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Lincoln And Education, Rolando Avila, Anita Pankake

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

The current norm of compulsory formal schooling includes a system in which schools teach state mandated curriculum, parents are held legally responsible to assure their children attend school until they reach a certain age, and students are confined within set class meeting times and set locations during their schooling years. The two terms, education and schooling, have been increasingly used synonymously. Our assertion here is that education is a more inclusive term than schooling. More importantly, using Abraham Lincoln as a biographical model, we argue that a good education can be achieved in different ways.

Arming Of The U.S. Army During War 1861, Jessica Colfer

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Length: 60 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• The student will be able to identify the armament of the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War.
• The student will consider the preparedness of the Union and Confederate armies.
• The student compare and contrast prior knowledge about the Civil War to interpret historical documents.
• The student will be able to analyze and interpret a primary document.

The Election Of 1860 And The Secession Of The South, Jessica Colfer

Lesson Plans

Grade Level: 9-12

Lesson Length: 80 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• Students will be able to analyze primary documents and identify the relation between student attendance and the political and societal context of the time.
• Students will be able to analyze and apply their prior knowledge to interpret the perspectives of those during the outbreak of the Civil War.
• Students will be able to identify the primary causes of South Carolina’s secession from the Union.

The Historical Representation Of Abraham Lincoln Within Trade Books Written Between The Time Frame Of 1930 And 1970, Emily Griswell

Masters Theses

As educators learn to amend to the Common Core State Standards, they are left with little-to-no time for subjects like science and social studies as the focus is primarily on reading and English language arts. History is slowly becoming a background routine for educators and is falling behind centerfold curriculum in classrooms across the country. This is inclusive of the studies of individuals who helped shape our country and nation. This study analyzes a data sample of 11 children and young adult literature trade books about Abraham Lincoln, our sixteenth president, in search of patterns and common representations. Within the …

Learning With Lincoln: A Teacher Institute Highlighting Abraham Lincoln, Amy Wilkinson

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is one of many educational consortiums that house a national grant program, The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS), formerly Adventure of the American Mind. The SIUE TPS program began serving K-12 educators in 2002 by offering various professional development opportunities to promote the use of digital primary source collections found at the Library of Congress Web site. This article will offer information and resources about a professional development initiative which highlights President Abraham Lincoln using the digital collections found at the Library of Congress Web site.

Lincoln And The Constitution: From The Civil War To The War On Terror, Mark E. Neely Jr.

The Chautauqua Journal

On December 6, 2001, less than three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft, testifying before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, gave a warning: “To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists—for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America’s enemies.” Such tough talk was not unprecedented in American history by any means. In fact, one can draw a straight line from President Abraham Lincoln to John Ashcroft on that score. Lincoln offered his sternest warning to the …

The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln And American Slavery, Eric Foner

The Chautauqua Journal

In April 1876, Frederick Douglass delivered a celebrated oration at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Washington, D.C., a statue that depicted Abraham Lincoln conferring freedom on a kneeling slave. “No man,” the great black abolitionist remarked, “can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln." This has not in the ensuing 130 years deterred innumerable historians, biographers, journalists, lawyers, literary critics and psychologists from trying to say something new about Lincoln. Lincoln has always provided a lens through which Americans examine themselves.

Inseparable: Perspective Of Senator Daniel Webster, Ernest M. Oleksy

The Downtown Review

Considering the hypersensitivity that their nation has towards race relations, it is often ineffable to contemporary Americans as to how anyone could have argued against abolition in the 19th century. However, by taking the perspective of Senator Daniel Webster speaking to an audience of disunionist-abolitionists, proslaveryites, and various shades of moderates, numerous points of contention will be brought to light as to why chattel slavery persisted so long in the U.S. Focal points of dialogue will include the Narrative of Frederick Douglass, the "positive good" claims of Senator John C. Calhoun, the disunionism of William Lloyd Garrison, and the defense …

Lincoln’S Legacy And A New Generation Of Leadership, Janet M. Riggs

From the Desk of President Riggs

One hundred fifty-three years ago our nation was adrift, embroiled in a civil war and grappling with questions about our future. Many had lost hope. In November of 1863 here at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln called upon our nation to rededicate itself to the unfinished work before us—the work of equality, the fulfillment of our democracy, a new birth of freedom. [excerpt]

Edmunds Family Papers (Mss 443), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 443. Correspondence, deeds, legal and other personal papers of the Edmunds family of North Carolina and Caldwell County, Kentucky. Includes genealogical data and papers of associated families, primarily the Cameron family of North Carolina.

