Abraham Lincoln and Our American Cousin

Calvin came up with a fun way to celebrate Lincoln's birthday. We are listening to Our American Cousin which is the play that Lincoln was watching the night he was assassinated. It's a comedy about an aristocratic English family who is visited by a cousin of the American branch of the family to collect his inheritance. The plot is quite simple and a most of the humor is just right for the kids. (When is a dog's tail not a tail? When it's a wagon!) It helps that we are reading along as we listen. After we finish listening to the play tomorrow, I think we'll read through Lincoln's first inaugural address.