A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln
By David A. Adler
ISBN: 0-590-10371-7
Teacher: Regina Zumwalt
Unit Topic: Famous People
Grade: K
Historical Essential Question:
What can we learn about Abraham Lincoln and historical events from his life?
Standards of Learning:
History SOL: The student will:
K.1 Recognize that history describes events and people of other times and places by:
a. Identifying examples of past events in legends, stories, and historical accounts of
Abraham Lincoln.
K.2 Describe everyday life in the present and in the past and begin to recognize that things
change over time.
K.9 Recognize that the president is the leader of the United States and that Abraham Lincoln
was the sixteenth president of the United States.
English SOL: The student will:
K.3f Build oral communication skills by participating in discussions about books and specific
topics.
K.8 Demonstrate comprehension of fiction and nonfiction by:
a. Using pictures to make predictions about content.
b. Discussing characters, setting and events.
K.11 Draw pictures and/or use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences,
stories, people, objects, or events.
Lesson Objectives:
Content: The student will:
1. Identify Abraham Lincoln as the sixteenth president of the United States.
2. Compare his/her lifestyle with the lifestyle of Abraham Lincoln as a child and young
adult.
3. Discuss the role of Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Process: The student will:
1. Demonstrate comprehension of A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln by answering
teacher directed questions.
2. Print the words Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin, independently, under the craft stick
log cabin and picture.
3. Make predictions from pictures about content, characters, setting, and events before
reading A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln.
4. Demonstrate knowledge gained about Abraham Lincoln by using pictures, words and
letters, or drawing in their journals.
Materials:
Trade Book:
Adler, David A. A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, A Trumpet Club
Special Edition, Scholastic, Inc. 1989. ISBN: 0-590-10371-7.
Handout # 1
Slideshow of Lincoln photographs to be shown on ibook computer
Lincoln’s student sum book: courtesy of www.america’slibrary.gov Credit: Lincoln,
Abraham. “Page of Abraham Lincoln’s student sum book, ca. 824-26. (Herndon-Weik
Collection of Lincolniana).” Library of Congress.
Lincoln taking a break from splitting rails: courtesy of www.america’slibrary.com
Credit: “Lincoln the rail splitter.” C1909. Library of Congress
A Lincoln for President poster from 1860: courtesy of www.america’slibrary.gov
Credit: “For President ABRAM LINCOLN. For Vice President HANNIBAL HAMLIN.”
H.C. Howard, 1860. Library of Congress
The contents of Abraham Lincoln’s pockets from April 14, 1865. Image includes
newspaper reporting his assassination: courtesy of www.america’slibrary.gov
“Contents of Abraham Lincoln’s Pockets.” April 14, 1865. Library of Congress
All other photographs courtesy of Abraham Lincoln Research Site.
http://members.aol.com/RSVNorton/Lincoln2.html
Handout # 2 Time line pictures for hat band, chart paper, scissors, glue
Handout # 3 Top hat tracer for time line
Transparency # 1 KWL organizer for Abraham Lincoln
Transparency # 2 Past/Present Graphic Organizer for Abraham Lincoln
Example # 1 Curly beard Abraham Lincoln face
Handout # 4 Tracers for Lincoln face and hat
Handout # 5 Descriptive sentence for top of Lincoln face
Black and manila construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons
Example # 2 Craft stick Lincoln log cabin
Handout # 6 Lined paper, white paper, construction paper, pencils, crayons, large craft sticks
Example # 3 Journal writing sample for Abraham Lincoln, white paper, pencils, crayons
Extension Example # 4 Symmetrical Abraham Lincoln with penny
Extension Handout # 8 Lincoln tracer, black construction paper, penny, scissors, glue, pencils
Extension Example # 5-6 Two sided Lincoln silhouette penny
Extension Handout # 9 Front side of penny
Extension Handout # 10 Back side of penny
Extension Handout # 11 Lincoln silhouette tracers
Black and brown construction paper, scissors, glue, pencil
Extension Handout # 12 Directions for pendant
Extension Handout # 13 Large star pattern
Extension Handout # 14 Medium star pattern
Extension Handout # 15 Small star pattern, red, white, blue construction paper
glue, scissors, hole puncher, yarn, star tracers, penny
Extension Handout # 16 Abraham Lincoln birthday dot-to-dot, pencils, crayons
Extension Handout # 17 Abraham Lincoln Memorial Statue coloring page, crayons
Abraham Lincoln role playing activity- child size hat and beard
Child hood games of Lincoln’s youth - jump rope, blind fold
Assessment/Evaluation: The teacher will:
1. Assess student responses given to questions during the preview of the book.
2. Assess responses given during the completion of the KWL activity before and after
reading the book.
