2012 – 2013
Image © Bruce Guthrie
School
Programs
www.lincolncottage.org
Image © Bruce Guthrie
2 n d gr a d e te ache r , Fall s Ch u r ch , VA
This trip was fantastic! The instructor had wonderful
management skills, and my students were engaged
from start to finish. It was paced perfectly and
provided information in bites that students can
absorb. What a special place to learn about
Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the power of ideas.
We will be back next year!
Learning
at President Lincoln’s Cottage
☛
A visit to President Lincoln’s Cottage inspires
young minds to consider the example of Lincoln’s
leadership and character and his impact on
students’ lives today. Abraham Lincoln’s
personality, wartime decision making, political
maneuvers, and relationships with family,
friends, and colleagues come to life
for students and teachers through
education programs at President
Lincoln’s Cottage.
Look inside for
programs, schedules,
and lesson plans
Additionally, the site offers distance learning programs
that can be used in the classroom or computer lab for
4th–12th grade.
are available for students in kindergarten through 12th
grade and include a specialized tour of the Cottage and an
interactive program component that both meet Common
Core and national standards of learning. Educator materials
and lesson plans are available to prepare your students for
their visit to President Lincoln’s Cottage, provide logistical
information for your on-site experience, and to help
facilitate meaningful post-program reflection. To download,
visit our website at www.lincolncottage.org.
Lincoln’s Hat
Grades K–3
Curriculum areas
met by Cottage programs:
Art/Visual Arts
Social Sciences/Studies
Technology
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln began forming his
Geography
ideas on issues such as justice and freedom. As he
Language Arts
grew, so too did his ideas. While living at his Cottage,
President Lincoln thought through his ideas on the
Civil War and emancipation, and turned these ideas
into action. In Lincoln’s Hat, Lincoln’s unique note-taking practice serves as a model to
students as they develop their own creative ideas and problem solving skills on everyday
decisions and complex issues. Students will discover President Lincoln’s unique habit of
storing his ideas inside his signature stovepipe hat, and a hands-on activity will provide
students with a special place to keep their own ideas.
This program lasts a minimum of 1.5 hours.
I See the President
Grades 4–5
During the Civil War, President Lincoln commuted daily from the
Cottage through the heart of Civil War Washington to the White
House. Along the way, Lincoln encountered front-line soldiers,
escaped slaves living in contraband camps, wounded soldiers, and
Washington residents, such as Walt Whitman. These every day people influenced Lincoln and his ideas
on the Civil War and emancipation and taught him lessons that are still important to today’s students.
Lincoln’s desire to exchange ideas with those around him in order to better understand important issues
serves as a model to young minds as they learn to respect each others’ ideas. In I See the President,
students take on the role of the people President Lincoln interacted with on his daily commute and
analyze their first-hand accounts to write a fable that teaches their classmates an important lesson.
Lincoln’s country home offers students of all ages a remarkable window
into Lincoln’s life as father, husband, and Commander-in-Chief.
Our unique, multimedia guided tour uses historical voices and images to
bring to life the challenges Lincoln faced as President and the evolution
of his emancipation strategies.
This program lasts a minimum of 2 hours.
Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions:
Debating Emancipation
Opened to the public for the first time in 2008, President Lincoln’s Cottage reveals
Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and private life—where it happened. Walking in President
Lincoln’s footsteps, visitors gain insight into his most influential ideas and decisions.
On-Campus programs
Grades 6–12, College Students, and Adults
is located on a picturesque hilltop in Northwest Washington, DC.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from
June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864. While living at the Cottage,
Lincoln developed his Emancipation Proclamation and plotted Union
wartime strategies.
Abraham Lincoln solved the difficult problems of his time by consulting the ideas of those around
him, thus informing his own thought process. This approach serves as a model for students to
develop their own decision-making skills as they strive to understand the power of their ideas in
modern society. In Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions: Debating
Emancipation — an award-winning program that puts
students in the role of President Lincoln’s closest advisors
— students use touch screen monitors to explore historical
documents and recreate the heated discussions that
President Lincoln had with his Cabinet over emancipation.
President Lincoln’s Cottage
This program lasts a minimum of 1.5 hours.
FOR EDUCATORS
Living Lincoln:
A Workshop for Teachers
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln developed a unique leadership style that continues to
resonate with today’s leaders. In Living Lincoln: A Workshop for Teachers, a museum educator
facilitates an interactive workshop for school leaders that uses Lincoln’s pragmatic style as a model
for helping students develop the skills they need to be effective leaders. In this workshop, educators
receive a customized tour of the Cottage, a resource packet of reflection activities and lesson plans,
and an introduction to Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions: Debating Emancipation.
