March 9-13
Workshop Activities
1. Craft – Presidential Portrait
2. Key Points – Great Emancipator
3. Collaborative – To Tell the Truth
4. Language Arts – Gettysburg Address
5. Math/Logic - Four Score and Seven
6. Character Connection - Forgiveness
7. Big Activity – Election Year
8. Movement - Acting Out
Minecraft Activities
Experience Abraham Lincoln's life
Quiz game about Abraham Lincoln
Experience the Gettysburg Address
Build Challenge: Lincoln Memorial
Upcoming Events
Disneyland meetup: March 10: America
Pi Day and Einstein's Birthday: March 13
Celebration of Peace: April 8
Fireworks
Read through the fireworks and choose about five that you think might interest your child. Allow him or her to select 1-3 of them.
Make a list of the top five US Presidents, with an explanation of why you chose each one.
Make a log cabin out of:
pool noodles (notched like Lincoln logs)
sticks
hot dogs
pretzel sticks
notched craft sticks
Use this stationary to write about Lincoln's life: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/wildabe2.htm
Analyze pictures of Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg Address: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/Interactive_Seeking_Abraham_Lincoln_at_the_Gettysburg_Address-180947919/
Flip a penny 100 times, recording whether the coin lands on heads or tails. Graph your results.
Complete a crossword puzzle on Abraham Lincoln: http://www.qualint.com/samples/lincoln.gif
Watch a video about Abraham Lincoln: https://youtu.be/MFABcUUJMrI
Make a timeline on Lincoln: http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/profbooks/wildabe3.htm
http://imaginationsoup.net/2010/08/21/family-timeline-accordion-book-with-recycled-materials/
Do some Presidents' Day worksheets: http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2073_01.pdf
Read a copy of the Gettysburg Address. Do you know what it all means? Write your own summary of the Gettysburg Address.
Memorize the Gettysburg Address.
Analyze pictures of Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg Address: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/Interactive_Seeking_Abraham_Lincoln_at_the_Gettysburg_Address-180947919/
Create a quiz show based on Lincoln's life. Allow family and friends to compete in your game show.