WEB SITES ON THE
CIVIL WAR AND
RECONSTRUCTION
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AFRICAN AMERICAN ODYSSEY –
RECONSTRUCTION AND ITS AFTERMATH
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5.html
An essay on the
events leading Congress to implement Reconstruction in 1866 and its progress
during its twelve years, plus the lasting effects of those changes. Includes period photos, broadsides and
letters from the Library of Congress American Memory collection. Excellent
NEW!
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/reconstruction/index.html
“This
exhibit examines one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American
history. It presents an up-to-date portrait of a period whose unrealized goals
of economic and racial justice still confront our society.” Sections:
Introduction; A New Birth of Freedom: Reconstruction During the Civil War; The
Meaning of Freedom: Black and White Responses to Slavery; From Slave Labor to
Free Labor; Rights and Power: The Politics of Reconstruction; The Ending of
Reconstruction; and Epilogue: The Unfinished Revolution. Excellent
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR @ eHISTORY.COM
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/index.cfm
An extensive site
on the war. Sections: Articles, Battles,
Biographies, Books, Book Reviews, Civil War Daily, Essays & Papers,
Glossary, HistoryList, Images, Interactive, Letters & Diaries, Maps,
Medicine, Newsletter, Official Records, Periodicals, Regimental Units,
Timeline, and Trivia Game. Excellent
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ETHNOGRAPHY
http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/cw/index.html
Examines American
society during the Civil War and how the war affected it. Sections: Civil War Overview, Letters from
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPAGE – A GATEWAY
SITE
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
A huge page of
links to Civil War information.
Sections: General Resources,
Biographical Information, State/Local Studies-by State, Other Military
Information, The Secession Crisis and Before, Histories and Bibliographies,
Battles and Campaigns, Civil War Re-enactors, Fictional Accounts of Wartime,
Images of Wartime, Documentary Records, Rosters and Regimental Histories, and
Civil War Round Tables. Excellent
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPAGE - A GATEWAY SITE
A very
comprehensive site with information about the war. Sections: Civil War Battles, Civil War
Biographies, Civil War Medicine, Civil War Potpourri, Confederate States of
America, Essays on the Civil War, Fox’s Regimental
Losses, Letters About the War, Naval War, Other Civil War Sites, Overview of
the Civil War, Shotgun’s Opinions, The Armies, and Western Theater Discussion
Group. Outstanding. Excellent
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPAGE - A GATEWAY SITE
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Sections:
General Resources, The Secession Crisis and Before, Images of Wartime,
Biographical Information, Histories and Bibliographies, Documentary Records,
State/Local Studies-by State, Battles and Campaigns, Rosters and Regimental
Histories, Other Military Information, Civil War Re-enactors, and Civil War
Round Tables. Outstanding. Excellent NOTE: THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT SITES.
AMERICAN TREASURES FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS – THE
CIVIL WAR
NEW!
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tr11b.html#civil
A collection of sketches,
photos, documents, maps and more from the Library of Congress. Sections include: Civil War Maps, Promoting
the Union Cause, A Civil War Sketch Artist, A Photographic Sketchbook, Port
Royal Band Books, Lincoln Fires McClellan, The Battle of Bull Run, Clara
Barton, The Wilderness Campaign, The Battle of Gettysburg, Discrimination
During the Civil War, Lincoln’s Message to Congress, Ruins in Richmond,
Andersonville, Reconstruction, the Fall of Vicksburg, Thanksgiving, Civil War
Ironclads, Lieutenant General Grant,
Civil War Action, Diary of a Confederate Woman,
and much more. Excellent
BEHIND THE STONEWALL - 360° PANORAMIC IMAGES FROM CIVIL WAR
BATTLEFIELDS NEW
PANORAMAS!
http://www.jatruck.com/stonewall/
105
360° panoramas of Civil War
battlefields. Includes: Raid at Harper’s
Ferry, Manassas Battlefield, Antietam Battlefield, Gettysburg Battlefield,
Chickamauga Battlefield, Andersonville, Perryville,
THE
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION NEW
URL!
http://www.mrburnett.net/civilwar.html
A History teacher’s site with extensive
links. Sections: Causes, Overview, Timelines, Maps, Key
Figures, Battles, Reconstruction and more.
Excellent
CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD MAP
http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/mastdog/states.html
Interactive,
animated map of Civil War battlefields. Click on a state for a detailed map of
battles within that state. There is also
a list of detailed battle maps for many of the battles. Excellent
CIVIL WAR – 42EXPLORE NEW!
http://www.42explore2.com/civilwar.htm
Basic
information on the Civil War along with activities, webquests and links. For elementary students. Excellent
CIVIL WAR – THE HISTORYNET ARCHIVES NEW
URL!
http://www.historynet.com/wars_conflicts/19_century
Articles
about different aspects of the Civil War.
Scroll down to this section.
Includes:
CIVIL WAR INDEX PAGE
http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
A
huge list of links by topics such as: Artillery, Bugle Calls, Documents &
Records, Railroads, Reconstruction and much, much more. Excellent
CIVIL WAR LINKS NEW!
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/civwar.html
A
page of links for students on the Civil War.
