{"id":2072,"date":"2009-11-21T20:58:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T01:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2072"},"modified":"2009-11-21T20:58:02","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T01:58:02","slug":"teaching-history-with-childrens-literature-abe-lincolns-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/21\/teaching-history-with-childrens-literature-abe-lincolns-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching History with Children’s Literature: Abe Lincoln’s Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A history book with humor? Yes, it exists!\u00a0 Abe Lincoln’s Hat<\/em> by Martha Brenner is sure to be a classroom favorite. This book is full of facts about Abraham Lincoln but it presents them in a fun way.<\/p>\n

Students will learn many things about\u00a0Lincoln in Abe Lincoln’s Hat.<\/em>\u00a0The book\u00a0begins with Abe as a lawyer\u00a0and continues through his failed\u00a0run at the U.S Senate, ending with him as\u00a0a President fighting slavery.\u00a0\u00a0What makes this book unique is that it does a great job describing Abe as a ‘real’\u00a0person.\u00a0We learn that\u00a0Lincoln loved\u00a0jokes but more importantly, we learn that Abe Lincoln wasn’t perfect.\u00a0Lincoln was very forgetful.\u00a0 “Abe had an idea. His tall Hat! He could push letters deep inside it. He could stuff notes into the leather band. When he took off his hat, the papers would remind him what he had to do.” I think it is so wonderful for children to learn that important historical figures weren’t perfect. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Abe Lincoln’s Hat<\/em> is a great resource to\u00a0teach\u00a0kindergarteners and first\u00a0graders about Abraham Lincoln (VA SOL K.1a and 1.2).\u00a0 This book can be used to teach history, a little bit of geography (Lincoln is from Illinois), and has great potential for art projects.<\/p>\n

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