Civil War Washington
Teacher Fellows
The Civil War Washington Museum Consortium, including
President Lincoln’s Cottage, Ford’s Theatre Society, Frederick
Douglass National Historic Site, and Tudor Place Historic
House and Garden, offers week-long, summer workshops for
educators. These workshops provide a place-based approach
to exploring Washington during the Civil War as teachers
spend time at each participating site, discover Civil War
neighborhoods through walking tours, and leave with an array
of resources to use in their classrooms. For more information on the Civil War Washington Teacher
Fellows program, please contact [email protected].
Registration and Logistics
To register for an education program at President
Lincoln’s Cottage, download a Reservation Application
and Tour Guidlines packet from our website:
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education.
When planning your student or teacher visit,
please keep the following in mind:
◆◆ 3 weeks advanced reservations required.
◆◆ Send the complete form as an email attachment
to [email protected] or send via fax to
202.829.0437.
◆◆ Submitting the application does not mean your
program is confirmed.
◆◆ Upon receipt of the application, you will be
contacted within 48 hours to either confirm or
reschedule your program. Confirmation emails are
sent between 9am–5pm on weekdays only.
◆◆ Ample, on-site bus parking is available at no charge.
◆◆ Picnic tables are available on a first come, first
Cost for education programs at President Lincoln’s
Cottage is $7 per student. A nonrefundable $50
deposit is required to secure your reservation and final
payment is due one week in advance of your visit. The
Cottage welcomes District of Columbia Public Schools
and Public Charter Schools to participate in its
programs at no cost. To inquire about transportation
scholarships, please contact the Education
Department at [email protected].
President Lincoln’s Cottage participates in the
Arts for Every Student Program, an initiative of
the DC Arts and Humanities
Education Collaborative. Visit
www.dccollaborative.org to learn
more about this organization that
connects DC public school students
with cultural and arts organizations
around the city.
served basis.
Lesson Plan
PERMIT
INFO?
Don’t miss the opportunity to see
#EPNow
2012 – 2013
School
Programs
AFRH-W 1315, 3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
An original
signed copy of
the Emancipation
Proclamation
September 22, 2012 to February 28, 2013
Within weeks of moving to the Cottage in 1862, President Lincoln began
drafting his Emancipation Proclamation. Released on January 1, 1863, the
final Proclamation remains a symbol of Lincoln’s vision for the United States.
Conduct a close reading and analysis of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and lead
your students in answering the question “How has the Emancipation Proclamation
affected my life?” in the form of a 140-character Tweet.
This exercise, adapted from the final project of a 2012 Civil War Washington Teacher Fellow,
is designed for students in grades 6–12 and can be modified to address curriculum areas in
social studies, language arts, and technology.
Directions:
◆◆ Prior to the exercise, print a transcribed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as a
printable version of the January 1, 1863 Proclamation for each student.
◆◆ Distribute a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
to each student and explain that you will analyze
the document by doing a close reading of Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation.
Materials:
A close reading is defined as the
careful, sustained interpretation
of a passage of text.
◆◆ Have students volunteer to read the Proclamation aloud, line-by-line.
Sample questions for analysis can be found
at www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education.
◆◆ Transcribed copies of the January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation found at
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education
◆◆ After each sentence, lead students in an
analysis of that sentence by asking questions
that encourage them to consider each sentence
in its legal, historical, and rhetorical context.
◆◆ At the conclusion of the close reading, ask students to write a “tweet” that answers the
question: How has the Emancipation Proclamation affected my life today?
◆◆ Facilitator notes found at
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education
President Lincoln’s Cottage will be the first
public venue to display a rare, signed copy of the
Emancipation Proclamation recently purchased by
David M. Rubenstein. The historic document will be
displayed in the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education
Center at President Lincoln’s Cottage from September
22nd, 2012, the date Lincoln issued the Preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation, through the end of
February 2013. Reserve your education program now
to see this historic document!
Image © Bruce Guthrie
A “tweet” is a status or post on the popular social networking site, Twitter.
Tweets are brief and must contain 140 characters (letters, numbers,
symbols, etc.) or less. Tweets are organized by a hashtag (#) and are used
to mark key words or topics in a tweet (e.g.: #history). For this exercise,
tweets will challenge students to synthesize and make meaning of the
Emancipation Proclamation in their lives today in a concise, thoughtful way.
