| Today's lesson |
 In
this lesson you will learn about Abraham Lincoln. You will watch the
video or read the video script and take a test to check
your listening and reading comprehension.
Focus: listening, reading |
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| Read the video
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Hi. In the classroom today you will learn about Abraham Lincoln.
Today is the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809.
He was born to Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, two uneducated
farmers.
Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin on a 348-acre farm, in
Kentucky.
He successfully led the country through the American Civil War.
He saved the Union and ending slavery.
He was a lawyer, an Illinois state legislator, a member of the
United States House of Representatives, and twice an unsuccessful
candidate for election to the Senate.
Lincoln won the Republican Party nomination in 1860 and was elected
president that same year.
Lincoln was the first Republican elected to the Presidency.
He was the sixteenth President of the United States.
He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery.
He issued his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoted the
passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
His assassination in 1865, by John Wilkes Booth, was the first
presidential assassination in United States history.
Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the
greatest United States Presidents.
Until next time. |
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Take the test |
 Abraham
Lincoln was a very important and popular United States
President. Listen to the video or read the video script.
Then take the following test to check your listening
and reading comprehension skills. |
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1. Abraham Lincoln was born in what year?
2. Who were Abraham Lincoln's parents?
3. Abraham Lincoln was born in which state?
4. Which of the following is true?
5. Abraham Lincoln led the country through which war?
6. Abraham Lincoln was against which of the following?
7. Abraham Lincoln was a member of which party?
8. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in which year?
9. Abraham Lincoln issued which of the following in 1863?
10. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
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