Few Hollywood films have ever been as well suited for discussion within American history classrooms as Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (2012). The movie tackles some of the biggest issues in the study of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s legacy but does so with a tight framework that demands background and careful explanation. On this page, we attempt to help teachers guide their students by providing a series of resources that might serve as an unofficial “teacher’s guide” to this important film.
Related Research Tools
The Basic Lincoln (records from House Divided research engine)
The Total Lincoln (Lincoln’s Collected Works, Papers, and Day-By-Day –all in one place)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates Digital Classroom (includes clickable word cloud of the debates)
Matthew Pinsker challenges the “Myth” of Rivals (Journal Divided)
Why is Feb. 1st “National Freedom Day”? (Blog Divided)