ability, abolition, absorb, accepting, accomplishment, accountability, acknowledge, active, activism, admiration, advice, advise, advocacy, aggressive, aid, altruism, amiable, amicable, appeal, appreciation, arrangement, articulate, aspiration, assassination, asset, assumption, attentive, attitude, audience, authority, awe
behavior, belief, blood, bloodbath, bold, bond, bookish, brave, bridge
career, cause, celebration, challenge, chance, change, chaos, character, charismatic, charm, childhood, citizen, civility, clout, coherent, commitment, common ground, common-sense, communicative, community, compassion, complication, comprehension, compromising, confidence, conflict, Congress, conscientious, conservative, consideration, constant, contradiction, control, cooperation, cordiality, counsel, courage, courteous, critic, critical, criticism, culture, curiosity
daring, debate, decent, decisive, deed, defeat, definition, demonstrate, desperate, determination, devote, devotion, difference, dignity, diligent, diplomatic, discipline, discouragement, discreet, disregard, draft, dream, dynamic, dynamism
earnest, efficiency, effort, encouragement, energetic, enshrined, ensure, enthusiastic, equality, essential, esteemed, estimable, ethical, evaluation, eventual, evil, expectant, expectation, experience
fairness, faith, famous, figure, flexible, focus, forbid, forgiving, forsake, forte, fortitude, freedom, friendship
galvanize, generation, generosity, genial, genius, genteel, genuine, gift, grace, gratitude, greatness, guidance
hard work, hardscrabble, harmony, hatred, healing, helpful, hero, hills, historical, history, holiday, homage, honesty, honor, honorable, hopeful, humble, humility
idealistic, ideology, Illinois, illuminate, impact, impartial, impending, impression, improvements, industrious, influential, information, initiate, innovative, insightful, inspirational, instinctive, instructive, integrity, intense, intention, interest, intricate, intuitive, investigative, ire, irrefutable, issues
judgment, just(ice)
Kentucky, kindred, kinship
lanky, lawyer, leadership, legendary, legislate, legitimacy, listener, log cabin, loyalty
manumission, mastery, measure, memory, merit, meritorious, modesty, modulation, morale, motivation, mutual
national, natural, needs, noble
observance, open-minded, optimism, orator, order, outspoken
path, patience, patient, patriot, patriotism, peacemaker, perceptive, peril, perseverance, persistence, personable, personal, persuasive, polarization, polite, politician, popular, potent, potential, powerful, praise, precedent, prejudice, pressure, principled, principles, priorities, privilege, profile, proper, proposal, provide, provocative, public, purposeful
qualifications, quality, quest, quick, quiescent
rational, rationale, reality, reasonable, recognition, reconcile, record, reflective, reform, regard, relationship, reliant, relief, relief, remorse, repressive, rescue, resilience, resolute, resourcefulness, respect, respectful, respectful, responsibility, responsible, responsive, restoration, restraint, reticence, revelation, reverent, rights, rigorous, role
sacrifice, sagacious, sage, security, segregation, sensible, sensitive, service, setback, sharing, shock, sickness, simple, sincerity, skill, slavery, sober, solemn, solitary, soul, special, speculation, spirit, spotlight, statesman, staunchness, strive, stumble, subdue, success, successful, suffering, supportive, sympathetic
tactful, talent, teamwork, temperament, tenacious, tendency, thankful, thoughtfulness, tolerance, tolerant, tone, tradition, tragedy, trait, trustworthy, truthful
ultimate, understanding, understatement, unification, unique, united, unity, unprecedented, unpretentious, upheaval, upright, upstanding, useful
valiant, values, veracious, veracity, versatile, vex, victory, vigilant, vigorous, violence, virtuous, visible, vision, visionary, vocal, voice, vulnerable
war, watchful, willingness, wisdom, wise, woes, worrier, worthwhile, worthy, wounded
yearning, years, yielding, youth
zeal, zealous
Abraham Lincoln once said: “You can fool some of the people all if the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.”
Abraham Lincoln Lesson Plan and discussion Ideas:
1. Complete research to explain four reasons why Abraham Lincoln has earned such renown in America.
2. Name four specific contributions to the reputation of early America that Abraham Lincoln made. Why did you choose these examples from so many possibilities? Give supporting facts.
3. How did Abraham Lincoln get involved in politics. What policies did he make that helped to develop a united nation?
4. Why does Abraham Lincoln deserve recognition in a national holiday? Who designated that his birthday, February 12, would be cause for a national celebration?
5. What did Lincoln invent? Describe the object/objects.
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