Dennis Boggs http://www.meetmrlincoln.com
For over two decades, Dennis Boggs from Nashville, Tennessee, has been traveling coast to coast, bringing Abraham Lincoln’s life to audiences of all ages; beginning with his birth in Kentucky, and then on into his boyhood after moving to Indiana, and then through his adulthood and political career while living in Illinois, and finally through his presidency at the White House and during the American Civil War. His presentations allow the audience to experience history, firsthand, as he is able to customize his programs for age-appropriate groups. With averaging over 250 performances a year, Dennis Boggs has been presenting President Lincoln for schools, colleges & universities, civic groups, museums, civil war roundtables, Chautauqua events, storytelling festivals, library programs, national reenactments, educational conferences, and conventions, as well as many other special events. For more information about Mr. Boggs and his Meet Mr. Lincoln program, please visit his website at www.meetmrlincoln.com
Contact Dennis Boggs at dboggs@meetmrlincoln.com
Sample Programs Offered
Program Type: Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
This program is geared to a level that young students can understand. It is filled with fun and laughter and is designed to keep their attention. There are no speeches involved but plenty of life lessons dealing with a wide range of subjects. Told in first person storytelling format, children learn what it was like to be born in a one room log cabin in the wilderness of Kentucky. Mr. Lincoln talks about his family, his friends, his pets and what it was like to walk miles to attend a one room school house. The story then follows Mr. Lincoln as he leaves his friends and his schoolmates when the family moves to Indiana. There he loses one mother but gains another to take her place. The story continues and the children watch and listen as Mr. Lincoln grows from a young boy to a young man who travels to distant places and sees slavery for the first time. Through reading, he teaches himself to become a politician and a lawyer to address such issues. He marries and starts a family of his own, and then he goes on to be the President of the United States. All programs are followed by a ‘Question & Answer Session,’ where students get the opportunity to ask President Lincoln some questions.
Lesson Plan Example: Download File
Program Type: Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
Told in first person storytelling format, children learn what it was like to be born in a one room log cabin in the wilderness of Kentucky. The story then follows Mr. Lincoln as he leaves his friends and his schoolmates when the family moves to Indiana. There he loses one mother but gains another to take her place. The story continues and the children watch and listen as Mr. Lincoln grows from a young boy to a young man who travels to distant places and sees slavery for the first time. Through hard work and reading, he teaches himself to become a politician and a lawyer in order to address such issues. He marries and starts a family of his own, and then he goes on to be the President of the United States. All programs are followed by a ‘Question & Answer Session,’ where students get the opportunity to ask President Lincoln some questions.
Lesson Plan Example: Download File
Program Type: Arts Appreciation
Program Description:
This program is an in-depth look at the life of Abraham Lincoln from his birth in Kentucky to his growth in Indiana and his life in Illinois. It touches nearly every aspect of Lincoln’s life, with his family and friends, his meager education, his time as a lawyer and a legislator, as a husband and father, also as a congressman and then finally, as the 16th President of the United States. This program covers Lincoln’s political growth and his ever-changing views on slavery. It also shows Lincoln’s leadership skills and his struggles to find the right commanding officer for the Union Army. He describes some of the most crucial battles of the Civil War, and it further deals with Lincoln’s family life while he was living at the White House. This program contains many of President Lincoln’s most important speeches, such as, his “House Divided Speech,” his “Farewell Address,” his “1st and 2nd Inaugural Addresses,” and of course, the ever famous “Gettysburg Address.” This program even covers some of the very touching letters to families who have lost loved ones within the war. It also goes on to talk about Lincoln’s plans for reconstruction, and then it ends with that fateful night a Ford’s Theater. This program too is followed by an ‘Answer & Questions Session,’ where students get the opportunity to address and ask President Lincoln some question.
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