Taking it Further
After leading students through a close reading of Lincoln’s January 1, 1863 Emancipation
Proclamation, consider leading students through President Barack Obama’s proclamation
declaring January 2012 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month from
December 31, 2012. Lead students in a similar close reading exercise to discover information
about modern slavery, a growing humanitarian crisis in the United States, and the impact
the Emancipation Proclamation has on legislation today. Copies of this Proclamation
are found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/30/presidentialproclamation-national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevent.
◆◆ Once each student has written and shared their tweets with the rest of the class, email
the results to President Lincoln’s Cottage at [email protected]. Cottage staff
will tweet each response from the Cottage’s special Emancipation Proclamation Twitter
account (Twitter.com/emancipation150) using the hashtag #EPNow. Remember, hashtags
count toward the total number of characters used, so students will only have 132 characters
available! (President Lincoln’s Cottage may need to change the exact wording of some tweets
to make sure they fit the character limit.)
This unique site captured my students’ attention.
The technology used was very effective for
stimulating discussion, and I admired the personal
interaction, positive energy, and passion shared!
1 0 t h gr a d e te ache r , Wa s hin g to n , D C
www.lincolncottage.org
Lincoln’s Hat
2 n d gr a d e te ache r , Fall s Ch u r ch , VA
This trip was fantastic! The instructor had wonderful
management skills, and my students were engaged
from start to finish. It was paced perfectly and
provided information in bites that students can
absorb. What a special place to learn about
Abraham Lincoln, slavery, and the power of ideas.
We will be back next year!
Grades K–3
Curriculum areas
met by Cottage programs:
Art/Visual Arts
Social Sciences/Studies
Technology
Geography
Language Arts
Image © Bruce Guthrie
As a young man, Abraham Lincoln began forming his
ideas on issues such as justice and freedom. As he
grew, so too did his ideas. While living at his Cottage,
President Lincoln thought through his ideas on the
Civil War and emancipation, and turned these ideas
into action. In Lincoln’s Hat, Lincoln’s unique note-taking practice serves as a model to
students as they develop their own creative ideas and problem solving skills on everyday
decisions and complex issues. Students will discover President Lincoln’s unique habit of
storing his ideas inside his signature stovepipe hat, and a hands-on activity will provide
students with a special place to keep their own ideas.
This program lasts a minimum of 1.5 hours.
A visit to President Lincoln’s Cottage inspires
young minds to consider the example of Lincoln’s
leadership and character and his impact on
students’ lives today. Abraham Lincoln’s
personality, wartime decision making, political
maneuvers, and relationships with family,
friends, and colleagues come to life
for students and teachers through
education programs at President
Lincoln’s Cottage.
Learnin
Grades 4–5
During the Civil War, President Lincoln commuted daily from the
Cottage through the heart of Civil War Washington to the White
House. Along the way, Lincoln encountered front-line soldiers,
escaped slaves living in contraband camps, wounded soldiers, and
Washington residents, such as Walt Whitman. These every day people influenced Lincoln and his ideas
on the Civil War and emancipation and taught him lessons that are still important to today’s students.
Lincoln’s desire to exchange ideas with those around him in order to better understand important issues
serves as a model to young minds as they learn to respect each others’ ideas. In I See the President,
students take on the role of the people President Lincoln interacted with on his daily commute and
analyze their first-hand accounts to write a fable that teaches their classmates an important lesson.
Lincoln’s country home offers students of all ages a remarkable window
into Lincoln’s life as father, husband, and Commander-in-Chief.
Our unique, multimedia guided tour uses historical voices and images to
bring to life the challenges Lincoln faced as President and the evolution
of his emancipation strategies.
This program lasts a minimum of 2 hours.
Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions:
Debating Emancipation
Opened to the public for the first time in 2008, President Lincoln’s Cottage reveals
Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and private life—where it happened. Walking in President
Lincoln’s footsteps, visitors gain insight into his most influential ideas and decisions.
at President Lincoln’s Cottage
☛
I See the President
Grades 6–12, College Students, and Adults
Look inside for
programs, schedules,
and lesson plans
Additionally, the site offers distance learning programs
that can be used in the classroom or computer lab for
4th–12th grade.
are available for students in kindergarten through 12th
grade and include a specialized tour of the Cottage and an
interactive program component that both meet Common
Core and national standards of learning. Educator materials
and lesson plans are available to prepare your students for
their visit to President Lincoln’s Cottage, provide logistical
information for your on-site experience, and to help
facilitate meaningful post-program reflection. To download,
visit our website at www.lincolncottage.org.
