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The Civil War

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Civil War

 

The American Civil War Homepage

 

Library of Congress: Collections Connections: Selected Civil War Photographs

 

The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns                      

Includes Maps, Biographies, Documents and more.

 

Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War

Information on Battles, Medicine, the Confederacy.

  

The Price of Freedom: Americans at War

Online exhibition discussing wars and conflicts from 1775 - present.

 

An article discussing issues of equality, specificly Black Troops in Union Blue

 

Who am I? A History Mystery

An interactive website which challenges the user to use objects and knowledge to understand people associated with the Civil War.

 

Sherman's March

An interactive map detailing Sherman's March and important battles along the way.

 

Teacher Resources

 

When Johnny Went Marching Off... A Civil War Documentation Team Activity

 

 

Of Human Bondage: Exploring Perspectives on Slavery During the Civil War Using Primary and Secondary Sources

 

 

Teaching With Documents: The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War

Concentrating on empancipation and miltary life.

 

 

NOT JUST A MAN'S WAR: Women in the American Civil War 1861-65

Teacher lessons, photographs, links and other information focusing on women's roles during the Civil War.

 

EdSiteMent: Attitudes Toward Emancipation

Using primary documents, students will look at Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation and the overall attitude of the time.

 

Teaching with Historical Places Lesson Plans

Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg

 

ANDERSONVILLE PRISON: AN ECONOMIC MICROCOSM

This lesson students examine how a group of civil war prisoners developed an economic system within their camp, a system designed to allocate scarce resources.

 

Commemoration of the Gettysburg Battlefield

Students use primary sources to analyze the Gettysburg Address, the Civil War and governmental choices.

 

Lincoln: A Photobiography

This unit provides resources for students in the 5th through 8th grade to focus on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Each lesson can be scaled to fit your students needs.


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