Abraham Lincoln Museum Tour – With Narration
10:00
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Take a guided 360 degree tour of the Lincoln Museum at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Samuel Wheeler, Illinois State Historian, takes you through many of the exhibits that highlight major events and important ideas in Lincoln’s life.
Type of Video: Tour*
Unique Video ID: US History-53**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Use the video as part of your study of slavery, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and/or related topics.
- Use the videos as part of an introductory activity before students do their own research project about President Lincoln. Use the videos to provide them context for Lincoln’s life and brainstorm a topic about Lincoln they’d like to investigate more.
*Tours take students to laboratories, studios, workspaces, museums and other diverse “in the field” and community locations related to the area of study.
**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.