On-Campus programs
is located on a picturesque hilltop in Northwest Washington, DC.
During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from
June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864. While living at the Cottage,
Lincoln developed his Emancipation Proclamation and plotted Union
wartime strategies.
Abraham Lincoln solved the difficult problems of his time by consulting the ideas of those around
him, thus informing his own thought process. This approach serves as a model for students to
develop their own decision-making skills as they strive to understand the power of their ideas in
modern society. In Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions: Debating
Emancipation — an award-winning program that puts
students in the role of President Lincoln’s closest advisors
— students use touch screen monitors to explore historical
documents and recreate the heated discussions that
President Lincoln had with his Cabinet over emancipation.
President Lincoln’s Cottage
This program lasts a minimum of 1.5 hours.
FOR EDUCATORS
Living Lincoln:
A Workshop for Teachers
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln developed a unique leadership style that continues to
resonate with today’s leaders. In Living Lincoln: A Workshop for Teachers, a museum educator
facilitates an interactive workshop for school leaders that uses Lincoln’s pragmatic style as a model
for helping students develop the skills they need to be effective leaders. In this workshop, educators
receive a customized tour of the Cottage, a resource packet of reflection activities and lesson plans,
and an introduction to Lincoln’s Toughest Decisions: Debating Emancipation.
Civil War Washington
Teacher Fellows
The Civil War Washington Museum Consortium, including
President Lincoln’s Cottage, Ford’s Theatre Society, Frederick
Douglass National Historic Site, and Tudor Place Historic
House and Garden, offers week-long, summer workshops for
educators. These workshops provide a place-based approach
to exploring Washington during the Civil War as teachers
spend time at each participating site, discover Civil War
neighborhoods through walking tours, and leave with an array
of resources to use in their classrooms. For more information on the Civil War Washington Teacher
Fellows program, please contact [email protected].
Registration and Logistics
To register for an education program at President
Lincoln’s Cottage, download a Reservation Application
and Tour Guidlines packet from our website:
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education.
When planning your student or teacher visit,
please keep the following in mind:
◆◆ 3 weeks advanced reservations required.
◆◆ Send the complete form as an email attachment
to [email protected] or send via fax to
202.829.0437.
◆◆ Submitting the application does not mean your
program is confirmed.
◆◆ Upon receipt of the application, you will be
contacted within 48 hours to either confirm or
reschedule your program. Confirmation emails are
sent between 9am–5pm on weekdays only.
◆◆ Ample, on-site bus parking is available at no charge.
◆◆ Picnic tables are available on a first come, first
Cost for education programs at President Lincoln’s
Cottage is $7 per student. A nonrefundable $50
deposit is required to secure your reservation and final
payment is due one week in advance of your visit. The
Cottage welcomes District of Columbia Public Schools
and Public Charter Schools to participate in its
programs at no cost. To inquire about transportation
scholarships, please contact the Education
Department at [email protected].
President Lincoln’s Cottage participates in the
Arts for Every Student Program, an initiative of
the DC Arts and Humanities
Education Collaborative. Visit
www.dccollaborative.org to learn
more about this organization that
connects DC public school students
with cultural and arts organizations
around the city.
served basis.
PERMIT
INFO?
Lesson Plan
School
Programs
AFRH-W 1315, 3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
Within weeks of moving to the Cottage in 1862, President Lincoln began
drafting his Emancipation Proclamation. Released on January 1, 1863, the
final Proclamation remains a symbol of Lincoln’s vision for the United States.
Conduct a close reading and analysis of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and lead
your students in answering the question “How has the Emancipation Proclamation
affected my life?” in the form of a 140-character Tweet.
This exercise, adapted from the final project of a 2012 Civil War Washington Teacher Fellow,
is designed for students in grades 6–12 and can be modified to address curriculum areas in
social studies, language arts, and technology.
Directions:
◆◆ Prior to the exercise, print a transcribed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as a
printable version of the January 1, 1863 Proclamation for each student.
◆◆ Distribute a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
to each student and explain that you will analyze
the document by doing a close reading of Lincoln’s
Emancipation Proclamation.
A close reading is defined as the
careful, sustained interpretation
of a passage of text.
◆◆ Have students volunteer to read the Proclamation aloud, line-by-line.
◆◆ After each sentence, lead students in an
Materials:
Sample questions for analysis can be found
at www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education.
