Students in grade 2 will explore the life of Abraham Lincoln, America's 16th president. He was a person who made a difference. Students will learn about his life and how he has impacted our lives today.

Subject: Social Studies 
Topic: Abraham Lincoln
Grade Level:   2
Student Lesson name and URL:  ctap295.ctaponline.org/~lbaza/student/

Second Grade
Social Studies: People That Have Made a Difference
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

Students in grade two explore the lives of actual people who make a difference in their everyday lives and learn the stories of extraordinary people from history
whose achievements have touched them, directly or indirectly. The study of contemporary people who supply goods and services aids in understanding the complex interdependence in our free market system.

2.1 Students differentiate between those things that happened long ago and yesterday by: 

1.tracing the history of a family through the use of primary and secondary sources including artifacts, photographs, articles 
2.comparing and contrasting their daily lives with those of parents and grandparents 
3.placing important events in their lives in the order in which they occurred (e.g., on a timeline or story board) 

2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past make a difference in other's lives (e.g., biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride) 
 
 

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Instructional Objectives

Students will:

1)  Create a brief outline of Lincoln's life highlighting his great achievements.
2)  Compare and contrast life in the past and present. 
3)  Construct a timeline or storyboard of Lincoln's life and their personal lives.
4)  Explain and highlight the importance of Lincoln's role in America's history. 
5)  Demonstrate their understanding of Lincoln's Life. 
6)  Reflect their understanding of how Lincoln has made a difference in their         lives. 

Student Activities

Introductory Activity

AdministerPre-Test
Students will be given a writing prompt to respond to.
An option would be a verbal response teacher will take from students.

Utilizing a large computer monitor, students will view several web sites focused on the life of Abraham Lincoln and his accomplishments. 

Teacher will then list and record student feedback from the presentation of Abraham Lincoln.
Discuss information with students.
 

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Students will:

1)  Read and view an assortment of Lincoln biographies from a list of web pages and books.
2)  Access web pages to take a virtual tour of Lincoln's home.
3)  Prepare a timeline of their life as well as Abraham Lincoln's.
4)  Compare and contrast life today and the past using a Venn Diagram.
5)  Access approved web pages to find and print the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
6)  Go on a Lincoln Scavenger Hunt to answer questions using listed web pages and/or books.
 
 

Culminating Activity 

Students will:

1)  Students will create a presentation about Abraham Lincoln's Life using The Ultimate Learning Writing Program software program.
 

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1)  Students will be given a Post-Test about Abraham Lincoln. 
A Rubric will be used to evaluate student responses.

Results
Pre-Test, Post-Test & Culminating Activity Student Data

Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
-Pre-Test(doc)
-Rubric to score Pre-Test
-Gettysburg Address http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almgall.html
-Abraham Lincoln  http://home.att.net/!rjnorton/lincoln77.html
-Teacher record sheet of students feedback  (doc)
 

Enabling Activity
-Books about Abraham Lincoln: 
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln &
The Great Americans Series, Abraham Lincoln
-Lincoln's Home http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/picture.htm
-Lincoln Timelines http://www.nps.gov/liho/lincoln.htm

http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/cgcc/projects/bright/lincoln01.htm
http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/lincoln.htm
-Venn Diagram (doc)
-Emancipation Proclamation & Gettysburg Address  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/almgall.html
-Scavenger Hunt(doc)

Culminating Activity
-Utimate Learning Writing Software Program.
-Student disk with project presentation of Lincoln's Life.
-Rubric to score student presentation.  (doc)
 

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Reynolds Elementary School
4575 Douglas Dr.
Oceanside, CA  92057

Final Presentation
Linda Baza  e-mail address: lbaza@sdcoe.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 4-18-01