Excellent
CIVIL WAR MAP COLLECTION
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Over
2,200 online maps from the Library of Congress.
Types include: Reconnaissance, Sketch, Coastal and Theater-of-War. Search the collection by keyword, geographic
location, creator and title. Excellent
CIVIL
WAR POTPOURRI
http://www.civilwarhome.com/potpourr.htm
A huge number of articles from many
categories. Includes: Balloons with the
Army of the Potomac, Civil War Firsts, Compromise of 1850, Costs of the Civil
War, Freedmen (Freed Slaves),
CIVIL WAR TREASURES FROM THE
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/nhihtml/cwnyhshome.html
“The images in this digital collection
are drawn from the New-York Historical Society's rich archival collections that
document the Civil War. They include recruiting posters for New York City
regiments of volunteers; stereographic views documenting the mustering of
soldiers and of popular support for the Union in New York City; photography
showing the war's impact, both in the north and south; and drawings and
writings by ordinary soldiers on both sides.” Includes:
Manuscripts, Drawings, Photographs, Prints and Posters. Excellent
CIVIL WAR WOMEN – PRIMARY SOURCES ON THE INTERNET
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html
Links to diaries,
letters, prints, and photographs by or about women during the war. Note: We found a couple of broken links out
of several tried. Excellent
CRISIS AT
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/CrisisMain.html
A detailed look at the events
that led to the war and the role of
March 19-March 29, 1861,
Final Orders March 31 to April 6, 1861, And the War Came April 7-12, 1861, Aftermath April 13, 1861 to April 14, 1865,
and Reflections. Excellent
DOCUMENTING THE AMERICAN SOUTH
A
collection of resources on Southern culture, literature and history from the
1700s to the early part of the 20th century. Sections:
First Person Narratives of the American South, Library of Southern
Literature, North American Slave Narratives, The
EYEWITNESS
TO HISTORY: THE CIVIL WAR NEW
URL!
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cwfrm.htm
Eighteen eyewitness accounts of events of the
war. Excellent
FIRST PERSON NARRATIVES OF THE AMERICAN
SOUTH, 1860-1920
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html
“This
compilation of printed texts from the libraries at the
FREEDMEN AND SOUTHERN SOCIETY
PROJECT NEW URL!
http://www.history.umd.edu/Freedmen/
A
compilation of online documents that depict the tremendous change brought about
by Emancipation and the emotions of those who lived during that time. The documents include letters, petitions,
broadsides and more. They tell a vivid
story. Excellent
THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU OF AUGUSTA COUNTY ,
VIRGINIA
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/HIUS403/freedmen/introduction.html
Includes: Brief Overview, Project’s Development, Work
Cited, Image Gallery. Sections; Social
Services, Violence & Justice, Family Services, Labor & Contracts,
Bureaucracy, and Newspapers. Gives an
excellent idea of the work of the Bureau.
Excellent
FREEDOM FIGHTERS – U.S.
Extensive information on the “colored” troops
that fought in the war. Includes Regiments, Organization by States, History,
Chronologies, Histories of the Regiments and Batteries, Special Topics &
Links, General Information and much more.
Excellent
A HOUSE DIVIDED –
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ahd/civilwar.html
An online exhibit
on the issues that brought about the war and its aftermath. Sections: Introduction; Lincoln’s America;
Slavery; Slavery Debate; The Impending Crisis; The Civil War; War, Politics
& Society; and The Aftermath. Note:
Follow the arrows at the bottom of each section introduction for photos and
extensive information. Excellent
THE HUNLEY
http://www.hunley.org/index.asp
The story of the Confederate submarine that was the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy ship, its re-discovery and its recovery and conservation. Sections: Submarine, History, Recovery, Archaeology, Conservation and Events. The Submarine section includes a mission simulator. The Recovery section includes an animation of the recovery. Note: You do not need to be a member to use the site. Excellent
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/civilwar/about.html
“In
the winter of 1861 Abraham Lincoln left his home in
Although
the combatants fought no battles on
JEWS IN THE CIVIL WAR NEW
URL!
http://www.jewish-history.com/civilwar/Default.htm
Information on
Jews who served in the Civil War or those at home. Divided into
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/
A NOVA companion site on the
Monitor, the north’s secret warship.
Sections: Tour the Monitor, Behind the Scenes, Eyewitness to the
MAKING FREEDOM
- AFRICAN AMERICANS IN
http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00518/chapter7.pdf
“The documents in this lesson will help orient
students to what freedom meant for many African Americans in 1865 given their
previous servitude and the realityof the world in which they now lived. This
orientation should serve as a springboard for the subsequent exploration of
Reconstruction.
Organizing
Idea
The goal of this lesson is to allow students to
experience a snapshot of responses to emancipation in the single year 1865 in
order to get a sense of what freedom meant, some of the hopes freed people had,
and the obstacles they faced.” Includes Primary Sources and Student Activities. Excellent
MUSARIUM: EYE OF THE STORM
http://www.journale.com/eyeofthestorm/index.html
An online interpretation of
the life of a soldier during the war through his journal and video clips. Movies: The Balloon is Loose!, Andersonville
Prison, Captured and The Cole House.
