Teachable Moment: Activities for Lincoln's Birthday

Lincoln and his son, Tad.

1. Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/celebrate-lincolns-birthday-born-1809 

2. Abraham Lincoln
Learning Games and Activities for Kids 

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/presidents-day/abraham-lincoln/ 

By Ingri and Edgar Parin D' Aurlaire

3. THE 10 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN

http://www.amazon.com/BEST-CHILDRENS-BOOKS-ABRAHAM-LINCOLN/lm/RDGZFLW2A0MKB 

I'm thinking most community and school libraries have these, too.

You knew I was going to bring up American Rhetoric.

4. American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ 

There are seven speeches here by Lincoln, with various speakers. For example, there are six different  readings of  'The Gettysburg Address.' I really like Colin Powell's interpretation.

5. Abraham Lincoln Printables 

http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/ss/lincolnprint.htm 

These include a wordsearch, vocabulary, crossword, challenge, others, but I really liked the Gettysburg Address page.

 Here is my previous post about the movie and life of Lincoln.

Movie Review: Lincoln 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/12/movie-review-lincoln.html 

Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln.