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Online Resources for the Bicentennial and Beyond USA Today Weekend Magazine’s “Why Lincoln Matters” Feature from Sunday, February 1, 2009. This is the official site for the Lincoln Bicentennial. It contains information on Lincoln, reading lists, quizzes, lesson plans, and related contests. This is a site of newspaper articles related to Abraham Lincoln. There are over 25,000 historical articles to search through for information. This is the website for the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. It includes a map and other resources. The history-place website offers a comprehensive timeline for the life of Abraham Lincoln. The Library of Congress has a massive collection of papers and manuscripts by and related to Abraham Lincoln. This is the historical digitization project on Abraham Lincoln. It includes images, sounds, video, and interactive features. The teacher’s parlor contains lesson plans and information on traveling to Springfield. The Abraham Lincoln Institute looks at different aspects of Lincoln’s life in separated profile sites. A teachers assistance pages guides teachers through the website on how to apply it to the classroom. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library offers free teaching resources that you can order including a Lincoln’s Legacy Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources CD and Posters. A day by day chronology of the life of Abraham Lincoln. This website looks at heroes in history and in the daily news. Abraham Lincoln is the featured hero. They are offering an essay and art contest in honor of Abraham Lincoln for the bicentennial. This site is produced by a retired history teacher and is all about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. It is quite fascinating and full a fabulous facts, photos, and resources.
