Material and Symbol: The Lincoln-Keckley Dress
Contributed By
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Material and Symbol: The Lincoln-Keckley Dress
This teacher’s resource challenges students to think about the Lincoln-Keckley as an object that has multiple symbolic meanings. It includes a preliminary activity intended to introduce students to doing history with objects and 3 lesson plans focused on the multiple meanings of the dress, the evolv…