[LM_NET] LM_NET: GEN: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

[Sybil Finemel <sfinemel@CA.RR.COM>]

(Please feel free to forward this message to interested colleagues) 
 
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission (ALBC, http://www.lincoln200.gov), 
in coordination with Social Studies Forum leader Michael Hutchison, invites all 
interested educators to participate in the first of a series of online events 
leading to the 200th  anniversary of Lincoln’s birth in 2009.  This informal 
chat will  be held in Tapped In (www.tappedin.org) February 7 at 8 p.m.  Eastern 
(5 p.m. Pacific). 
 
The goal of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission is to inform the nation 
(and the world) about the impact that the 16th President had on the development 
of our nation, and to honor his accomplishments through education. Eileen 
Mackevich, executive director of the ALBC, Jennifer Rosenfeld, ALBC program 
director, and Darrel Bigham, ALBC commissioner and professor of history at the 
University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, will be on hand to learn about the 
activities and resources that you use to teach about Lincoln and successful 
experiences that you would like to share.  They will also ask for your input 
into what sorts of assistance and resources the ALBC  can provide to support 
teachers and students learning about  Lincoln.  
 
We will also begin discussing pertinent issues, such as changing 
African-American perceptions of Lincoln, Lincoln and the civic education of new 
immigrants to the United States, and Lincoln and his role in the Mexican War (as 
seen on both sides of the border). 
 
To attend this session in Tapped In, non-members may log in as a guest or 
register for free membership at www.tappedin.org (click sign up).  Tapped In 
help desk personnel will  be on hand to assist new users.  We suggest that new 
users log in prior to Feb 7 to become comfortable with the chat interface. The 
day of the session, please log in at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the 
session. 
 
Please send questions or inquiries about the  session to Michael Hutchison at 
mhutch@charter.net 
Learn more about Michael at his Personal Web Page: 
http://www.vcsc.k12.in.us/staff/mhutch/ice2000 

--
Sybil Finemel 
Library Director MLIS.CIO. 
Los Angeles CA 
Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' 
Index to the Internet 
http://lii.org/ 
Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer 
24/7 Reference Librarian. 
sfinemel@ca.rr.com
"Manners are of more importance 
than laws. Manners are what vex 
or soothe, 
corrupt or purify, exalt or 
debase, barbarize or refine us, 
by a constant, 
steady, uniform, insensible 
operation, like that of the air 
we breathe in." 
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

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