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Happy Birthday, Abe! 200 years old in Februray!
Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USP6-2415-A DLC
Are you planning anything special in your curriculum/studies or just to celebrate? I am really excited about all the resources that are coming up to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. I always enjoy incorporating anniversaries that are being celebrated in a big way publicly, because we all benefit from the great resources that are published and promoted at the time.
I sure wish that we lived in one of the "Lincoln" locations as there will be some great events. Like theAbraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute – Opened January 16.
Are you NOVA ladies going? Anyone else live in the Lincoln areas, like Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois? Share with us what is happening.
Well for those of us not close we can still do this Smithsonian Institute Virtual conference - sounds really cool!
A couple other on-line sites I found are included here. There are so many, almost too much to sift through. Please share resources that you have found which are worthwhile to help us all discern the best resources.
Abraham Lincoln online
Lincoln Birthday
It's only a month away (Februrary 12) - so I would love your help compiling resources, books, activites, websites, here in this thread. I'm going to link some of past Lincoln threads here as well.
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Past 4 Real threads to read:
President Lincoln
Lincoln and Washington - which includes a link to a very fun post Dawn did a couple years ago on her blog:Links for Lincoln
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2009 Lincoln Bicentennial One Cent Program – 4 new penny designs will be minted by the US Mint this year, in recognition of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth.
It's also the 100th anniversary of the first issue of the Lincoln cent. We love the historic coins (president dollars, states quarters, Lewis & Clark nickels) and are looking forward to these coins this year. Our homeschool group is going to visit the US Mint on a field trip this week - hopefully we will see some (or at least find out when they will be in circulation).
Here are the Kid’s pages at US Mint site - they have info and activities associated with the Lincoln pennies.
And don't forget postage stamps - there is a really nice looking series of stamps that will be issued on his birthday. These United States postage stamps depict four eras of Lincoln’s life - Rail Splitter, Lawyer, Politician, President). We are going to try to collect as many of other past Lincoln stamps as we can and compare them.
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Does no one else have anything to share about 'ole honest Abe???? Am I the only Abeophile enjoying this bicentennial year???
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We have done quite a bit this year, but mostly local stuff since we live in Central IL. My oldest loves everything Lincoln, so we planned our summer vacation around him.
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At our visit to the US Mint on Wednesday we found out the first penny will be circulated starting Feb. 12, his birthday (which is kind of what I figured). Though we didn't actually see them being minted, we did see the blanks that will be the Lincoln pennies soon - the machine was not going at the time we went through.
Our group just decided to have a big Lincoln Brithday bash that Friday after his birthday. So I've been brainstorming some games, crafts, food, etc. The kids and I came up with some ideas like BINGO with pennies for the counters, "tiddly-winks" with pennies, penny toss, and Lincoln log building.
Love to hear other suggestions...
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Mary....I forwarded this thread to dh, who is a HUGE Lincoln-buff, and he's so excited about all this! Thanks for posting!!
The US Mint in Denver was always a favorite field trip when we'd visit our cousins.....my Uncle Chuck loved taking us there!
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SuzanneG wrote:
| Mary....I forwarded this thread to dh, who is a HUGE Lincoln-buff, and he's so excited about all this! Thanks for posting!! |
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Hopefully your dh will relay some resources and ideas to share here! That would be great.
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The tour has changed a lot even in the 20 years we've been here. You definitely don't get to see as much of the actual process as you used to.
I did learn one interesting fact about the penny though - they currently lose money making it. It costs 1.25 cents to make each one, but they can only sell it to the Federal Reserve for face value, 1 cent (obviously). They lose money on nickels, too, but make it up in other coinage - like dollar coins cost 25 cents to produce. Last year after expenses the US Mint
returned $750 million to the Treasury General Fund - money that they made making money  .
And back to Lincoln resources...
I have a plethora of Lincoln books I'm perusing right now. I wanted to mention a couple that we have found really interesting and unique in format. Both are compilations - great living history presentation of many aspects of Lincoln's life and death.
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary - Candace Fleming
This book is presented in a "scrapbook" format - includes a variety of types of resources (photographs, letters, documents) to present the story of Abe and Mary. Huge amount of information presented in a really readable and engaging manner. The kids and I are thoroughly enjoying it. Lots of good stuff here.
