To begin the unit, I sent home a note to the parents stating that the child and I were collecting information on Abe Lincoln. As the children bring information in, it is placed in our display area.

ABE UNITABE UNIT

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Alec’s great, great, great, great grandfather was a Civil War Soldier. He brought in documents about his grandfather, Abe and the Civil War.

I created an Abe Lincoln Power pointPower point Show. We viewed it as a class, then they watched in individually.

The History Place on the Internet http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/

The class documented information we found on Abe. I had former

children of mine came in and read the Abe Lincoln Books they created

the year before.

Language Skills (Nouns) We listed “THE PLACES” that Abe is associated with.

One initial activity was a web about Abe’s childhood. We read a couple of books and then we listed facts about his

boyhood. Each child had to create an ABE WEB using any of the facts.

One example of my Group Center – This one had the children labeling two maps. The students are labeling the North and South regions on their maps (1860) map. Then on a separate empty US map, they had to color the four places Lincoln lived

in his life.

• Centers are a part of my classroom.

I usually have four groups or centers

1. Computer Group2. Seat work 3. Group Activity4. Guided Reading

Sequence – Using Power PointPower Point photos of events in his life. Individually, the students had to place

these in the correct order.

Then we looked at his childhood.

Using KIDSPIRATION,KIDSPIRATION,

the children had to list “FACTS”

about his childhood. They

had to know their source.

Math Lesson – To demonstrate Lincoln’s 6 foot 4 inch height,

we measured the board with a

basketball player. We were learning about measuring with inch

rulers, so we converted Abe’s

height to 76 inches tall and marked how tall Abe was on the

cut out.

Using the power pointpower point I created, I printed it putting two slides on one page. Then I made “ABE” guided reading books to read during

center time.

As and ART Project, we used the “Community Construction Kit”“Community Construction Kit” CD and we

created a house that looked liked a log cabin. We printed it and they constructed

their log cabin.

Another ART project was our ABE STAMPS. Using KID PIXKID PIX the students had to create ABE stamps they would

have liked to see designed.

Then I took the original slides from myfrom my MS Power MS Power pointpoint Show and deleted my words. The students then Show and deleted my words. The students then

labeled each photo.labeled each photo.

Our Abe Word

Bank is placed on the comput

er to assist

them in labeling

.

Using the

word bank, I created an ABC Order

Review Test

One final project

included our

completed research paper.

(Microsoft Word Document)

Using Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word, the students had to create questions they would

like to ask ABE.

On the INTERNETINTERNET, the students were able to take an electronic practice test on ABE.