Collection Analysis Report
for Lincoln's 200th Year
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 13 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(13 of 13 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- History (11 books)
- Nonfiction (10 books)
- Biography (8 books)
- Picture Book (8 books)
- Social Studies (7 books)
- English Language Arts (5 books)
- Art (1 books)
- Historical Fiction (1 books)
- Mystery (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 13 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 790 (Range: 560 - 1050)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
9-10 | 1050-1335 | 9.67-12.01 | 62-72 | 8.32-12.12 | Z+ | 8.41-10.81 | 9.02-13.93 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 2 of 13 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
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Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 15 Videos
- 8 Book Readings
- 10 Lesson Plans
- Total of 148 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Reading Rockets's "Lincoln's 200th Year". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/QL5FI89
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale
by Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix
- Grades Used: 2, 3, 4
- Genres: Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 680
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Abe Lincoln Remembers
by Ann Turner and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 920
- Year Published: 2003
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
by Kay Winters and Nancy Carpenter
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 700
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Abe LincolnAbe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Doreen Rappaport and Kadir Nelson
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 820
- Year Published: 2008
Abraham Lincoln Comes Home
by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 560
- Year Published: 2008
Capital!: Washington D.C. from A to Z
by Laura Krauss Melmed and Frané Lessac
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 960
- Year Published: 2003
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Capital!Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship
by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 970
- Year Published: 2008
Lincoln and His Boys
by Rosemary Wells and P.J. Lynch
- Genres: Historical Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 730
- Year Published: 2009
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: History
- Lexile: 1050
- Year Published: 2008
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for The LincolnsMr. Lincoln's Boys
by Staton Rabin and Bagram Ibatoulline
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 710
- Year Published: 2008
Vinnie and Abraham
by Dawn Fitzgerald and Catherine Stock
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, History
- Lexile: 880
- Year Published: 2007
What Lincoln Said
by Sarah L. Thomson and James Ransome
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 670
- Year Published: 2009
Who Broke Lincoln's Thumb?
by Ron Roy and Timothy Bush Ron Roy and Timothy Bush
Book 5 of the Capital Mysteries
- Grades Used: 3
- Genres: Mystery
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Slightly Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
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