Lincoln’s Education

Abraham Lincoln did not spend much time in school. He had to learn from people around him and from books.

8. Items X, Y, and Z are modern copies of books that Lincoln is likely to have read. Have you read or heard any of these books?

9. When you learned to read, did you use books like these?
What did you use?

Would you read books like this now? Why or why not?

10. Documents O and P are pages from Lincoln's math notebook.
Do you recognize any math that you learn in school? What?

11. Would you have liked to learn Reading and Math the way Abraham Lincoln did?