Lessons Overview
Lesson 1: Lincoln's Childhood
and Rivers (Map and Timeline)
- We learned where Lincoln grew up.
- We learned about Lincoln's family.
- We learned how Lincoln traveled Rivers to get to new
places.
- We learned about the various jobs that Lincoln did.
Lesson 2: Lincoln's Adult
Life (Timeline)
- We learned about the jobs Lincoln did before he became
president.
- We learned about the different people that he worked
with.
- We learned about the Gettysburg Address and the
Emancipation Proclamation
- We learned about how Lincoln was shot and killed.
Lesson 3: Amendments of
the Reconstruction Era (Book and Crossword)
- We learned about the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
and their purpose.
- We learned about how people did not have equal rights
even after they were freed from slavery.
Lesson 4: Jim Crow Laws
and Segregation
- We learned that separate is not always equal.
- We learned that black children had fewer materials to
use in schools than white children.
- We learned about the Jim Crow Laws and how they kept
people separate.
Lesson 5: North and South
Divided (Map)
- We learned how freed people were moving North because
they
were treated better.
- We learned about share- cropping.
- We learned which states were considered the North and
which states were considered the South.
Lesson 6: Abraham Lincoln
and Martin Luther King's Accomplishments
- We learned
about Martin Luther King, Jr. 's accomplishments.
- We talked about the
accomplishments of Lincoln as we had already learned.
- We learned that they
were "on the same team" but fought for differently and for different
things, first for freedom from slavery and then for equal rights.