Introduction Lesson Plan 1: High School Lesson Plan 2: High School Lesson Plan 3: Middle School Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School Lesson Plan 1: High School Abraham Lincoln on Slavery and Race By Roberta McCutcheon This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 3: The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800; and Standard 4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum era. Lesson Plan 2: High School Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan By Rosanne Lichatin This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National History Standards: Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) -- Standard 2A: Students will evaluate how political, military, and diplomatic leadership affected the outcome of the war; and Standard 3A: Students will demonstrate understanding of the political controversy over Reconstruction. Lesson Plan 3: Middle School The Emancipation Proclamation through Different Eyes By Gregory Segovia This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS NCHS National History Standards: Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) -- Standard 2: Students will demonstrate understanding of the course and character of the Civil War and evaluate its effect on the American people. Lesson Plan 4: Elementary School What Events Led to Lincoln's Assassination? By John Hallagan This lesson will fulfill the following NCHS National Standards for History: Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) -- Standard 4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period; and Era 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) -- Standard 2: The course and character of the Civil War and its effect on the American people. For more information about the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial, visit http://www.lincolnbicentennial.gov
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