Appleseeds articles from January 2009

Appleseeds archives from January 2009

From a log house to the state house.(Abraham Lincoln)(Biography)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you've heard of Abraham Lincoln, you have probably heard something about what he did as president. But the fact is, Lincoln's journey to the presidency was not easy--he had many setbacks. Fortunately for our...

Young Lincoln: different from the start.(Abraham Lincoln)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever felt that you wanted be different from your parents or friends? If you have, you are not alone. In fact, you're in good company. As a boy, Abraham Lincoln did some thin differently from other boys his...

Able-bodied Abe.(Abraham Lincoln)
January 1, 2009... Abraham Lincoln has long been thought of as a gentle giant. But he was also a fierce athletic competitor. Abe's height gave him an advantage over his opponents. An athlete, he won many foot races and running, jumping, throwing, wrestling, and...

Searching for Abe with the three Macs.(AppleCorps Adventure)(Abraham Lincoln)(Essay)
January 1, 2009... Amanda Macaluso, my niece, was writing a report about Abraham Lincoln to present to her fourth grade classmates. The project took her out of the library and into the woods of Kentucky. Her sisters, Emily and Maria, helped, and they let me,...

Should he or shouldn't he ... grow a beard?(Abraham Lincoln)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's hard to imagine Abraham Lincoln without his beard. When he first ran for president in 1860, though, he was clean shaven. Lincoln grew his now-famous beard all because of an 11-year-old girl. Her name was Grace...

Civil war president.(Abraham Lincoln)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Abraham Lincoln left his Illinois home in March 1861 to travel to Washington. He was heading to the capital for his inauguration as president. Before he left, Lincoln spoke to his neighbors. He told them that he was...

The question of slavery.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most people would agree that the most controversial subject in America during Lincoln's life was slavery. (If something is controversial, that means people disagree and argue about it.) Ever since Europeans settled...

Two great men: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Abraham held out his hand to shake. Frederick--nervous, determined--introduced himself. Abraham interrupted, "I know who you are, Mr. Douglass. I am glad to see you." Frederick thought Abraham was...

Words of wisdom.(Abraham Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address')
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many frontier Americans were fine storytellers, but Abraham Lincoln stood above the crowd--and not just because he was tall! During his childhood years on his family's Kentucky farm, he listened to hundreds of tales...

The Lincoln memorial.
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You can see it on the back of a penny and a five-dollar bill. It looks a little like a Greek temple, with white marble columns and steps, and it faces the Washington Monument and the...

"I laugh, because I must not cry.".(Abaraham Lincoln's sense of humor)
January 1, 2009... Even though we are used to seeing photographs of Lincoln with a serious expression on his face, the fact is that Lincoln really enjoyed a good joke. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Humor was Lincoln's way of coping...

Ta-dahhh! And the winner Is ...(CONTEST CORNER)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ... ten-year-old Emmy Haven, from Boise, Idaho! Emmy has won AppleSeeds' September 2008 contest in our issue, Becoming President. In that issue, our contest asked readers, "Who would YOU choose?" to be...

Abraham Lincoln loved animals.(ANIMAL TALES)
January 1, 2009... When he lived at the White House, it was always filled with pets. Lincoln especially loved cats, once letting one sit beside him during a formal dinner and feeding it with a golden fork! The family dog, Jip, often sat on the president's lap...

Do they or don't they?(Lincoln Memorial sculpture)
January 1, 2009... For many years, there has been an interesting story about the position of Lincoln's hands in the Lincoln Memorial sculpture. Some people believe that Lincoln's hands are forming his initials A and L in American Sign Language. The people at the...

The presidential penny.(DID YOU KNOW)
January 1, 2009... The Lincoln penny was the first U.S. coin to feature o historic person. If you look closely at the reverse side of the penny, which shows the Lincoln Memorial, you can see the statue of Lincoln inside. In 1943, during World War II,...