Honest Abe
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What's Inside
As you read this book aloud to a group, children examine Abraham Lincoln's life and talk about what history can teach us. The book invites them to think about the past and notice new facts as they listen.
Use it during circle time or a small-group lesson on presidents, social studies, or Black history. It gives children practice with important history words, and it supports simple discussion about slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation.
It fits well with a quick read-aloud for first through third grade.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn Honest Abe into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- History and social studies
- Learning about presidents
- Building background knowledge
- Vocabulary about the past
- Understanding slavery and freedom
- Reading to learn new facts
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you think we can learn by examining Abraham Lincoln's life?
- 2 The book says history is a window into the past. What does that mean to you?
- 3 What do you already know about presidents before we read, and what do you want to find out about Abraham Lincoln?
- 4 As we read, what details help us understand why Abraham Lincoln is an important figure in history?
- 5 How does learning about slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation help us understand this time in history?
- 6 After reading, what is one new thing you learned about Abraham Lincoln that you did not know before?
Words to Learn
- history
- The study of people and events from long ago.
- social studies
- A school subject about people, places, and how we live together.
- president
- The leader of the United States.
- Abraham Lincoln
- A president from U.S. history.
- slavery
- A wrong practice where people were forced to work and were not free.
- Emancipation Proclamation
- A law that helped free enslaved people in the United States.
- past
- Time that already happened before now.
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