Brainstorming the Abraham Lincoln Controversy

Summarize the issue at stake: Should Abraham Lincoln High School continue to honor Abraham Lincoln by using his name? (pages 171-175)	

	

Read “Discussion” and “Step One:  Make Notes and Compare Them with Others” on page 176.  
•	Write down at least four reasons why we should honor Abraham Lincoln and four reasons why we should not honor him.
•	In the middle column, write down at least two paraphrases or quotations that support each argument, and list the page numbers.

Reasons we should honor Abraham Lincoln	Facts and quotations and paraphrases that support this argument	
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Reasons we should honor Abraham Lincoln	Facts that support this argument	
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Reasons we should NOT honor Lincoln	Facts that support this argument	
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OVER 

Which do you think are stronger: the reasons to honor Lincoln or the reasons not to honor him?  Why?