Last updated: July 29, 2024
Lesson Plan
Lincoln’s Early Years: Post Visit PowerPoint
Lincoln spent his early childhood years at the Knob Creek Farm!
National Park Service
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 90 Minutes
- State Standards:
- Kentucky
C.5.4
3.G.MM.1
4.I.Q.1
5.G.KGE.1 - Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience.
Essential Question
What was life like during Abraham Lincoln’s early life?
Objective
Students will use PowerPoint or similar program to make slides about Lincoln's early years.
Background
Students can find lots of photos to use at Photo Gallery - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Preparation
Students will need access to computers to create slide shows.
Optional – Create the template you want students to use for the slide show.
Lesson Hook/Preview
Brainstorm with the class various things students saw while visiting the birthplace and/or Knob Creek.
Procedure
Provide students with computers and directions to complete a slide show presentation depicting what life looked like for Abraham Lincoln from birth through his early childhood in Kentucky. Students should have images as well as brief explanations on each slide explaining the image or how it relates to Lincoln’s life in Kentucky. Students should have 4-6 slides in the presentation.
Related Lessons or Education Materials
Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade Social Studies/Writing standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.