Abraham Lincoln

We began the class with our themed activity.  We had the boys pretend to be runaway slaves.  They started at the end of the street and ran north.  I was the "slave catcher" and would come out of the house every so often to look for them.  I would run out onto the street, look around, and then run back inside.  I made sure to whistle first to give them a five second warning so they could hide.  The boys loved it.

After that, we let them play, then we had our workout and recited the Pledge and our class rules.

Then we reviewed slavery, introducing the idea of the Underground Railroad and slavery's connection with the Civil War.  We didn't have time to watch it but this video about Harriet Tubman is a great way to illustrate what the Underground Railroad was and to explain about abolitionism.

Then we introduced our new hero, Abraham Lincoln.  We read a book about him called The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln. 

Let the boys have a snack and then they played on the trampoline for the rest of the class.

For those who have more time, this is a great video about Lincoln.