Did Lincoln Know any Slaves and How Did that Affect His View of Slavery?
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Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: A Lincoln historian considers whether knowing slaves affected Lincoln’s view of slavery.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: US History-36**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of your study of slavery and the Civil War to provide insight to students concerning Lincoln’s attitude toward slavery.
- Provide the video for students doing independent projects on President Lincoln, slavery, the Civil War and/or related topics.
- This is one of many videos on the website that deal with President Lincoln’s presidency and the passage of the 13th amendment. Use this and other videos as part of a jigsaw activity as students learn more about President Lincoln, events of the Civil War, and/or the passage of the 13th amendment. Have different students view different videos and share their learning with each other. Use the keywords “13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, or slavery to find other segment videos.
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
