Lincoln Log Cabin offers education programs geared toward all ages. Our most popular programs are the Fifth Grade Live-In Program, the Summer Youth Program and our Traveling Educational Kits.
The Fifth Grade Program enables students to be transported back in time to the year 1845. The girls wear dresses and aprons while the boys don 1840s shirts. They go about their day performing duties and chores typical on an 1840s farm. The girls prepare the meal while the boys muck barns, tend to crops, and saw wood. These class visits are scheduled in the months of September, October, April and May; teachers need to contact the site to schedule their class visit by e-mailing LSFF@lincolnlogcabin.org.
The Summer Youth Program offers an opportunity for 10-17 year-olds to participate in the interpretive program on the farm. Participants engage in daily chores, such as cooking, gardening, splitting rails, mucking barns, and wheat harvesting. Period crafts and games provide an afternoon break from the day-to-day activities required to maintain a period farm. The program typically begins in early June and lasts for 10 weeks, participants volunteer for one day a week from 9 am to 4 pm and are considered a member of the Volunteer Pioneers. Dues are set at $15 per child and $25 per family and cover insurance, newsletters and other mailings. Participants also attend local events in period clothing such as the County Fair, Bagelfest Parade and the Fourth of July celebration. Registration begins early May, please call Lisa McDaniel at 217-345-1845 for more details.
Traveling Educational Kits are available for teachers to borrow for classroom use. These lesson plans and teacher resources were created to accompany the four Lincoln’s Legacy Learning Kits developed by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Education Division to mark the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln’s birth. The kits contain multiple copies of age appropriate books, reproduction documents, artifacts and photos, music CDs, and videos. Lincoln’s Legacy Learning Kits include: the “Abraham Lincoln Biography Kit” the “Mary Lincoln Kit;” a “Civil War Soldier Kit;” and “Slavery in Illinois Kit.” These self-contained kits are designed for use in grades 5 through 8 but can be adapted to suit both older and younger students. Each kit contains the “Lincoln’s Legacy Lesson Plans and Teacher Resource Guide CD (including lesson plans and activities), primary source material (including images, documents, newspapers, reproduction artifacts, etc.), music, videos and other items. Please see the lesson plans in the menu on the right. Call or e-mail to reserve and receive further details on these exciting new educational materials, 217.345.1845, ext. 4 or LSFF@lincolnlogcabin.org.