◆◆ Transcribed copies of the January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation found at
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education
analysis of that sentence by asking questions
that encourage them to consider each sentence
in its legal, historical, and rhetorical context.
◆◆ At the conclusion of the close reading, ask students to write a “tweet” that answers the
question: How has the Emancipation Proclamation affected my life today?
◆◆ Facilitator notes found at
President Lincoln’s Cottage will be the first
public venue to display a rare, signed copy of the
Emancipation Proclamation recently purchased by
David M. Rubenstein. The historic document will be
displayed in the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education
Center at President Lincoln’s Cottage from September
22nd, 2012, the date Lincoln issued the Preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation, through the end of
February 2013. Reserve your education program now
to see this historic document!
Image © Bruce Guthrie
www.lincolncottage.org/visit/education
September 22, 2012 to February 28, 2013
An original
signed copy of
the Emancipation
Proclamation
Don’t miss the opportunity to see
#EPNow
2012 – 2013
Taking it Further
After leading students through a close reading of Lincoln’s January 1, 1863 Emancipation
Proclamation, consider leading students through President Barack Obama’s proclamation
declaring January 2012 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month from
December 31, 2012. Lead students in a similar close reading exercise to discover information
about modern slavery, a growing humanitarian crisis in the United States, and the impact
the Emancipation Proclamation has on legislation today. Copies of this Proclamation
are found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/30/presidentialproclamation-national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevent.
A “tweet” is a status or post on the popular social networking site, Twitter.
Tweets are brief and must contain 140 characters (letters, numbers,
symbols, etc.) or less. Tweets are organized by a hashtag (#) and are used
to mark key words or topics in a tweet (e.g.: #history). For this exercise,
tweets will challenge students to synthesize and make meaning of the
Emancipation Proclamation in their lives today in a concise, thoughtful way.
◆◆ Once each student has written and shared their tweets with the rest of the class, email
the results to President Lincoln’s Cottage at [email protected]. Cottage staff
will tweet each response from the Cottage’s special Emancipation Proclamation Twitter
account (Twitter.com/emancipation150) using the hashtag #EPNow. Remember, hashtags
count toward the total number of characters used, so students will only have 132 characters
available! (President Lincoln’s Cottage may need to change the exact wording of some tweets
to make sure they fit the character limit.)
This unique site captured my students’ attention.
The technology used was very effective for
stimulating discussion, and I admired the personal
interaction, positive energy, and passion shared!
1 0 t h gr a d e te ache r , Wa s hin g to n , D C
www.lincolncottage.org
#EPNow
How has the Emancipation Proclamation
affected your life?
“… all persons held as slaves within any
State or designated part of a State, the
people whereof shall then be in rebellion
against the United States, shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free; …”
Why did President Lincoln declare
that only slaves held in states rebelling
against the Union would be free?
“...I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, by virtue of the power in
me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the
Army and Navy of the United States...”
“… Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties
designated as West Virginia … ) …”
Why was Lincoln’s “power” as
Commander-in-Chief important?
What document gave him that
power?
Why was Lincoln careful to exempt
several states or parts of states from
the Emancipation Proclamation?
“… such persons of suitable condition, will
be received into the armed services of the
United States to garrison forts, positions,
stations, and other places, and to man
vessels …”
What does Lincoln mean by “suitable
conditions”? What aspect of military
duty is not explicitly mentioned in the
Emancipation Proclamation?
“I hereby enjoin upon the people so
declared to be free to abstain from all
violence unless in self defense …”
“… sincerely believed to be an act of justice,
warranted by the Constitution, upon
military necessity, I invoke the considerate
judgment of mankind …”
Who believed this to be an ‘act of
justice’?
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Why did Lincoln feel it necessary to
warn those who were newly freed
against acts of physical violence?
In addition to those freed by the
Emancipation Proclamation, who
else might he have been speaking to?
President Lincoln’s Cottage will be the first
public venue to display a rare, signed copy of the
Emancipation Proclamation recently purchased by
David M. Rubenstein. The historic document will be
displayed in the Robert H. Smith Visitor Education
Center at President Lincoln’s Cottage from September
22nd, 2012, the date Lincoln issued the Preliminary
Emancipation Proclamation, through the end of
February 2013. Reserve your education program now
to see this historic document!
September 22, 2012 to February 28, 2013
An original
signed copy of
the Emancipation
Proclamation
Don’t miss the opportunity to see
AFRH-W 1315, 3700 North Capitol Street NW, Washington, DC 20011
PERMIT
INFO?