Method And Memory In The Midwestern ‘Lincoln Inquiry’: Oral Testimony And Abraham Lincoln Studies, 1865-1938, Keith A. Erekson

Keith A Erekson

This article reviews the efforts from the 1880s through the 1930s to collect and examine oral histories with Abraham Lincoln's Indiana neighbors.

A Teacher's Guide To Primary Sources About Lincoln, Slavery And The Civil War, Nancy Disher Baird

Teacher Resources: Kentucky History

No abstract provided.

A Lincoln In Illinois

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 1995 performance of A Lincoln in Illinois by Robert Sherwood.

Taylor University Magazine (Spring 1988), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 1988 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Ursinus Weekly, March 9, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, David J. Phillips, Carl F. Peek, John Bradley, Susan Bell, Carlton Dingman, Cheryl Siegal

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Junior Prom and Agency concert highlight coming weekend • Curtain Club chooses cast; Meridy Murphy will direct "Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" • Kaffee Klatsch topic "politics" • Sig Nu and ZX win Songfest • Photo contest • Wedgwood, controversial historian, author, here Wednesday evening • Campus Chest plans underway • Red Cross seeking qualified swimmers • 1,100 applications filed at UC for Fall admissions • Jean Hunter, Howard Smith elected Ruby co-editors • March placement schedule posted • Ursinus to raise tuition rate $200 effective Sept. 1 • Review: Mr. Lincoln on civil rights • Navy OCS team will visit campus …

Photographs (1935), Taylor University

Heritage Scrapbooks

A scrapbook of photographs from the 1934-1935 academic year at Taylor University. There are no formal photographs, they are mostly from student activities and events including Youth Conference and Abraham Lincoln's birthday celebration, as well as pictures from around campus.

The album is not dated, however, photographs all match the 1934-1935 academic year and events detailed in the 1935 Gem.

Taylor University Echo: March 14, 1925, Taylor University

1924-1925 (Volume 12)

Mr. Jenkins Lectures on Lincoln — George Washington — Pennsylvania Auxiliary Banquet — Local News — Chronicles — Formalities At Taylor — An Episode In the Life of A Freshman — Pennsylvania, Old, P-A. — Soangetahas — Eureka Debating Club — Mnanka Debating Club — Eulogonian Debating Club — Volunteer Activities At Taylor — Student Life In Norway — Our Attitude Toward Law And Authority — Athletics — Simplicissimus — Vergil on Advertising — Praise Child Preacher — Taylor University

Taylor University Echo: February 27, 1923, Taylor University

1922-1923 (Volume 10)

Taylor-Valparaiso Intercollegiate Debate — Piano Recital — A Week of Victory — Faculty Dinner Party — Local Echoes — Some of Our Recent Visitors — “It’s Poetics” — Extracts From a Letter to One of Our Seniors — God Spares His Own — God Spares His Own — God Is My Salvation — A Call To Prayer — College Honesty — $1000 Essay Contest On a World Problem of Today — I Will Be Worthy of It — Alumni and Former Students — Motives — Chronicles — A Significant Centenary — Holiness League — Prayer Band — Mnanka Debating Club …

University Journal (February 1904), Taylor University

University Journal (1902-1906)

Abraham Lincoln — John Wesley — Who is to Blame? — George Washington — Self — Short Items — Our Spiritual Keynote — Dr. And Mrs. Winchester’s Reception — Death of Rev. Geo. R. Buck — Answers to Correspondence