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Themed Resources

• Library of Congress Online Resources for Educators (pdf)
• Abraham Lincoln
• Art of War:
  WWI and WWII Posters
• Cartoon Analysis
• Childhood Lost:Child Labor During Industrial Revolution
• Coles County: Taught with Primary Sources
• Corp of Discovery:
  Revealing the American West
• Teaching the Holocaust with Primary Sources
• Illinois: Taught with Primary Sources
• Presidential Campaigns: Packaging the Presidents
• Underground Railroad:
  A Path to Freedom
• Verse and Chorus
• WWII
• Top Topics

Special Projects

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools 
• Classroom Activities
• Constant Motion:
  The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks
• Constitution Day
• Library of Congress Site Update "Cheat Sheet" (pdf)
• Lincoln Assassination CSI Activity
• Patriotic Songs
• • September 11
  • Teaching with Lincoln
  • Veterans Day

Professional Development

• Update-Summer Institute
• TPS EIU Jump-Start
• TPS in Action
  (onsite workshop series)
• Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes

Additional LInks

• EIUTPS Google Search Tool
• National TPS Site
• Library of Congress
• loc.gov Teacher PageAbraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools
Home | The Journey, Part I | The Journey, Part II
Library of Congress Abraham Lincoln Resources
With Malice Toward None - myLOC Exhibit
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Website
Teaching with Lincoln

This material was developed for educators who have the opportunity to visit the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois or are simply interested in the Museum exhibits. Created by Teaching with Primary Sources at Eastern Illinois University, this site lists exhibit areas within the Museum and an image of a digitized primary sources from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection that you may wish to use in your classroom prior to or following a visit to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. These images were selected for their relevance to the exhibits and as a means to intrigue students and bring the life and times of our 16th President into your classroom. American Memory is a multimedia web site of digitized historical documents, photographs, sound recordings, moving pictures, books, pamphlets, maps and other resources form the Library of Congress’s vast holdings.

We have all heard the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words.” For schools with technology tools and teachers that are aware of the different learning styles of students, multimedia is an integrated part of education. By offering instruction through differentiated means, educators can reach more students in ways that will engage and hopefully trigger a desire to learn more. Textbooks chronicle historic facts and often focus on well-known data, Diaries, journals, memoirs, reminiscences, letters, speeches and interviews can offer a glimpse into the private lives, thoughts, hopes, and goals of lesser-known people and places providing a snapshot of life at that time.