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Article: HISTORY MATTERS: THE U.S. SURVEY COURSE ON THE WEB.
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- Social Education
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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TYPE "ABRAHAM LINCOLN" INTO AN INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE and you will receive anywhere from 300,000 to 1,000,000 "hits." You will find yourself scrolling down lists of websites for the Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, Abraham Lincoln Camp, the "Hideous Jabbering Head of Abraham Lincoln," and the online auction of a "green painted plaster figure" of Lincoln. Meanwhile, you might miss out on some terrific Web-based resources, including the original Lincoln letters at the Library of Congress American Memory site or the documentary history of Lincoln's law practice collected by the Illinois Historical Preservation Society. This example illustrates one of the most common ...