What would it be like to attend a “Blab School” like Abraham Lincoln did? Objective During this lesson, students will have the opportunity to be immersed in similar activities to what school during the time of Abraham Lincoln might have sounded and looked like. Background Abraham Lincoln attended a “Blab” school near the boyhood home on 31E in Kentucky for a short time with his sister Sarah. A school room would have been a small, one-room log structure, with either a fireplace or small stove for heat and light, no running water, and small seats or benches to sit on. It would have been filled w Duration: 60 Minutes.