Lesson 1: Columbus and the Native Americans   

• We talked about what the Indians did when they lived on the land and their life styles, including housing, food, transportation, and religion.
• We talked about the year Columbus came
• We talked about why the Europeans came to the new world.

 

Lesson 2: How people got land   

• We talked about what regions, acres, and townships were and what they cost in 1785 compared to 2005.
• We talked about why the land was part of Lincoln’s heritage.

 

Lesson 3: Heritage and Immigration             

• We talked about the students' heritage and Lincolns.
• We talked about  about the different cultures that migrated to America, along with where and why they moved to those particular places.

 

Lesson 4: The 13 Colonies

• We talked about the 13 colonies.
  
• We talked about what the people did on their land.
  
• We talked about how the people survived.
  

 

Lesson 5: Lincoln family and moving

• We talked about where Lincoln's family first settled in the America.
  
• We talked about where the Lincoln family moved.
  
• We talked about why the Lincoln family moved from state to state.
  

 

Lesson 6: Charleston

• We talked about why Lincoln came to Charleston.
• We talked about the Lincoln/Douglas debate of 1858.