History: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

http://www.c-span.org/History/Lectures-in-History-Timothy-Orr-Old-Dominion-University-History-Professor–Civil-War-Prisons/10737426707/

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http://npg.si.edu/exhibit/ellsworth/index.html

Click above to learn about Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth.  Complete a Blog Log.

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/interactive-timeline-lincoln-over-time/260/

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Civil War scholar Harold Holzer helps to decode what spectators heard when the 16th president spoke

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Ask-an-Expert-What-Did-Abraham-Lincolns-Voice-Sound-Like.html#ixzz1XUngox69

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Under appreciated during his life, Mathew Brady is known for his Civil War photography and groundbreaking work in the field.

Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/video/$photo.url#ixzz1EbL29Loe

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Lincolns-Whistle-Stop-Trip-to-Washington.html

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http://americanhistory.si.edu/documentsgallery/exhibitions/gettysburg_address_1.html

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http://myloc.gov/Multimedia/LincolnLifeMasks.aspx

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http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/lincoln/Multimedia/LincolnsPockets.aspx

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http://whitehouse.c-span.org/Video/Historians/Intv-Harold-Holzer.aspx

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http://constitutioncenter.org/lincoln/

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http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/201377

Click on the above link to watch a video about Abraham Lincoln.  Complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

http://www.history.com/presidents/lincoln/speeches

Click on the above link to read some of Lincoln’s most famous speeches.  Pick one and read it.  Summarize it to the best of your ability and this will count as your Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

Watch this documentary from the National Geographic Channel.  Complete a Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/life-of-lincoln.html#

Click on the above link to access many articles about Lincoln.  Read one and complete your Current Event.  Write 10 facts about Lincoln.  This will count as your Blog Log.  Comments?  Post on!

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877093_1877109_1878964,00.html

Click on the above link to watch a video about the impact of Lincoln on movies.  This is an interesting history lesson as well as great look back over time at how movies have changed.  Comments?  Post one!

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http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1876750_1840177,00.html

Click on the above link to view a slide show about Abraham Lincoln.  Write 10 facts learned.  This can count as your Blog Log.  Comments?  Post one!