction

PART TWO-B: LINCOLN THE PRESIDENT, ADDITIONAL TOPICS

74		Commander & Chief & THE CIVIL WAR
75		1. Abraham Lincoln, student of war
76		2. The Great Generals of the Civil War from West Point
77		3. Great Battles lost and won
78		4. Statistics on Casualties
79		5. Frederick Douglass & Black Soldiers of the Civil War
86		6. The Air Balloon for spying
89		7. The United States Military Railroad System: the first railroad war
96		8. Allan Pinkerton, America’s First Private Eye; Union spies during the Civil War
106		9. Finding the lost copy of the Gettysburg Address Treasure Hunt
109		10. President Lincoln Leads the War
110		11. The Higher Moral Ground: Questions for consideration
111		12. Lincoln and his command
112		13. Civil War politics and the President
114		14. Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction; Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction
115		15. Reading Abraham Lincoln’s Writing: It’s your turn now (from primary sources in original handwriting) Gettysburg Address; Acceptance Speech; the Emancipation Proclamation
117		16. Hail to the Chief Project: Comparing Presidents: Which president do you think was or is best?
120		17. Lincoln and Abolitionism (Hodges’ letter from the Library of Congress
122		18. America’s White House: Before and after the 16^th President: Student job and comparison chart
123		19. The Great Locomotive Chase Resource and Activity
129		20. America’s First Ladies: a learning activity Guidelines and challenge questions
131		A First Ladies of America on-line puzzle
132		21. Mt. Rushmore Memorial and Gutzon Borglum Learning Activity
138		22. Stone Mountain, Georgia Confederate Memorial
Appendix 148		23. Lincolns bits and Pieces from his famous speeches
		NEW ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRINT VERSION OF LEARNING LINCOLN ON-LINE
N/A		24. Lincoln Readings, the Springfield Years
N/A		24. Lincoln Readings, the Presidential Years

PART THREE: TRAVEL THE LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL

1	Introduction	The Lincoln Heritage Trail
5		1. Abraham Lincoln’s Journey in Life Begins: Sinking Spring and Knob Creek Farms, Kentucky
7		2. The Lincolns move to Indiana, 1816
12		3. The Lincolns move to Illinois, 1830
14		4. Thomas and Sarah Lincoln move to Coles County
15		5. Abraham Lincoln moves to New Salem
18		6. Abraham Lincoln moves to Springfield, Illinois
21		7. Abraham and Mary move to Washington D.C. (Congressional seat)
24		8. Abraham Lincoln elected President; visits Step-mother at the Tildy Moore Home in Farmington President-elect visits step-mother at Farmington before leaving for Washington D.C. See and read about this in the Coles County Virtual Fieldtrip Section, pages
24		9. Lincoln family moves to Washington D.C.
25		10. President Lincoln assassinated at Ford Theater
26		11. The body of the President and son Willy return to Springfield, several funeral ceremonies along train route
28		12. The President buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield
27		13. Lincoln’s Tomb as it is now

PART FOUR: VISITING COLES COUNTY, ILLINOIS

29	Hyperlinks Introduction Click Here to Enter	A VIRTUAL TRIP OF COLES COUNTY LINCOLN-RELATED SITES ON-LINE MAP OF SPOTS
31		1. The trip through Coles County: The Lincolns, Hanks and Johnston’s
36		2. The Old Charleston Cemetery (pioneer cemetery)
42		3. Thomas Lincolns Farms
47		4. The Tildy Moore House
50		5. Dr. Rutherford home (Oakland) & the Matson Slave Trial
53		6. The site of the Coles County Courthouse
55		7. The site of the 1850’s Railroad Depot
57		8. The site of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858 & the Museum
60		9. The Thomas Marshall House (Jackson Street, Charleston, Illinois); a part of the Lincoln lore of Charleston
		10. The site of the Capitol House Hotel on the square
		11. Gordon Cemetery & Shiloh Cemetery, gravestones of Thomas and Sarah Lincoln and relatives
67		12. The site of the Charleston Riot (Union soldiers and Copperheads) during the Civil War
67		13. Plaque and site honoring Colonel U.S. Grant mustering the Illinois Volunteers for the Civil War
69		14. Site of the original railroad depot and the Essex House Hotel (same facility) used by Lincoln in travels to Charleston
71		15. Five Mile House, oldest structure in Coles County, maybe visited by Lincoln Also called “Jug House”
72	Conclusion	The Lincoln connection and folklore is strong in Coles County, Illinois