Themed Resources
- Library of Congress Online Resources for Educators (pdf)
- Abraham Lincoln
- Art of War:
WWI and WWII Posters - Cartoon Analysis
- Childhood Lost:Child Labor During Industrial Revolution
- Coles County: Taught with Primary Sources
- Corp of Discovery:
Revealing the American West - NEW Teaching the Holocaust with Primary Sources
- Illinois: Taught with Primary Sources
- Presidential Campaigns: Packaging the Presidents
- Underground Railroad:
A Path to Freedom - Verse and Chorus
- WWII
- Top Topics
Special Projects
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tools
- Classroom Activities
- Constant Motion:
The Job of Railway Post Office Clerks - Constitution Day
- Library of Congress Site Update "Cheat Sheet" (pdf)
- Lincoln Assassination CSI Activity
- Patriotic Songs
Professional Development
- Summer Institute
- NEW TPS EIU Jump-Start
- TPS in Action
(onsite workshop series) - Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes
Additional LInks
- EIUTPS Google Search Tool
- National TPS Site
- Library of Congress
- loc.gov Teacher PageAbraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Follow the Evidence: The Trial of the Lincoln Conspirators
Michael O'Laughlin
Evidence | Prosecution | Defense | Verdict |
April 14, 1865 | The Conspirators
Michael O'Laughlin like some of the other conspirators was prepared to participate in the kidnapping plot of President Lincoln derived by John Wilkes Booth to use the president in a trade for confederate prisoners. While O'Laughlin was in Washington on the night of President Lincoln's assassination what part he played is largely unknown. O'Laughlin was charged with conspiracy to kidnap President Lincoln.
Washington Navy Yard, D.C.
Michael O'Laughlin, a
conspirator manacled
Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs
