Lincoln and the Abolitionists about Slavery:
Illinois Standards based lessons

Late Elementary through Middle School

A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
16.A.1b Ask historical questions and seek out answers from historical sources (e.g., myths, biographies, stories, old photographs, artwork, other visual or electronic sources).
16.A.2a Read historical stories and determine events which influenced their writing.
16.A.3a Describe how historians use models for organizing historical interpretation (e.g., biographies, political events, issues and conflicts).
16.A.4b Compare competing historical interpretations of an event.

STATE GOAL 27: Understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present
27.B.1 Know how images, sounds and movement convey stories about people, places and times.

STATE GOAL 1: Read with understanding and fluency.
C. Comprehend a broad range of reading materials.
1.C.2b Make and support inferences and form interpretations about main themes and topics.
1.C.2c Compare and contrast the content and organization of selections.
1.C.2f Connect information presented in tables, maps and charts to printed or electronic text.

STATE GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.
A. Listen effectively in formal and informal situations.
4.A.2a Demonstrate understanding of the listening process (e.g., sender, receiver, message) by summarizing and paraphrasing spoken messages orally and in writing in formal and informal situations
4.A.4c Follow complex oral instructions
4.A.5a Use criteria to evaluate a variety of speakers’ verbal and nonverbal messages


STATE GOAL 26: Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are produced.
26 A.2b Drama: Describe various ways the body, mind and voice are used with acting, scripting and staging processes to create or perform drama/theatre
26.A.3b Drama: Describe the use of the primary tools (body, mind and voice) and the support tools (costumes, scenery, props, lights, make-up, sound) to convey an idea through acting, playwriting and designing a drama or theatre activity.