МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОЕ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ СРЕДНЯЯ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНАЯ ШКОЛА №29

1. МУНИЦИПАЛЬНОЕ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЕ • СРЕДНЯЯ ОБЩЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНАЯ ШКОЛА №29 • С УГЛУБЛЁННЫМ ИЗУЧЕНИЕМ ОТДЕЛЬНЫХ ПРЕДМЕТОВ • Электронная презентация • «Авраам Линкольн» • Ермаченкова Е.А., • учитель английского языка • Смоленск • 2018

2. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

3. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln is regarded by public and historians as one of the greatest presidents ofthe U.S. history

4. Early life Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. Не was the second child to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He was born in a one-room house on the Sinking spring Farm in Kentucky Symbolic log cabin at A. Lincoln’s Birthplace National Historical Park

5. Early life • His father was a respected farmer, but in 1816 Lincoln`s family lost their lands • When Lincoln was nine his 34-year-old mother died of milk sickness • Raised by poor parents, he received less than a year of formal education. His primary means of education was schooling at home using borrowed books and the Bible

6. Early career and military service • In 1831 he moved to Illinois, and continued his self-education by borrowing books • He worked as: a store clerk, a postmaster, a lawyer • In 1834 he was elected as one of representatives to Illinois State Legislature

7. Early national politics • From 1847 to 1849 Lincoln served a single term in Congress • Then he concentrated on his law practice • In 1856 he joined the new Republican Party and ran for the US Senate in 1858 Lincoln in 1846 or 1847

8. Lincoln–Douglas debates and Cooper Union speech In 1858 the 1st in series of debates took place between A. Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas Lincoln made a brilliant speech

9. Lincoln – the 16th president of the USA On November 6, 1860, Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the United States He was the first Republican president winning entirely on the strength of his support in the North The Southern states didn`t support him “The Rail Candidate”

10. American Civil War Soon after Lincoln`s inauguration the slave-holding states of South seceded from the Union and formed their own nation, the Confederate States

11. Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln was an opponent of slavery He signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. This document made all slaves free Lincoln reading the Emancipation Proclamation before his cabinet

12. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln was shot by a well-known actor John Booth on April 14, 1865 at the Ford`s Theatre during the play Our American Cousin. Lincoln died on the following day.

13. Abraham Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a talented leader; his speeches can be regarded as pieces of oratory art; his Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for slavery’s eventual abolition. Over the years Lincoln’s mythic stature has only grown, and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in the nation’s history.

14. Abraham Lincoln: memory The Lincoln memorial is an American national monument built to honour Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington DC across from the Washington Monument. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington

15. Abraham Lincoln: memory Monument lying between the north and the south chambers is the central hall containing the solitary figure of Lincoln sitting in contemplation. Lincoln Statue, Lincoln Memorial, Washington

16. Abraham Lincoln: memory - money 1 cent 5 $ From 1959 to 2008 the Lincoln Memorial was shown on the reverse of the United States one cent coin. This was done to mark the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. The memorial also appears on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, the front of which bears Lincoln’s portrait.

17. Abraham Lincoln: memory - stamps

18. Aphorisms by Abraham Lincoln • Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought • When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion

20. Литература www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln# www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln www.biography.com/people/abraham-lincoln-9382540