Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides

Abraham Lincoln

Great Learner/Great Leader

Lesson Plan One

Students will investigate the life of Abraham Lincoln through participation in an Agree/Disagree activity, listening to stories related by the teacher, viewing a musical slide show, reading secondary and primary sources, analyzing information, and communicating learning by responding to on-demand writing. The lesson focuses on Lincoln’s attributes as a learner and leader.

Content: Social Studies
Grade Level: 3 - 5
Length: 2 - 3 days

 

Lincoln’s Kentucky

Connections and Views on Slavery

Lesson Plan Two

"I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel.”
April 4, 1864 - Letter to Albert Hodges

Students will look at the early years of Lincoln’s life in Kentucky and how his exposure to slavery during these formative years shaped his decisions regarding slavery throughout the rest of his life. Abraham Lincoln never forgot his Kentucky roots. Many of his closest friends and trusted advisors were from Kentucky. Students will be introduced to several of Lincoln’s Kentucky associates and recognize that each of these Kentuckians had differing views on slavery, thus providing a microcosm of the issues troubling the nation at large.

Content: Social Studies
Grade Level: 6 – 8
Length: 3-5 days

 

Abraham Lincoln’s

KentuckyInfluences

Lesson Plan Three

Abraham Lincoln was a very important president at a very critical time in American history. He was born in Kentucky and many of the people who influenced his life were also from Kentucky. Your product should give your readers/viewers insight into his life and any Kentucky influences you found in your research. Each student will have an opportunity to present their media pieces and we will have an opportunity to read the printed media.

Content: Social Studies
Grade Levels: 6 - 8
Length: 5-7 days

 

Women on the American Frontier

Lesson Plan Four

Participants will understand the contributions women made to life on the Kentucky frontier as related to the actions of the Lincoln women. Through this program, students will not only be able to understand but to experience life on the frontier. Students will understand the life and thoughts of frontier women through their daily activities. Students will also be able to explain how the role of women on the frontier was not only an effect of traditional gender roles but of necessity. Furthermore, students will be able to place the role of frontier women into the larger picture of westward expansion and the growth of democracy into the frontier.

Content: Social Studies: U.S. History

Grade Level: 5-12
Length: 2 to 3 days