Written by Grace Smith

We are looking high and low for the best educational web sites active today. The School House presents the Too Cool School House Educational Site of the Week as carefully selected by our resident educator, Grace Smith. Check it out, and happy learning!
 

Lincoln/Net Week of 05/09/2005 http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu "Lincoln/Net" Lincoln/Net is the product of the Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project. Based at Northern Illinois University, the Lincoln Project works with a number of Illinois institutions, including the University of Chicago, the Newberry Library, the Chicago Historical Society, Illinois State University, the Illinois State Archives, Lewis University, and Knox College. Collaborating institutions have contributed historical materials, including books, manuscripts, images, maps and other resources, to the Lincoln Project. The site features speeches and biographical materials documenting Lincoln's boyhood and other events in his career. Interactive features and primary documents help students explore any of eight primary themes. A section for teachers offers lesson plans that utilize the primary documents found in the Lincoln/Net database. Rating: Excellent

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