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John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and Two Approaches to the Slavery Question

New October 2022! Two experts discuss the different approaches to slavery taken by Abraham Lincoln and John Brown.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 7:38

National History Day 2022-23–Frontiers In History: People, Places, Ideas

Check out our resources for National History Day 2022-23!

Grades: 6 - 12

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The Life of Elizabeth Keckley–African American Dress Designer for Mary Todd Lincoln

New August 2022! This insightful look at Elizabeth Keckley, slave, freed woman, dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, brings to light a little known part of the Lincoln story and American history.

Grades: 3 - 8

Duration: 8:03

Elizabeth Keckley: From Slavery to Dress Designer for Mary Todd Lincoln

New August 2022! This insightful look at Elizabeth Keckley, slave, freed woman, dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln, brings to light a little known part of the Lincoln story and American history.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 8:03

The Abraham Lincoln Museum–The Early Years

Learn about Lincoln's life before becoming President in this 360-degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 6:52

Firsthand History 19th Century

Use the power of primary sources to travel back in time to 19th century America with historians and historical re-enactors guided by first person accounts and primary source text and images.

Grades: 3 - 5

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Slavery and the Civil War: Lincoln’s Presidency

Videos investigate Lincoln's Presidency though the power of primary sources and historical analysis.

Grades: 6 - 12

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On Lincoln’s Accessibility, People Skills, and Personality

A Lincoln historian describes Lincoln's attributes in using his personal skills to his advantage.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 4:00

Value of Learning from the School of Life

New November 2022! Lincoln experts discuss how early leaders in our country may not have had a formal education be feel this may have actually helped these people in continued lifetime learning.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:35

Political Debates Then Versus Now

New November 2022! Hear experts explain the difference between Presidential debates held in the eighteen and nineteen hundreds and those held now.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 2:32

Lincoln’s Evolution on Religion During the Civil War

New October 2022! Lincoln was not a particularly religious man, yet he used Bible verses in speeches and seemed to come to religion during the Civil War, according to two experts.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:03

The Legacy of Lincoln, Brown, and Douglas Regarding Slavery

New October 2022! Learn the reasons why Lincoln seemed to come to the Emancipation Proclamation slowly.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 5:03

Talking with Authors: David S. Reynolds, Abe: Abe Lincoln in His Times

New June 2022! David S. Reynolds details his journey to create a revelatory and enthralling new biography of Lincoln, many years in the making, that brings the man to life within his turbulent age.

Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: 30:40

The Abraham Lincoln Museum–The White House Years

Learn about Abraham Lincoln's presidency in this guided 360-degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 14:49

Tour the Abraham Lincoln Museum

Take a guided 360-degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois with Dr. Samuel Wheeler, Illinois State Historian.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 10:00

Lincoln’s View of Slavery

A Lincoln historian considers whether knowing slaves affected Lincoln's view of slavery.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 2:06

The Value of President Lincoln’s People Skills

A Lincoln historian describes Lincoln's attributes in using his personal skills to his advantage.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 4:00

How President Lincoln Used the Bully Pulpit

A Lincoln historian describes Lincoln's use of the bully pulpit.

Grades: 3 - 5

Duration: 1:39

Talking with Authors: H.W. Brands, The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom

This master storyteller narrates the struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation’s gravest sin.

Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: 28:59

Talking with Authors: Brad Meltzer, The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President–and Why it Failed

Meltzer, author of “The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America’s 16th President–and Why it Failed,” discusses the book.

Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: 56:36

Talking with Authors: David Von Drehle, Rise to Greatness: Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year

David Von Drehle talks about the eight years he spent researching Abraham Lincoln and how Lincoln’s response to stressful situations in 1862 showed him to be one of our greatest leaders.

Grades: 9 - 12

Duration: 13:01

Abraham Lincoln – The White House Years

Learn about Abraham Lincoln's presidency in this guided 360-degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 14:49

Abraham Lincoln – The Early Years

Learn about Lincoln's life before becoming President in this 360-degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 6:52

Abraham Lincoln Museum Tour – No Narration

Take your own 360 degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 9:27

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