3. Assess student responses given during the past/present graphic organizer.
4. Assess the students’ knowledge of Abraham Lincoln in their journal writing sample.
5. Evaluate the accuracy of the time line of major events in the life of Abraham Lincoln
shown on hat band: log cabin, sum book, splitting rails, campaign banner, Lincoln as
president, Lincoln at Antietam, assassination at Ford’s Theater, Lincoln funeral train,
Lincoln Memorial.
Lesson Procedure
Background Knowledge/Purpose Setting: The teacher will:
1. Display the front cover of A picture Book of Abraham Lincoln.
2. Ask students if they know who is pictured on the front cover and what the book might
be about.
3. Inform the students that the person pictured is Abraham Lincoln as a child.
4. Ask students what they know about Abraham Lincoln by looking at the front cover.
5. Begin filling in the KWL by listing what the students already know about Abraham
Lincoln. (Transparency #1)
Before Reading: The teacher will:
1. Introduce the title, author, and illustrator of A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln.
2. Preview the pictures in the book in order to predict what might be happening in the story.
3. Continue filling in the KWL by listing what the students want to learn about Abraham
Lincoln. (Transparency #1)
4. Explain to students that Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky and grew
up to become one of the most important presidents of our country.
5. Explain that Abraham Lincoln was president during the Civil War and helped to end
slavery in our country.
During Reading: The teacher will:
1. Begin reading A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln.
2. Read pages 1-6 and discuss, with students, the fact that Abraham Lincoln was born in a
log cabin, moved several times during his childhood, and the type of lifestyle he
experienced during his childhood.
3. Read pages 7-10 and discuss, with students, Abraham Lincoln’s young adulthood and
the fact that he worked on a flatboat, experienced slavery for the first time on a trip to
New Orleans, and became a store clerk when he returned home.
4. Read pages 11-16 and discuss, with students, the fact that Abraham Lincoln became a
lawyer and later went into politics and eventually was elected the 16th president of the
United States.
5. Read pages 17-18 and discuss, with students, the meaning of slavery.
6. Read pages 19-24 and discuss the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, the
Gettysburg Address, the end of the war, and his re-election as president.
7. Read pages 25-28 and discuss Lincoln’s assassination and his funeral train to Illinois.
After Reading: The teacher will:
1. Lead students in a discussion of facts learned during the reading of the book.
2. Present a slideshow of pictures from the life of Abraham Lincoln. (Handout #1)
3. Complete the KWL by listing what the students have learned about Abraham Lincoln
from the book and pictures. (Transparency #1)
4. Lead students in completing a graphic organizer comparing Abraham Lincoln’s life in
the past with life in the present by discussing homes, chores, transportation,
communication, school/books, and games. (Transparency #2)
5. Model the activity and ask students to complete a curly beard Abraham Lincoln face
with description of Abraham Lincoln on top. (Example #1, Handout #4-5.)
6. Model the activity and ask students to create a craft stick log cabin, decorate scenery
and write “Abraham Lincoln lived in a log cabin.” (Example #2, Handout # 6).
Closure: The student will:
1. Complete an entry in their journal by drawing/writing about Abraham Lincoln and the
important events in his life as a child or as the president. (Example #3)
2. Complete a time-line on Abraham Lincoln’s life using pictures from his life. Place the
pictures in correct order on the hat band of a black top hat. (Handout #2-3)
Extension/Differentiation: The student could:
1. Make a folded symmetrical Abraham Lincoln with a penny, face up, in the middle of the
face area. (Extension Example #4, Extension Handout #8)
2. Make a two-sided brown penny with a black silhouette face in the middle of front.
(Extension Example #5-6, Extension Handout #9-11)
3. Make a Lincoln Penny Pendant. (Extension Example #7, Extension Handout #12-15)
4. Complete a dot-to-dot picture for Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday.(Extension Handout #16)
5. Color a picture of the Lincoln Memorial. (Extension Handout #17)
6. Role play events of Lincoln’s presidency using a child’s black top hat and beard.
7. Play games that children during Abraham Lincoln’s childhood might have
played…jump rope, hide-and-seek, leapfrog, and blind-man’s bluff.
8. Learn more about Abraham Lincoln by visiting the following websites:
www.americaslibrary.gov, http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html
Abraham Lincoln Research Site.
Handout #1
Handout #2
Handout #3
Transparency #1
Transparency #2
Example #1
Handout #4
Handout #5
Example #2
Handout #6
Example #3
Extension Example #4
Extension Handout #8
Extension Example #5
Extension Example #6
Extension Handout #9
Extension Handout #10
Extension Handout #11
Extension Example #12
Extension Handout #13
Extension Handout #14
Extension Handout #15
Extension Handout #16
Extension Handout #17