Note: We could play the video but could not get the sound. Excellent
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR NEW URL!
http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
A large
collection of Civil War music with
A
NATION DIVIDED: THE
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
A timeline of the Civil War. Excellent
AN OUTLINE OF THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/reconframe.html
An in-depth
examination of Reconstruction. Includes:
Arguments for Confiscation; African American Arguments for Land; Negative
Reactions; The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Land; Key Events in
Reconstruction; The
POETRY AND MUSIC OF THE WAR BETWEEN
THE STATES NEW URL!
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/
Music
and poetry can help us understand the thoughts and emotions of those who fought
and those who waited for them. Sections:
Confederate Poetry, Union Poetry, Music of the War. The Music section: Songs of the
RECONSTRUCTION
AND ITS AFTERMATH
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart5.html
An American Memory exhibit on Reconstruction and
the years after. Excellent
SCARTOONS – RACIAL SATIRE AND THE
CIVIL WAR
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/scartoons/cartoons.html
Follows
the development of caricatures and political cartoons and their blossoming
during the Civil War. Includes: The
Development of Caricature, Abraham Lincoln: A Case Study; Scartoons: Racial
Satire and the Civil War. Sections:
Introduction, The Road to 1860, The War Years, The Aftermath, and
Conclusion. Excellent
SELECTED CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
A collection of
1,118 photographs, mostly of military personnel, preparations for battle,
battle after-effects, Confederate and
SHERMAN ’S MARCH THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA
http://members.aol.com/x69xer/index.html
An examination of
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through
SLAVERY IN
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/whats_new.htm
A
collection of online resources for teaching about slavery. Includes: The Melrose Interactive Slavery
Environment, “Roads to Freedom” online
exhibit, Slavery Gateway – teacher-evaluated websites on slavery, lesson plans
and more. OUTSTANDING. Excellent
THREE DAYS AT GETTYSBURG
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/History_Pages/Gettysburg/Gettysburg.html
An account of the
battle at
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – 42EXPLORE NEW!
http://www.42explore2.com/undergrd.htm
Basic
information on the Underground Railroad along with activities, webquests and
links. For elementary students. Excellent
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW – TWO COMMUNITIES IN
THE CIVIL WAR
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/
“This
is the gateway into the story of the Civil War as seen by the people of two
communities in the Great Valley of the United States: Franklin County,
Pennsylvania and Augusta County, Virginia. This project weaves together the
histories of these two places, separated by a few hundred miles and the
ABOARD THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: A NATIONAL REGISTER TRAVEL ITINERARY NEW!
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/underground/
“Aboard the Underground Railroad: A National Register of Historic Places
Travel Itinerary introduces travelers, researchers, historians,
preservationists, and anyone interested in African American history to the
fascinating people and places associated with the Underground Railroad. The
itinerary currently provides descriptions and photographs on 64 historic places
that are listed in the National Park Service's National Register of Historic
Places, America's official list of places important in our history and worthy
of preservation. It also includes a map of the most common directions of escape
taken on the Underground Railroad and maps of individual states that mark the
location of the historic properties.” Very Good
ABRAHAM
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html
“The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consists of
approximately 20,000 documents. The collection is organized into three
"General Correspondence" series which include incoming and outgoing
correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed
material. Most of the 20,000 items are from the 1850s through
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN OHIO
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ohshtml/aaeohome.html
“This selection
of manuscript and printed text and images drawn from the collections of the
Ohio Historical Society illuminates the history of black Ohio from 1850 to
1920, a story of slavery and freedom, segregation and integration, religion and
politics, migrations and restrictions, harmony and discord, and struggles and
successes. “ Very Good
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - A GATEWAY SITE
http://mirkwood.ucs.indiana.edu/acw/
Links to sites
about the war. Very Good
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR PHOTO GALLERY NEW!
http://www.civilwar-pictures.com/
A huge gallery of photos of
Civil War topics, people and places.
Sections include: Union Officers and Soldiers, Confederate Officer and
Soldiers, Government Officials, Battlefields and Fortifications, Structures,
African-Americans, Technology, Women and Children, Panoramas and more. Contains some commercial content. Very Good
AMERICAN
VISIONARIES: FREDERICK DOUGLASS – ONLINE EXHIBIT NEW!
http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/douglass/overview.htm
“This exhibit features items owned by Frederick
Douglass and highlights his achievements. The items are in the museum and
archival collections at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site at Cedar
Hill,
THE BATTLEFIELD OF MANASSAS
http://www.battlefieldmanassas.org/
This
small town in
BITS OF BLUE AND GRAY – THE AMERICAN CIVIL
WAR NOTEBOOK
http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/
Letters, The
Archive (biographies of soldiers), Civil
War Poetry, Civil War Songs, Ghost Stories, Miscellaneous, Chronicles of the
Great Rebellion, Civil War Trivia, Suggested Offline Reading, Favorite Civil
War Sites, DE Roster of Union Soldiers, The 4th Delaware, and
Nicknames. Very Good
THE CIVIL WAR
Sections: The
Timeline, The Battles, The Places, The Music, The Documents, The Sponsors, The
Links. Very Good
CIVIL WAR, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SLAVERY AND
RECONSTRUCTION LINKS – 4TH & 5TH GRADES NEW!
http://www.quia.com/pages/hostettercivil.html
A
page of links for students in grades 4-5 on the Civil War,
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION – 1861-1877 – AMERICAN
HISTORY TIMELINE
NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/civilwar/civilwar.html
A brief overview of the
period from 1861 to 1877. Check out the
Topics section for more articles and primary documents. More than it looks at
first glance. Very Good
THE CIVIL WAR: BLACK AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO UNION INTELLIGENCE
NEW URL!
