The third graders have recently been studying these influential figures. One activity focused on the life of Abraham Lincoln. After reading a few books about the life of Abraham Lincoln, we dove a little deeper and discussed why he was important and how he made a difference in the life of slaves. Students discovered that even though he lost when running for U.S. Senate, he did not give up on his dreams. (How different history would have been if this defeat would have ended his political career.)  The students then went beyond the information learned from the books and answered additional questions about Abraham Lincoln through researching on the computer. Lastly, students wrote a paragraph (very tall and slim) to fit into Abraham Lincoln's tall hat. Stop by to see the finished projects on the bulletin board outside of our classroom.

(Did you know that Abraham Lincoln stored his important papers in his tall hat, which he tended to lose because he was unorganized? Thank goodness today we can just scan our important papers and save them on the computer or a jump drive. I wonder what Abraham Lincoln would think of this concept....)