The nation is worth fighting for, to secure such an inestimable jewel.
— A. Lincoln, 1864
Teacher Resources
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President Lincoln's Cottage Online Resources
- Visit our blog on Wordpress
- Become a fan of the Cottage on Facebook
- Watch our channel on YouTube
- Read our electronic Newsletter
Lesson Plans & Classroom Activities
President Lincoln's Cottage: A Retreat (redirects to TwHP website)
- Appropriate for Grades 5-8
- Developed by American University public history graduate students in conjunction with President Lincoln's Cottage staff
- Developed by American University graduate students in conjunction with President Lncoln's Cottage staff.
- Accepted to the Teaching with Historic Places lesson plan program run by the National Park Ser.
The Brownsville Affair through the Lens of Lincoln
- Appropriate for Grades 7-12
- Developed by Paul LaRue, Washington High School, Washington Court House, Ohio
Lincoln Bicentennial Booklist and Activities
- Appropriate for Grades 4-6
- Developed by Janet Johnson, Pine Street Elementary, Wayland, Michigan
- Appropriate for Grades 6-8
- Developed by Janet Johnson, Pine Street Elementary, Wayland, Michigan
- Student Work
Books about President Lincoln's Cottage
- Lincoln’s Sanctuary, Matthew Pinsker (Oxford University Press, 2003)
- Lincoln’s Other White House, Elizabeth Brownstein (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005)
Related Webcasts
- President Lincoln's Cottage Grand Opening - C-SPAN (2008)
- Lincoln's Other White House, Elizabeth Brownstein - Library of Congress (2007)
- Lincoln’s Sanctuary by Matthew Pinsker: Booknotes - C-SPAN (2003)
- Lincoln’s Summer Residence, Matthew Pinsker- C-SPAN (2002)
- Restore America - Home & Garden Television (HGTV) (2003)
- Save Our History: The President Slept Here- The History Channel (2003)
Related Sites and Other Online Resources
- Ford's Theater
- Lincoln Memorial
- Library of Congress
- Lincoln Day by Day Online
- The Collected Works of Lincoln
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Looking for Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
- The Lincoln Forum
- Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
- The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
- Lincoln Home in Springfield
- Lincoln Boyhood Memorial
- The Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College
- The Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College
- The American Civil War Homepage
- The United States Civil War Center
- Abraham Lincoln Research Site
- Abraham Lincoln Online
- Abraham Lincoln Timeline