Details the role
of southern blacks in providing information to northern intelligence agents and
military personnel and their value to the
CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF THE BOND AND EDWARDS
FAMILIES
http://www.genealogy105.com/letters.html
A collection of
letters from the Bond and Edwards families during the Civil War. Very well done. Very Good
CIVIL WAR LINKS
http://www.kathimitchell.com/civil.htm
A full page of links. Very Good
CIVIL WAR PRINTS BY ANDY THOMAS NEW URL!
A set of ten
Civil War drawings by artist Andy Thomas.
Good
CIVIL WAR SITES ON THE INTERNET
http://www.civilwarhome.com/cwsites.htm
A full page of
links to websites on the Civil War. Very
Good
A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER IN THE WILD CAT REGIMENT –
SELECTIONS FROM THE TILTON C. REYNOLDS PAPERS NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tcrhtml/tcrhome.html
“A Civil War Soldier in the Wild Cat Regiment: Selections from the
Tilton C. Reynolds Papers documents
the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment
of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Comprising 164 library items, or 359 digital
images, this online presentation includes correspondence, photographs, and
other materials dating between 1861 and 1865. The letters feature details of
the regiment's movements, accounts of military engagements, and descriptions of
the daily life of soldiers and their views of the war. Forty-six of the letters
are also made available in transcription.”
Very Good
CIVIL WAR – VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP NEW!
http://www.massieschool.com/civil-war/home.html
“This Virtual Field Trip will allow the
visitor to travel to some of the major battle grounds of the American Civil
War. While this is not an in depth study of these events, it should give the
user an introduction to these battles which occurred during the war. The
trip explores these various battles in chronological order, beginning with the
first shots fired at
EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY – 19TH CENTURY NEW!
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/19frm.htm
Eyewitness
accounts of events in the 19th century. Included due to several slavery-related
accounts. Very Good
FIVE TRI-STATE WOMEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR
– DAY TO DAY LIFE
http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh43-1.html
“The diaries and writings of five
women of the tri-state area, Where
THE
MEADE ARCHIVE NEW URL!
Information and memoirs of General George Gordon
Reade, the last commander of the Army of the
RECONSTRUCTION
LINKS
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/recon.htm
A page of links on Reconstruction from the Lest
We Forget website. Very Good
THE SOUTHERN “BLACK CODES” OF 1865-1866 NEW!
http://www.crf-usa.org/brown50th/black_codes.htm
“The end of the Civil War marked
the end of slavery for 4 million black Southerners. But the war also left them
landless and with little money to support themselves. White Southerners,
seeking to control the freedmen (former slaves), devised special state law
codes. Many Northerners saw these codes as blatant attempts to restore
slavery.” Includes
a classroom activity. Very Good
STRIEBY FAMILY CIVIL WAR LETTERS
http://home.att.net/~cwletters/index.html
Letters to and
from William J. and Mary E. Strieby between 1861-1865 to and from
THIS WEEK IN THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.civilweek.com/index.htm
A calendar index
of events of the war. Search according
to date. Very Good
TREASURENET HISTORICAL IMAGES – CIVIL WAR AND CIVIL WAR BY STATE
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
A list of
photographs of the war. Topics include:
Army Life, Cavalry, Civilians, Confederate Army Officers, Federate Army
Officers, Morale, Navies, Women and many more.
Very Good
THE UNKNOWN CIVIL WAR
http://www.unknowncivilwar.com/index.html
A list of
articles covering little-known aspects of the war. Very Good
ULYSSES
S. GRANT HOME PAGE
http://www.mscomm.com/~ulysses/
An extensive site on the great Union general and
post-war President. Sections: Basic
Info, Early Life, Private Side, Civil War, Family Man, His Friends, and Last
Years (including Presidency). Very Good
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html
An index to the
Generals who fought on both sides of the Civil War. The Generals are indexed alphabetically under
“WE’LL SING TO ABE OUR SONG” – SHEET MUSIC
ABOUT
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/scsmhtml/scsmhome.html
“"We'll Sing to Abe Our Song!":
Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Civil War from the Alfred
Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana includes more than two hundred
sheet-music compositions that represent Lincoln and the war as reflected in
popular music. The collection spans the years from
ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEW!
