Teaching Lincoln in the U.S. and in Europe
13 Land of Lincoln: The Teaching of an Historical Icon at the University of Illinois, 2009
The celebrations of the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial revealed the continuing struggle to separate the man from the myth. Lincoln, who has long become an icon of popular culture, as a subject for teaching thus challenges teachers and students alike to divorce the historical figure from his cultural representation(s), which tends to push from view the complexities of his character and his age.