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 - 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
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- 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
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- Update-Summer Institute
- TPS EIU Jump-Start
- TPS in Action
(onsite workshop series) - Customized Teaching with Primary Sources Institutes
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- 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
Mary Surratt
Evidence | Prosecution | Defense | Verdict |
April 14, 1865 | The Conspirators
Mary Surratt was a widow who owned a boarding house in Washington D.C. This house was used as a meeting place for John Wilkes Booth and many of the conspirators. A witness for the prosecution puts John Wilkes Booth at the home of Mary Surratt on April 14, 1865 at about 9 p.m. On April 17, just after 11 p.m., investigators returned to the home of Surratt, while they were questioning her Lewis Powell (Payne) arrived at her home with a pick ax claiming he was hired to dig a gutter. Surratt became hysterical claiming she did not know Powell, both were arrested. Surratt was charged with conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Lincoln.
Mary Surratt
Surratt House Museum