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
A
timeline and photos of
AFRICAN AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC – 1850-1920 NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/sheetmusic/brown/
“This collection consists of 1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music dating from 1850 through 1920. The collection includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period. Numerous titles are associated with the novel and the play Uncle Tom's Cabin. Civil War period music includes songs about African-American soldiers and the plight of the newly emancipated slave. Post-Civil War music reflects the problems of Reconstruction and the beginnings of urbanization and the northern migration of African Americans. African-American popular composers include James Bland, Ernest Hogan, Bob Cole, James Reese Europe, and Will Marion Cook. Twentieth century titles feature many photographs of African-American musical performers, often in costume. Unlike many other sorts of published works, sheet music can be produced rapidly in response to an event or public interest, and thus is a source of relatively unmediated and unrevised perspectives on quickly changing events and public attitudes. Particularly significant in this collection are the visual depictions of African Americans which provide much information about racial attitudes over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” You can browse the collection by Title, Subject and Name. Good
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amsshtml/
“For
most of the nineteenth century, before the advent of phonograph and radio
technologies, Americans learned the latest songs from printed song sheets. Not
to be confused with sheet music, song sheets are single printed sheets, usually
six by eight inches, with lyrics but no music. These were new songs being sung
in music halls or new lyrics to familiar songs, like "Yankee Doodle"
or "The Last Rose of Summer." Some of
THE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR – THE NAVAL WAR
http://www.civilwarhome.com/navalwar.htm
Links to information on the naval war. Good
AN AMERICAN TIME CAPSULE: THREE CENTURIES OF
BROADSIDES AND OTHER PRINTED EPHEMERA NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/pehome.html
“The Printed Ephemera collection at the
Library of Congress is a rich repository of
BAND MUSIC FROM THE CIVIL WAR ERA NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
“Band Music from the Civil War Era
makes available examples of a brilliant style of brass band music that flourished
in the 1850s in the
BEYOND FACE VALUE: DEPICTIONS OF SLAVERY
ON CONFEDERATE CURRENCY
NEW!
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/index.htm
“Many
Southern notes did not feature images of slavery; this exhibit focuses on the
ones that did. This collection features notes issued and circulated in the South
during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Eras. Notes were issued by
various entities, including the Confederate government, state governments,
merchants, and railroad companies.” Sections: Overview of the Civil War, Economic
Environment, The Images, The Collection, and more. Good
BLUE AND GRAY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS NEW!
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/chlit/exhibit/intro.htm
“Scholars
have noted that cultural lessons are instilled in children's books. And as with
war memorials, the debate over the Confederate battle flag, and other forms of
popular and material culture associated with the war, children's books are less
a recitation of particular historical events than they are a revelation of the
modes of thinking that exist during the time of their creation. Varied in
subject matter and style, these books project a complex mosaic of American
identity, cast in the singular image of the Civil War.” Good
THE BLUE AND GRAY TRAIL
http://www.ngeorgia.com/travel/bgtrail.html
“The
Civil War in
CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/causes.html
Links to
documents that show the secession crisis that led to the war. Good
CIVIL
WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 1861-1877
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/civilwar/civilwar.html
Classroom materials and additional information
to go with the American Memory exhibits listed elsewhere. Includes documents and classroom
activities. Good
CIVIL
WAR ARTILLERY
Links to information on Civil War
artillery. Good
CIVIL WAR BATTLE
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/bycampgn.htm
A
complete of Civil War battles divided into campaigns. Each includes Location, Campaign, Dates,
Principal Commanders, Forces Engaged, Estimated Casualties, Description, and
Results. Good
CIVIL WAR CLIPART GALLERY
http://www.jewish-history.com/Clipartgallery/clipart.htm
Clipart on the
Civil War in black and white, color and with animation. Good
CIVIL WAR CURRENCY NEW!
http://www.frbsf.org/currency/civilwar/index.html
Sections:
Confederate Currency, Fractional Currency, and Demand & Interest-Bearing
Notes. Other Sections: Tour Showcase of
Bills, Historical Context, and Artistry & Imagery. Good
CIVIL WAR ERA SLANG AND TERMS – A
WRITER’S GUIDE NEW!
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/CivilWar.html
A
collection of slang and phrases common in the Civil War era. Good
THE CIVIL WAR GAZETTE NEW!
http://www.civilwargazette.faithsite.com/
“The
Civil War Gazette is a WebZine
(non-commercial) dedicated to telling the story of the common soldier during
the American Civil War. We do this through authentic and original letters,
diaries, excerpts from historical records, photos, pictures, ambrotypes, tin
types, dagguerotypes, CDVs, newspaper accounts, etc” Good
CIVIL WAR MAPS NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/cwmabout.html
A large collection of maps of
Civil War sites. Search by Place,
Subject, Creator, and Title. Good
CIVIL
WAR MEDICINE
http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarmedicineintro.htm
Information on the medical care available during
the war. Good
CIVIL WAR-RELATED WEB LINKS NEW!
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/links/links10.htm
Civil
War-related links on Food; Funerals and Burial Practices; and Guerilla Warfare.
Good
CIVIL WAR SLANG NEW URL!
http://boonebunny.tripod.com/hubbub.html
Like soldiers
everywhere, the Civil War soldier used slang.
This article gives a sample. Good
DIGITAL HISTORY – LEARN ABOUT CIVIL WAR NEW!
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/civwar/index.cfm
A brief essay on the Civil
War followed by links to primary documents, Learning Tools and Books, Films and
Websites. Good
DIGITAL HISTORY – LEARN ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION NEW!
