Teaching Lincoln

Contents: Michael Burlingame: Abraham Lincoln - Michael Perman: Making Sense of the American Civil War - Iver Bernstein: Lincoln and the Traumatic Violence of Slavery and the Civil War: A Brief for Expanding Historical Imagination - Stephen L. Hansen: Abraham Lincoln and American Mythology - John Ryan/Susan Teson: Lesson Plan - Not Just for History Class Anymore: Lincoln's Rightful Place in an Eleventh-Grade American Literature Course - Janice M. Smith: Lesson Plan - Abraham Lincoln and the Wild Boar: Aesop's Influence on the President's Politics, Conduct, and Writing - Mary Wigton: Ideas for Teaching - Civil War Elections - Student Newscasts - Robyn Lee: Ideas for Teaching - Creating Campaigns for the Election of 1860 - Elizabeth A. DeCourcey: Ideas for Teaching - The Election of 1860 - Amy Siebert: Ideas for Teaching - Abraham Lincoln and a Virtual Field Trip - Carol Jackson: Ideas for Teaching - Letter Writing Can Change History - Stephen L. Hansen: Lincoln and the Problem of Leadership During the Secession Crisis - Louis S. Gerteis: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties During the American Civil War - Michelle Stacy: Lesson Plan -Teaching the Beginning of the Civil War Through Lincoln's First Inaugural Address - Silvio Quintas: Lesson Plan - Teaching Lincoln and the Writ of Habeas Corpus - Scott E. Burgess: Lesson Plan - Lincoln and the Factors of Successful Presidential Leadership - Joel Latman: Lesson Plan - Abraham Lincoln: A Politician's Politician - Christopher Gagnon: Ideas for Teaching - Abraham Lincoln and Leadership - Julia A. George: Ideas for Teaching - A Look into Lincoln's Leadership and His Character: What Would You Put in Lincoln's Hat? - Chandria Howard: Ideas for Teaching - Lincoln, Leadership, and Technology in the Civil War Era - Sairee Knabe: Ideas for Teaching - Teaching Lincoln and the Civil War Through Student-Centered Learning - Sowande' Mustakeem: Breaking the Chains: Un-Silencing the American Slaving Past - Stephen L. Hansen: Lincoln's

Caroline R. Pryor is Associate Professor of Secondary Education and Curriculum at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She is editor of Learning for Democracy: An International Journal of Thought and Practice and a Wye Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Dr. Pryor is author or co-author of six previous books, and has received six annual National Endowment for the Humanities awards for her workshop for school teachers on Abraham Lincoln.

Stephen L. Hansen is Professor and Dean Emeritus at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has authored several books, book chapters, and articles on topics in higher education and in history, including The Making of the Third Party System: Voters and Parties in Illinois, 1850-1876 (1980). His articles and essays have appeared in Academic Leadership Journal, Research Management Review, Illinois Historical Journal, and the Lincoln Herald.

«This volume is long overdue. The centrality of the Civil War and the Lincoln presidency in our history is acknowledged by all, and finally a cadre of eminent scholars and teachers address the best ways to bring it alive to K-12 students today. Topics from political cartoons, to literature, to the border states, to leadership and civil rights and nationalism and race are all covered skilfully. Strongly recommended.» (James M. Cornelius, PhD, Curator, Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum)
«As Dr. Fritz Fischer has noted, we live in age where public figures and policy makers work to create the 'memory hole,' where the past is obscured or consciously forgotten. This book offers a valuable tool to fill that hole with accurate, valuable information about a pivotal American historical figure. Accurate content and a range of primary materials and effective teaching strategies combine to promote students' understanding and ability to contribute to the process of social decision-making. An important work for today's teachers.» (Thomas M. McGowan, Professor, Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln)