Process Paper
Abraham Lincoln was an interesting man and president. There were many parts of his life we were interested in and his presidency and death was especially fascinating. He was president during a time of extreme turmoil and uncertainty in our country. In addition, we were extremely interested in the assassination of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. What fascinated us was the fact that John Wilkes Booth escaped the theater and was on the hunt for numerous days until captured and killed. We learned that he had a broken leg after doing a leap of faith of over fifty feet onto the stage.
Our research was conducted through many websites and primary sources, including books obtained from the library. This enabled us to research more about the life, presidency and ultimate death of Abraham Lincoln. We read and summarized articles from internet and sections from books and included the information in the articles we created for our website.
We chose a website as our presentation category because it allowed for numerous topics to be presented in an organized fashion. We organized our research and discoveries into various topics and then created differant sections of our website to address each topic.
Abraham Lincoln is a well known and respected American President. He was responsible for freeing the slaves and was the president who presided over the only war to pitt American versus American in our Nation's history. His presidency was a turning point in history because Lincoln freed the slaves and ended the CivilWar, but he was murdered for it. President Lincoln's assassination continues to be a murder mystery that facsinates people to this day. Our topic relates to the NHD theme because Mr. Lincoln's presidency was significant to our country and to our American history.
Our research was conducted through many websites and primary sources, including books obtained from the library. This enabled us to research more about the life, presidency and ultimate death of Abraham Lincoln. We read and summarized articles from internet and sections from books and included the information in the articles we created for our website.
We chose a website as our presentation category because it allowed for numerous topics to be presented in an organized fashion. We organized our research and discoveries into various topics and then created differant sections of our website to address each topic.
Abraham Lincoln is a well known and respected American President. He was responsible for freeing the slaves and was the president who presided over the only war to pitt American versus American in our Nation's history. His presidency was a turning point in history because Lincoln freed the slaves and ended the CivilWar, but he was murdered for it. President Lincoln's assassination continues to be a murder mystery that facsinates people to this day. Our topic relates to the NHD theme because Mr. Lincoln's presidency was significant to our country and to our American history.