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    After giving this lesson a lot of thought, I decided to make this lesson around research and using primary resources for research on a particular person or topic. I thought that Abraham Lincoln would be a great person to model this with using newspapers. 

    I found several newspapers from Lincoln's time and even years after he died. This would be a multi day lesson around research. What I want students to see is how they can use newspapers for research. What makes this a primary source? How do these writers feel about Lincoln, how do you know? Does everyone agree about the same topic, is there another side that can be researched? A lot of questioning and modeling using the images.  

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    Image 2 of Daily national Republican (Washington, D.C.), May 4, 1865, (SECOND EDITION)
    Image 16 of New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), August 11, 1907
    Image 17 of The Washington times (Washington [D.C.]), February 12, 1922
    Image 9 of The Washington times (Washington, D.C.), May 6, 1894, (Supplement To The Washington Times)
    Image 59 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), February 12, 1922
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