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Celebrate Lincoln’s 200th birthday with your students!
Join the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in celebrating the 200th birthday of our sixteenth president on February 12, 2009 and throughout the bicentennial year.
Keep informed via email updates by registering here.
School Tours and School Programs
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
A visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum addresses several of the Illinois State Learning Standards. School tours scheduled through the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau receive FREE admission. Please visit our Plan Your School Visit page where you will find all the information necessary to make your trip a success.
Classroom Connections
Students become historians with the ALPLM Classroom Connections Program, which offers structured learning opportunities using primary documents from the Library collections. The FREE program includes a self-guided tour of the Presidential Museum. Click here to learn more.
Lesson Plans and Curriculum
Lincoln’s Legacy Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources CD
Created by the Education Division of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum this CD contains 17 lesson plans as well as dozens of digitized primary documents from the Library collections to use in your classroom. The lessons all address National Learning Standards for social studies. In addition, they meet teachers’ needs for integrated curriculum by combining social studies topics with Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Fine Arts and even, Mathematics, Geography, and Science. Worksheets, historical background articles and an extensive bibliography are included. To obtain a FREE copy of this CD, email: Carol.Manning@illinois.gov
Funded by a grant from the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library services, under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
Lincoln’s Legacy Learning Kits
Created by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Education Division and targeted to grades 5-8, these four contained units of study explore the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln through reproduction primary documents, images and artifacts. The four kits include:
- Abraham Lincoln Biography Reading Kit
- Mary Todd Lincoln Kit
- Civil War Soldiers Kit
- Slavery in Illinois Kit
The kits can be checked out FREE OF CHARGE from any public library in Illinois through the state-wide inter-library loan system. Click here for more information.
Funded by a grant from the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library services, under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
Poster Series
“Lincoln: His Life and Legends” is a colorful four-poster series exploring Lincoln’s time in Illinois—his education, his humble beginnings at New Salem, his various jobs and rise as a lawyer and politician. With detailed and vibrant paintings from the collections of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, these posters vividly examine Illinois’ place in the sixteenth president’s remarkable life. On the reverse of each poster teachers will find resources, lesson plans and activities to enhance their use of the posters in their classroom. To obtain your FREE set of this poster series contact Randy.Wiseman@illinois.gov
Funded by a grant from the Illinois State Library, a Division of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library services, under the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).
Illinois History Teacher
This publication from the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency includes co-authored essays and classroom activities for grades 6-12 on selected Illinois history topics. A special Lincoln edition is forthcoming in 2009. To receive Illinois History Teacher or for more information please contact the Office of Education Services at (217) 785-6916, or Email the department. For past issues of the Illinois History Teacher visit http://www.illinoishistory.gov/illinoishistoryteacher.htm.
National Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Resources
Find teaching resources for grades K-12, such as lesson plans, reading lists, interactive games, timelines, and teacher workshop/professional development opportunities. www.abrahamlincoln200.org
Organization of American Historians Magazine of History
Published quarterly, the magazine provides teachers with informative articles, lesson plans with reproducible handouts, guides to internet resources, and current historiography. Each issue focuses on a theme or topic of recent scholarship in American history. Lincoln related issues include: Lincoln, Race, and Slavery / 4 October 2007
Lincoln and the Constitution / 1 January 2007 and Lincoln edition / January 2009. Available in print with a subscription or as a PDF to OAH members. Selected articles are also available online. www.oah.org/
Illinois History Fair
The Illinois History Fair, sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is an education program that offers students four different project categories to enter research projects on state and local history. Special awards for students are presented at both the regional fairs and the Illinois History Expo. Students may also research history fair topics for National History Day in College Park, Maryland. Visit http://www.illinoishistory.gov/illinoishistoryfair.htm for more information.
Horace-Mann Abraham Lincoln Fellowship
Spend a week studying the life of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Horace Mann Educators and the Library and Museum have paired up to offer this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to any full-time teacher of Kindergarten through 12th grade of any discipline in the U.S. The Fellowship features a five-day Institute in June and July 2009 at the ALPLM in Springfield, Illinois and it includes round-trip transportation, lodging and most meals. Winning Fellows will attend the Institute during the following dates: June 21-27, 2009 (25 Fellows); July 12-18, 2009 (25 Fellows). For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.horacemann.com/resources/fellowships/default.aspx Application Deadline: February 12, 2009
Links
Bicentennial Commission Links
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Lesson Plans and Educator Resources
Illinois Bicentennial Commission
Calendar of Events for Illinois
Lincoln-related Historic Sites
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
Home page with access to Illinois Historic Sites
Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Research
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Card Catalog
Search ALPL Collections!
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Newspaper Holdings
Find Illinois newspapers!
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
Transcripts of most known Lincoln documents
Illinois Legacy Online
Find original Lincoln documents from ALPLM collections
Library of Congress: Papers of Abraham Lincoln
20,000 primary documents related to Lincoln
The Lincoln Log
Lincoln's Life Day by Day
Bibliographies
Select Readings on Abraham Lincoln
Created by historians at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Includes young readers section.
University of Illinois S-Collection: Guides for Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Bibliography for Young Readers
Lesson Plans and Other Resources
Organization of American Historians Magazine of History
Illinois History Teacher
Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Prairie Pages
Illinois History: A Magazine for Young People
Written by and for students in grades 6 through 12, this magazine is downloadable in .pdf format. Each issue is thematically based and includes original essays by students.
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