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Today In History
Abraham Lincoln was born at Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky, in 1809.
One of America's most well-known leaders, Lincoln held the office of the presidency during the Civil War years. As President, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves within the Confederacy free. His Gettysburg Address, offered at the dedication of the military cemetery at Gettysburg, is among the best-known speeches ever given by a U.S. president.
Although often thought to be from Illinois, where his debates with Stephen A. Douglas during a race for the Senate won him national attention and the Republican nomination for President, Lincoln was actually born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln.
Wonderopolis
Find out more about Lincoln's birthplace and his life as a young boy in Where Was Abraham Lincoln Born?(PK-6), a Wonder of the Day.
Find out more about Lincoln's birthplace and his life as a young boy in Where Was Abraham Lincoln Born?(PK-6), a Wonder of the Day.
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life (4-12) is an online exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The exhibition covers each major period of Lincoln's private and public life and includes artifacts of Lincoln's assassination - his top hat, the prison hoods of the conspirators, and other sobering reminders of this tragic story.
Xpeditions
Learn more about presidential birthplaces in the Xpeditions lesson Where Were the U.S. Presidents Born? (3-5). In this lesson, students practice map skills and increase their knowledge of the fifty states and American history by plotting presidential birthplaces on a U.S. map.
EDSITEment
In We Must Not Be Enemies: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (3-5) students use primary source documents to examine Lincoln's inaugural address in the context of the historical period in which it was given and in light of Lincoln's subsequent actions.
The EDSITEment lesson Lincoln Goes to War (9-12) explores the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War, focusing on deliberations within the Lincoln administration that led to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861.
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (9-12), students use the Internet to examine mid-19th-century newspaper coverage of, and commentary on, Lincoln's important Emancipation Proclamation to better understand the process behind the formation of the policy, public opinion about the policy and its provisions and their significance.
Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery (9-12) explores Abraham Lincoln's rise to political prominence during the debate over the future of American slavery.
Science NetLinks
Discover the scientific facts behind a Civil War battlefield legend in the Science NetLinks Science Update Glowing Wounds (6-12).
ARTSEDGE
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. is visited by more than three million people annually. Students learn defining elements of classical Greek architecture by comparing the Lincoln Memorial with the Greek Parthenon in From Greece to Main Street (5-8)
Date:
Sun, 02/12/2012
