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Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl

Publication Information
Author:  Pinkney, Andrea Davis Illustrator:  
Title:  Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl Date:  2001
Publisher:  Winslow Press City:  Florida & New York
ISBN, paperback:  1-890817-60-0 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Yes Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:  

General Information:
Book Type(s):    , historical fiction, letters

HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies

Summary:
Fictional correspondences between President Lincoln and a 12-year-old slave girl that discuss his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation. The author includes a supporting website, index, other recommended books, and photographs.

Teaching Ideas:
Use as a model to have students write fictional letters to other historical people. Create a timeline.

Teaching Strategies:
bullet Agree? Disagree? Why?
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf
bullet K-W-L Instruction Strategy
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf
bullet Reader's Theater
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf
bullet Think-Pair-Share
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf
bullet Unsent Letters
   http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/unsent_letters.pdf

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > freedom
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving
bullet History > topic > war > Civil War
bullet History > region > U.S. history > well-known people > Lincoln, Abraham
bullet History > topic > war > Civil War > Emancipation Proclamation


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