Explore Lincoln’s varied early careers in this engaging nonfiction artile, perfect for practicing main idea, supporting details, and summarizing.
The Lincoln Loop
The Lincoln Loop is a series of upper-elementary and middle school articles that bring Abraham Lincoln’s life and times to students through engaging informational and narrative texts. Each article features rich vocabulary, historical context, and authentic images from the Lincoln Collection to help students build knowledge and strengthen reading comprehension.
Lincoln's Many Hats
Abraham's Big Splash
Read a dramatic retelling of Abraham Lincoln’s childhood near-drowning at Knob Creek. This narrative nonfiction piece is ideal for teaching sequence of events, summarizing, figurative language, and using descriptive details as a mentor text for student writing.
Hardtack & Hardship
Explore the daily lives of Union soldiers through this engaging nonfiction article on camp life, hardship, and resilience. Great for teaching main idea, summarizing, vocabulary in context, and building background knowledge about the Civil War.
A Book's True Value
Follow a young Abraham Lincoln as he learns a lasting lesson about responsibility after accidentally damaging a borrowed book. This narrative nonfiction piece is great for teaching character traits, theme, accountability, figurative language, and descriptive writing.
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