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/reconstruction/index.cfm
A brief essay on
Reconstruction followed by links to primary documents, Learning Tools and
Books, Films and Websites. Good
DIGITAL HISTORY – LEARN ABOUT THE COMING OF THE CIVIL
WAR NEW!
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/coming_civilwar/index.cfm
A brief essay on the period
prior to the Civil War followed by links to primary documents, Learning Tools
and Books, Films and Websites. Good
DIGITAL IMAGES OF 19TH
CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS – RECONSTRUCTION
NEW URL!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/reconst.cfm?tuvf7616
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Images of African Americans during Reconstruction. Each includes: Title, Original Caption,
Material Type, Creator, Date, Source, Location, and Subjects. Good
DIGITAL IMAGES OF 19TH
CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS – CIVIL WAR
NEW URL!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/cwar.cfm?tuvf7616
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Images of African Americans during the Civil War. Each includes: Title,
Original, Caption, Material Type, Creator, Date, Source, Location and
Subjects. Good
FREDERICK DOUGLASS – A BIOGRAPHY
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html
An online biography of Frederick Douglass. Good
FROM REVOLUTION TO RECONSTRUCTION NEW!
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/index.htm#1851
A collection of primary documents arranged by time period. Scroll down or click on 1851-1875 for the list of documents. Includes: Documents, Essays, Biographies, and Presidents. Good
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson885/gettysburg-web-resources.html
Links
for students to sites about the Gettysburg Address, one of our country’s most
famous and important speeches. Good
HISTORICAL IMAGE COLLECTION NEW!
http://www.treasurenet.com/images/
Another collection of Civil
War images. Good
THE MUSIC OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (APRIL 1861 TO MAY
1865) NEW!
http://pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
“These General
MIDI files are based on The Civil War Songbook: Complete Original Sheet
Music for 37 Songs” Includes links to play
PERSONAL MEMOIRS – ULYSSES S. GRANT
http://www.wtj.com/archives/grant/
Three chapters
from the memoirs of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Good
PICTURES OF THE CIVIL WAR – NATIONAL ARCHIVE NEW!
http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/
Photos from the National
Archives of Civil War topics. Includes:
Activities, Places, Portraits,
RECONSTRUCTION
ACTS
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASreconstruction.htm
A British site on the Reconstruction Acts. Good
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
http://www.kingtisdell.org/reconstruction.htm
Glimpses of
REMINISCENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR – GENERAL JOHN
B. GORDON
http://www.wtj.com/archives/gordon/
Three chapters
from the memoirs of Confederate General John B. Gordon. Good
SYMBOLS
OF
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/flags/
Information and images of Civil War flags in the collections of the National Park Service. Good
TIMELINE – PHOTOS AND MORE ON
A timeline of the life of
Abraham Lincoln. Includes photos of
U.S.S. CONSTELLATION – THE LAST SURVIVING
SHIP OF THE CIVIL WAR
Now a tourist
attraction and teaching tool in
VIRTUAL
http://www.virtualantietam.com/
Information and photos of the
VIRTUAL CIVIL WAR.COM NEW!
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index1024.htm
An extensive gallery of
photos of Civil War battles, battlefields, re-enactments and more. Very good source for photos. Click on the photo for an enlargement and
caption. Good
VIRTUAL
http://www.virtualgettysburg.com/
Information, photos,
panoramas and more about the Battle of Gettysburg and the battlefield
today. Contains some commercial
content. Good
WHITMAN’S DRUM TAPS AND WASHINGTON’S CIVIL WAR
HOSPITALS NEW!
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/hospital/whitman.htm
“The
unique path which Walt Whitman followed during the American Civil War
(1861-1865) led to an insightful, poetic record which captures the turmoil of
this era on an intimate level. Like all transformational events in history one
must examine the literature of the time to reach an understanding of the day-
to-day effects on common people. Unlike other wars, no major author was a
military participant in the Civil War. Yet there were authors who had personal
interaction with soldiers and experienced important events of the war. Herman
Melville went on scouting rides in order to get a glimpse of the soldier's
lifestyle before writing his
Besides firsthand diaries of soldiers, the most poignant scenes of the Civil War come from Walt Whitman's wartime prose and most distinctly his book of poetry entitled Drum Taps (1865) Many of its poems resulted from his years in Washington, D.C., spent as a psychological nurse to sick and wounded soldiers. Whitman wrote to a friend in 1863, "The doctors tell me I supply the patients with a medicine which all their drugs & bottles & powders are helpless to yield" in reference to the aid of his cheerful disposition and careful attention to the welfare of the soldiers.” Includes photos of wartime hospitals. Good
LESSON PLANS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON SLAVERY AND RACE – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp1.html
A lesson plan on Abraham
Lincoln for high school students. “Slavery played a prominent role in
Students examine primary
documents and analyze opinions of the time period. Excellent
AFRICAN AMERICANS 1800-1870 LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://www.culver.org/academics/infolit/Faculty/foleyd/Teacher_files/craftingfreedom/cfindex.htm
“The mission of our Web Page is to focus on a
specific area of history – life of African Americans 1800-1870 – to guide
teachers & students through factual content of this era in history, and
also show how to conduct research using a variety of sources and strategies.
