Gilder Lehrman: Understanding Lincoln (Summer 2016)
This website was created as a final project for Gilder Lerhman's "Understanding Lincoln" course taught by Dickinson Professor Matthew Pinsker. This project was chosen as one of the top three in the class and is featured on "Lincoln's Writings."
Credit also due to James Oakes' "Emancipation" Summer 2015 course and Edward Ayers' "The South in American History" Spring 2015 course. In particular, the digital history lab assignments associated with Ayers' Valley of the Shadow and Virginia Secession Convention digital history projects were helpful.
Title/Pathway:
Lincoln and Emancipation: When did the war for union become a war for freedom?
http://lincolnandemancipation.weebly.com/
Use of Close Reading:
Revised - Lincoln’s April 4, 1864 Public Letter to A.G. Hodges: Convincing the Public of the “Indispensable Necessity” of Emancipation
Expert Scholarship:
James Oakes
Eric Foner
Gary Gallagher
James McPherson
Teaching Value:
Document analysis lesson plan on website under “Teacher Instructions”
Multi-Media Elements:
SoundCloud
TimelineJS
WordCloud
Weebly
Credit also due to James Oakes' "Emancipation" Summer 2015 course and Edward Ayers' "The South in American History" Spring 2015 course. In particular, the digital history lab assignments associated with Ayers' Valley of the Shadow and Virginia Secession Convention digital history projects were helpful.
Title/Pathway:
Lincoln and Emancipation: When did the war for union become a war for freedom?
http://lincolnandemancipation.weebly.com/
Use of Close Reading:
Revised - Lincoln’s April 4, 1864 Public Letter to A.G. Hodges: Convincing the Public of the “Indispensable Necessity” of Emancipation
Expert Scholarship:
James Oakes
Eric Foner
Gary Gallagher
James McPherson
Teaching Value:
Document analysis lesson plan on website under “Teacher Instructions”
Multi-Media Elements:
SoundCloud
TimelineJS
WordCloud
Weebly
