Everyone is talking about Abraham Lincoln. Took theaters by storm, and Edutopia staffers who saw the film thought it could be classroom fodder for years to come. A few enterprising organizations produced for the film. There's never been a better time to drum up good resources to teach about our 16th president -- and the tumultuous times in which he led the country. Christian Movie Study GuidesHopefully you'll find something in this video playlist to pique the interest of your students about this fascinating character from American history. • (02:21) I have to start with the epic movie trailer. While it's rare for a major-studio Hollywood film to try for much historical accuracy, Steven Spielberg took great pains to make this film authentic. Critics are raving -- and apparently Daniel Day-Lewis simply inhabits the character of Abraham Lincoln. • (04:45) What? You say you don't have two and a half hours to show the Lincoln feature film in class? Well, this fun short tries to sum it up in less than five minutes. Dec 14, 2012 - A few enterprising organizations produced study guides for the film. There's never been. Video Playlist: Learning with Lincoln. Watch the first. LINCOLN Film Study Guide. LINCOLN Film Study Guide Questions - TEACHER’S COPY Opening Titles 1. What is the purpose of the scene consisting of Lincoln speaking with the black and white soldiers? • (07:01) Some say the awkward Lincoln couldn't become president today, with his gangly frame, squeaky voice, and craggy features. See for yourself with this slideshow of, well, every known picture. You get the idea. • (05:34 excerpt) But wait! The rosy picture of the heroic Great Emancipator is probably not the full story, as high school social studies teacher () Keith Hughes of explains in this excerpt. If Lincoln didn't free the slaves, what did the Emancipation Proclamation actually do? • (02:34) Intrigued by Lincoln's complicated views on equality and slavery? In this video, shows us where Lincoln fell on the spectrum of slave-owners to abolitionists -- and how his position changed over the course of his career. • (05:54) brings us this excerpt from his wonderful to dig into the circumstances around Lincoln's most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. Ironically, Lincoln himself thought the two-minute talk was a failure, yet it endures. • (04:20) Bored with old-fashioned orations? Rogator 854 owners manual. This enterprising teenaged duo sings the words of the Gettysburg Address to the tune of in a bid for extra credit in their AP Language class. Howard, I hope you gave these girls some points! • (02:37 excerpt) I've excerpted just the first part of this 14-minute teacher-produced documentary about the events surrounding the assassination of Lincoln -- a highly detailed overview of what happened that night at Ford's Theater, along with the backstory of assassin John Wilkes Booth. • (05:29) Talk about primary sources -- a 96-year-old man appears on the popular '50s game show to describe his experience of witnessing the shooting of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at the age of five.. • (03:23) The, in Springfield, Illinois, has a video series that examines artifacts from Lincoln's life, as part of a fundraising venture for their permanent collection. The iconic stove-pipe hat -- he apparently stored letter and notes inside it! • (01:53) And now, a break from history -- this one's for the science teachers. Filmmaker Josh Kurz used Lincoln to ingeniously explain how hemoglobin works. Part of the Blood, Sweat, and Tears video series from. More Resources for Teaching About Lincoln It's never been easier to make Abraham Lincoln's story come to life for your students in all its powerful complexity. Whether you're digging deep into historical details or making connections to modern-day political issues, there are scores of organizations out there that offer additional teaching resources -- you can get started with the links below. I also included a few articles debating the historical accuracy of the new film, and its possible merits as a teaching tool. So I leave you with this quote which seems particularly salient for teachers -- from an address Lincoln gave for the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society in 1859: 'I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable -- nothing which so lightens and sweetens toil, as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery.' • website, also from the. • website, from the • Additional • •, book published by ASCD (also check out the ) •, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (the non-fiction book Spielberg's film is based on) •, by Eric Foner • ' by Forrest Wickman, • ',' by Philip Zelikow, Opinion Pages • ',' post on Thinkfinity Community Hub • ' by Matthew Pinkser, feed on • ',' by Roy Blount Jr., Editor's Note: Spielberg's Lincoln film stirred controversy for portraying three of Connecticut's four congressmen voting against the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. In fact, all four of the state's representatives voted in favor. The film's writer, Tony Kushner, says it was an intentional inaccuracy aimed at showing how powerful forces, even in New England, were determined to block the abolition of slavery. Kushner stresses that the work is an historical fiction not an historical record.
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