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Oct

13

Introducing “What Would Lincoln Do?”

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in History Online, Recent News, What Would Lincoln Do?

I am moderating a special panel at Ford’s Theatre on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm on the always relevant topic of “What Would Lincoln Do?  Understanding How Lincoln Gets Used (And Abused) in Today’s Washington.”  This is part of the closing phase of the “Understanding Lincoln” online course (which the House Divided Project produces with […]

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Sep

13

Who is the real Sam Wilkeson?

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), History Online, Images, Recent News

As readers of Blog Divided are well aware, we have been fascinated by the story of Samuel and Bayard Wilkeson, a father and son who were both at Gettysburg, one as a correspondent for the New York Times and the other as a 2LT for the Union army.  The son died on the battle’s first day […]

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Jul

13

New Details about the “First Draft” of the Gettysburg Address

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), Recent News

On Tuesday evening, July 7, 1863, Abraham Lincoln responded to a “serenade” from a crowd outside the White House celebrating the wonderful news  received in Washington earlier that day that Vicksburg had finally surrendered to Union forces (actually on the Fourth of July, Independence Day). Speaking extemporaneously, the president struggled to find the right words […]

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Jun

13

Ten Critical Questions About Online Learning

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in History Online

This summer, I am working with undergraduate researchers Russ Allen and Leah Miller to study the new possibilities and enduring limits of open online learning.  We are researching the subject through a grant provided by the Mellon Digital Humanities Fund and are experiencing the reality by actually creating our own open online course called “Understanding […]

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May

13

Register Today for “Understanding Lincoln,” a New Online Course

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Editor's Choice, History Online, Recent News

The House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are doing something unprecedented. They are launching an open,online graduate course called “Understanding Lincoln” that will be taught by noted Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker in Summer / Fall 2013 and available for anybody who wants to learn more about Abraham Lincoln and […]

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Mar

13

Teaching Lincoln’s Autobiography in the Common Core

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Lesson Plans, Letters & Diaries

In the excitement over the new “Lincoln” movie and Daniel Day-Lewis’s Oscar-winning and truly mesmerizing performance as Abraham Lincoln, it is easy to overlook one of the very best sources of information on Lincoln’s life –Lincoln himself.  Abraham Lincoln never kept a diary or wrote a memoir, but he did craft a few, brief autobiographical […]

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Feb

13

Understanding What “Lincoln” Movie Changed About 1865 Peace Talks

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News, Reconstruction (1865-1880), Video

One of the several critical strands in the “Lincoln” movie concerns the controversy surrounding the Hampton Roads peace talks (February 3, 1865), where President Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward met with Confederate envoys Alexander Stephens, John Campbell and Robert M.T. Hunter for secret discussions about how to end the war on board the River Queen in […]

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24

Feb

13

15 Examples of Fiction in “Lincoln” Movie Climax

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News, Video

According to the “Lincoln” movie script, Friday, January 27, 1865 was an action-packed and pivotal day.  It was the day of Thaddeus Stevens’s controlled performance in the House, declaring himself strictly for “equality before the law.”  It was also the day marked by Abraham Lincoln’s bitter argument with his oldest son Robert and then his […]

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Feb

13

Did Abraham Lincoln Really Slap His Son?

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News, Video

No single film could ever hope to capture the range of historical interpretations that have been offered to explain the complicated Lincoln family dynamics.  Some historians consider the marriage between Abraham and Mary Lincoln to have been “a fountain of misery.”  Others see longstanding affection and partnership.  Some find Lincoln to have been essentially an […]

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Feb

13

How the “Lincoln” Movie Reconstructed Thaddeus Stevens

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News, Reconstruction (1865-1880), Video

In the scene in Spielberg’s “Lincoln” which introduces the audience to Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R, PA), the chairman of the House Committee of Ways and Means, the script describes the setting in Stevens’ Capitol Hill office as “redolent of politics, ideology (a bust of Robespierre, a print of Tom Paine), long occupancy and hard work” […]

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