Find Grace's Family

Object Details

Description: Lesson has students analyze a primary source document, young Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln, to look for hints about Grace and her family. They will then draw a picture of Grace's family based on the information they found. Part of the resource 'A Letter to Abraham Lincoln.'
Use Rights Links: http://www.si.edu/termsofuse/
Educational Use: Activity, Reading, Comparing, Creative response
Learning Resource Type: Lesson Plan
Educational Role: teacher
Time required: 25 min
Interactivity Type: Active
Accessibility Feature: None
Accessibility Hazard: noFlashingHazard, noMotionSimulationHazard, noSoundHazard
Accessibility Control: None

Educational alignment: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1b; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1b; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1b; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1c; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1a; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1b; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1c; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1d; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2

Topic: American History; Famous People; Leaders; Civil War; Writing; Children; Typical age range 42226