Many times when teachers
approach this period in American history, the only discussion of African
Americans is usually slave life on a plantation with escape to the Underground
Railroad. Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Dred Scott and a few other known
figures are emphasized, but this is telling only part of the story of African
Americans. Although there were over three million slaves in the South at
the beginning of the Civil War, there were hundreds of thousands of free blacks
whose story goes untold. These free blacks, along with skilled slaves who were
hired out, maintained businesses and supported their families.
Our Lesson Plan will identify some figures for
additional research and serve as a guide on how to research these “unknowns,”
both slave and free, to get a broader understanding of African American living
and working environment between 1800 and 1870. It is our desire that teachers
in each state will search out additional names of people from their own
communities or states to encourage students to learn more about their local
history. The research skills that students acquire, especially with primary
sources, special reference works, archival materials, historic sites, and
interviews with experts can be applied to other history and humanities
assignments.” Excellent
AFTER
RECONSTRUCTION: PROBLEMS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH-LESSON PLAN
NEW
URL!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/rec/rhome.html
A lesson plan
for teams of students to use online resources to discover the problems
confronting African Americans as a result of Reconstruction. The Teacher’s
Section includes: Overview, Materials & Preparation, Instruction
Procedures, Discussion and Evaluation & Extension. Excellent
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/00/centen/index.html
A lesson plan
for grades 9-12 on American in 1876. “This lesson uses images and texts selected from the American
Memory collections of the Library of Congress to engage students in studying
the
ANDERSONVILLE PRISON – AN ECONOMIC MICROCOSM – LESSON
PLAN NEW!
http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/ecedweek/lesson2.htm
A lesson plan
for junior/senior high students on the economics of a small unit. “All society must develop an economic system
to answer the basic economic questions. While we usually identify economic
systems with a country (the
In 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.” Excellent
ATTITUDES TOWARD EMANCIPATION - LESSON PLAN
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=290
A
lesson plan for grades 9-12 on contemporary attitudes toward Emancipation. Students use contemporary newspaper accounts
(available online) to determine points of view.
Includes: Introduction, Learning Objectives and Lesson Plan. Excellent
THE
http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/2000backeast/Trip/Members/CopleyJ/Default.htm
This lesson looks at how the
geology of the battlefield affected the Battle of Gettysburg. Includes activities, links and puzzles. For upper elementary or junior high students. Excellent
BEFORE BROTHER FOUGHT BROTHER: LIFE IN
THE NORTH AND SOUTH 1847-1861 – CURRICULUM UNIT NEW!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=484
A
curriculum unit for grades 6-8 on the time period just before the Civil War. “A complex series of
events led to the Civil War. The lessons in this unit are designed to help
students develop a foundation on which to understand the basic disagreements
between North and South. Through the investigation of primary source documents
—photographs, census information and other archival documents—students gain an
appreciation of everyday life in the North and South, changes occurring in the
lives of ordinary Americans, and some of the major social and economic issues
of the years before the Civil War.” Excellent
CIVIL
WAR ACTIVITIES USING THE INTERNET
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/CivilWar.htm
Seventeen classroom activities for middle and high
school students using various websites as the starting point. Excellent
CIVIL
http://civilwar.org/historyclassroom/hc_lesplanact.htm
Lesson plans, classroom activities, and more. Excellent
CIVIL
WAR LESSON PLANS
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/us_history/civilwar/
Nineteen lesson plans on the Civil War. Multiple sources and grade levels. Excellent
THE
CIVIL WAR – QUIZZES, READING LESSONS AND ACTIVITIES
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/civil_war.htm
A large number of short quizzes, reading lessons
and activities on Civil War topics.
Excellent
THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH A CHILD’S EYE –
LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/civilwar/index.html
A lesson plan
for grades 6-8 on the Civil War. “The Civil War through a
Child's Eye lesson focuses on the use of historical fiction and primary
sources to expand students' perceptions of the Civil War era. Literature and photographic
images reflect, communicate, and influence human perspectives of historical
events. Specifically, the unit helps students to view the Civil War era through
a child’s eye, rather than from an adult perspective.
Following an introduction to the Civil War using photographic,
daguerreotype, and non-fiction sources, students read Paul Fleischman’s
CIVIL WAR-UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
& RECONSTRUCTION LESSON PLANS
NEW URL!
http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/civilwar.html
A
lengthy list of lesson plans for teaching about the Civil War, the Underground
Railroad and Reconstruction. Excellent
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION: FREEDOM’S
FIRST STEPS – LESSON PLAN
NEW!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=290
A
lesson plan for grades 9-12 on the Emancipation Proclamation. “While the Civil War began as a war to
restore the Union, not to end slavery, by 1862 President Abraham Lincoln came
to believe that he could save the Union only by broadening the goals of the
war. The Emancipation Proclamation is generally regarded as marking this sharp
change in the goals of
The
Proclamation was, in the words of Frederick Douglass, "the first step on
the part of the nation in its departure from the thralldom of the ages."
Through examination of the original document, related writings of Lincoln as
well as little known first person accounts of African Americans during the war,
students can return to this "first step" and explore the obstacles
and alternatives we faced in making the journey toward "a more perfect
Union." Excellent
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES –
LESSON PLAN
NEW!
