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President's Day Lesson Plans

This month, in honor of President's Day and Abraham Lincoln's birthday, we are featuring lesson plans on books from RFB&D's audiobook collection that focus on Lincoln and his Presidency.
 

Grades: K-2

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Abe Lincoln and the Muddy Pig by Stephen Krensky New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln/Presidents
Duration: One class session – one brief follow up session

Grades: 3-5

Subject: Social Studies

Title: White House Mystery by Penn Mullin New!
Theme: Appreciating American History, National Monuments and the White House
Duration: 2 class periods

Grades: 6-8

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: “We can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow…”
Theme: Parallel Structure and The Gettysburg Address
Duration: 1 hour

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Abraham Lincoln, The Writer: A Treasury of His Greatest Speeches and Letters compiled and edited by Harold Holzer New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln and Examining Political Speeches and Letters
Duration: Two class periods
Title: Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln and Slavery
Duration: Four to five class sessions
Title: Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer by G. Clifton Wisler New!
Theme: The Civil War and Using Historical Fiction to Appreciate Famous Historical Events
Duration: Two class periods
Title: My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Civil War Diary by Mary Pope Osborne New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln
Duration: Two class sessions
Title: Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulson New!
Theme: The Branches of the United States Armed Forces
Duration: Two class periods

Grades: 9-12

Subject: Reading and Language Arts

Title: Honest Abe by Edith Kunhardt New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln
Duration: Two class sessions

Subject: Social Studies

Title: Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by Albert Marrin New!
Theme: Abraham Lincoln
Duration: 1 class session