Teaching Lincoln ― Legacies and Classroom Strategies

This resource brings together 17 essays, in addition to lesson plans and teaching ideas, for teaching students in grades K-12 about Abraham Lincoln and his significance in US history. Lessons are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy and the National Council for the Social Studies curriculum strands. The essays, which are organized around historical themes and pedagogical resources, emphasize the themes of nationalism, leadership, emancipation and race, and legacy of freedom, as well as Lincoln's life and career and the events of the Civil War era. Contributors are historians and teachers in the US. Annotation c2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Caroline R. Pryor is Associate Professor of Secondary Education and Curriculum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is editor of Learning for Democracy: An International Journal of Thought and Practice and a Wye Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Dr. Pryor is author or co-author of six previous books, and has received six annual National Endowment for the Humanities awards for her workshop for school teachers on Abraham Lincoln.
Stephen L. Hansen is Professor and Dean Emeritus at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has authored several books, book chapters, and articles on topics in higher education and in history, including The Making of the Third Party System: Voters and Parties in Illinois, 1850–1876 (1980). His articles and essays have appeared in Academic Leadership Journal, Research Management Review, Illinois Historical Journal, and the Lincoln Herald.