Lincoln Shot, A President's Life Remembered - Barry Denenberg
Another fun format - it's presented as a compilation of old-time newspapers covering the death and remembering the life of Lincoln. The format itself is enough to engage most students - it's a very large book, oversized book (18 X 12 inches) to give each page the feel of a real newspaper of the time. It's well done and has a very authentic appearance. Like the scrapbook mentioned above, covers lots of topics and engages the reader.
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There are SO MANY great picture books about Lincoln!!! 
Anyone have any ideas of some sort of meal/food to fix ??? Most of the ideas for food are for desserts, etc.
**Any ideas for food that they typically ate during this time period?
**Foods that are associated with the Lincolns?
**Brainstorm "Associated foods" like a "cherry pie" for George Washington?
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Well, there is this website which discusses Civil War soldier food. And this one.
We are going to make Penny Rugs (well, kind of sorta).
Penny Rugs
A good picture of a Penny Rug.
I have a black paper table cloth that we are going to glue 1 1/4inch circles and 3/4 inch circles to create the look of the Penny Rug. I am hoping it will inspire us to try to make one for real with the wool scraps I have but I think one of those will take awhile.
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I like the Food Timeline for this sort of thing. I didn't see anything on there at first glance for ole Abe...but there's plenty during that time period to at least get an idea for the culinary offerings during that period.
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Angi? do we know each other? We're Central IL too. Will you go see Obama visit the Lincoln sites this month? We were considering a visit to the Pres. Museum. It's a fun visit.
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Use this page on the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial website to find a link to the various state Lincoln Bicentennial Commissions. There are events in most states.
It has also been really interesting to me to read the "connections" different states have to Lincoln where I never knew they existed. Idaho for example - that's where I was born and grew up. I didn't "remember" from my school days there, any connections Lincoln had to Idaho.
It was Abraham Lincoln who established the Idaho Territory in 1863 by signing an act of Congress on March 4. He helped pick the name "Idaho" and appointed our first territorial governor. Lincoln even had Idaho on his mind the day he was assassinated, when he invited an Idaho Congressman to join him at Ford's Theater.
The west was really important to Lincoln and the Union during the Civil War even though it had little physical or direct connection. So even if you don't think your state has any connections - check it out - you may find some and some fun local events.
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SuzanneG wrote:
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I understand that for this year's inaugural luncheon the foods that were chosen were meant to reflect Lincoln's favorite foods - or the type of foods they would have eaten.
Here's the menu:
First Course: Seafood Stew. The wine: Duckhorn Vineyards, 2007 Sauvignon Blanc from the Napa Valley in California.
Second Course: A Brace of American Birds (pheasant and duck), served with sour cherry chutney and molasses sweet potatoes. The wine: Goldeneye, 2005 Pinot Noir from the Anderson Valley in California.
Third Course: Apple cinnamon sponge cake and sweet cream glacé. The wine: Korbel Natural 'Special Inaugural Cuvée,' from California.
Seems like lots of wine...
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Our piano teacher today told us that Lincoln was mentored by JQA who was an ardent abolitionist. I never knew!
She went on a tour of the Capitol Building last night led by the founder of Wall Builders a group trying to preserve the Christian influence on American history. The tour sounded awsome.
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And I think I may have to plan a trip to the American History museum too, now. Thanks for the tip!
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Ooohhhh, thanks for the links, everyone! Very helpful.
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....which I'm not opposed to..... 
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Some of these are in included in the link above for Dawn's blog thread from a few years ago, but I wanted to highlight some specific links of interest that were included there.
Great source of quotes for recitation, dictation, copywork, etc. - Abraham Lincoln on-line Speeches and Writings
Fun food:
Instructions on making this at Martha Stewart.com
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This is the agenda for our group celebration on Friday:
Craft/Art activity:
- make Lincoln themed frame for Gettysburg Address (using Lincoln postage stamps and rubber stamp images of the Lincoln penny)
Presentation/Oratory activity:
- students will have opportunity to recite some speech, quote, poem of Lincoln
Games:
Stove pipe hat penny toss
Lincoln BINGO
Lincoln Trivia Jeopardy
Obstacle Course Relay (still working out the details but will include some "rails" to split, pennies to return, tin can stilts to walk on)
Surveying Treasure Hunt - from Abraham Lincoln for Kids
For the Little set:
Penny Rubbings
Penny Toss
Play with Lincoln Logs
Snacks:
the pretzel log cabins shown above
Little Debbie Swiss Rolls - to double as giant Lincoln Logs - the kids can "split" them like Lincoln split rails - (get it?)
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Oooohhhhhh....the Swiss Rolls! That's it! I knew there just had to be something!
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