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp3.html
A lesson plan for middle
school students on the Emancipation Proclamation. “Essential
Question:
How did different segments of the American population view the Emancipation
Proclamation?”
Students analyze primary
documents to learn different views of the Emancipation Proclamation. Excellent
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN A COLLABORATIVE EXPLORATION OF
THE
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=888
A lesson plan for grades 3-5
on the Gettysburg Address. “The
EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR – FACTORY VS.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=289
A lesson plan for grades 6-8
on the major social and economic issues that led to the war. “A complex
series of events led to the Civil War. The lessons in this unit are designed to
help students develop a foundation on which to understand the basic
disagreements between North and South. Through the investigation of primary
source documents - photographs, census information and other archival documents
- students gain an appreciation of everyday life in the North and South,
changes occurring in the lives of ordinary Americans, and some of the major
social and economic issues of the years before the Civil War.” Excellent
FACING THE GHOSTS OF OUR PAST - LESSON PLAN
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981016friday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
A
lesson plan for grades 6-12 in which students write a narrative from the
perspective of someone who experienced the Civil War or slavery. Includes: Subjects, Overview, Suggested Time
Allowance, Objectives, Resources/Materials, Activity/Procedure, Historical
Figures, “Others” Involved, Wrap-Up/Homework, Further Questions for Discussion,
Evaluation/Assessment, Extension Activities and more. Although based on the movie Beloved,
this lesson plan can easily be adapted.
Excellent
FAMILIES IN BONDAGE – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=280
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 on
slavery prior to the Civil War.
Excellent
HISTORY LESSON PLANS NEW!
http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edhist.htm#undergroundrr
A
large collection of lesson plans. Click
on Slavery, Underground Railroad, Civil War and Reconstruction for each
section. Excellent
A HOUSE
DIVIDING: THE GROWING CRISIS OF SECTIONALISM IN ANTEBELLUM
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=659
A curriculum
unit for grades 9-12 on the time period before the Civil War. “n this unit, students will trace the
development of sectionalism in the United States as it was driven by the
growing dependence upon, and defense of, black slavery in the southern states.
Initially seen as contrary to freedom but tolerated in order to produce the
What
characterized the debates over American slavery and the power of the federal
government for the first half of the 19th century? How did regional economies
and political events produce a widening split between free and slaveholding
states in antebellum
IMAGES AT WAR – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=273
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 on
the use of photography in the Civil War.
“Learning Objectives
To examine American attitudes toward war as revealed
in Civil War photographs and World War II homefront posters; to explore ways in
which the experience of war has helped shape the American social and cultural
identity; to gain experience interpreting archival images; to organize a
statement of findings.” Excellent
LADIES, CONTRABAND AND SPIES: WOMEN IN THE
CIVIL WAR – LESSON PLAN
NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/01/spies/index.html
A lesson plan
for grades 10-11 on women in the Civil War.
“This lesson uses primary sources - diaries,
letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil
War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women,
plantation mistresses, female spies, and Union women emerge. Ultimately,
students will understand the human consequences of this war for women.” Excellent
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp2.html
A lesson plan on
Students will analyze primary
documents to determine
LINKS TO THE PAST –
LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/99/links/intro.html
A lesson plan
for grades 9-12 on those who traveled west to settle
THE MATHEW BRADY BUNCH – CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPERS – LESSON
PLAN
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/brady/home.html
A lesson plan to
accompany the “Selected Civil War
Photographs” exhibit (elsewhere on list) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
“Students
become reporters, assigned to sort through these photographs and find one that
will bring the war alive to their readers. They write a newspaper article based
on their chosen photograph and publish it on the World Wide Web.” Excellent
MYTH AND TRUTH: THE
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=885
A
lesson plan on the Gettysburg Address for grades 9-12. “Did Abraham Lincoln write the
Behind every myth are many possible truths allowing us to discover who we were
as peoples and who we are today. By exploring myths surrounding the
NATIONAL ARCHIVES – TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-war-reconstruction.html
Scroll
down the page for four lesson plans for teaching about the Civil War and
Reconstruction using primary documents held by the National Archives. Lessons: Fugitive from Labor Cases: Henry
Garnett (1850) and Moses Honner (1860); The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew
Brady; The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War; and
Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors that Affected the
Civil War. Excellent
THE NEW DEAL:
NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/newdeal/lesson.html
A
lesson plan for grades 6-8 on Reconstruction in
OF HUMAN BONDAGE: EXPLORING PERSPECTIVES ON
SLAVERY DURING THE CIVIL WAR USING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20000622thursday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons
A lesson plan for grades 6-12
on slavery. “In this lesson, students explore
how experiences and observations about a specific event or time period can vary
greatly through discussion and research slavery during the Civil War. Students
investigate, using primary and secondary sources, different perspectives on
slavery from historical figures during the Civil War and write research-based
narratives from the point of views of their historical figures.” Excellent
http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/teachers/lessons.html
Fifteen lesson plans on
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War.
Excellent
PERSPECTIVES ON THE SLAVE NARRATIVE
- LESSON PLAN NEW URL!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=321
A
lesson plan for grades 9-12 based on The
Narrative of William Brown, An American Slave (1847) and the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
(1845) (online). Both were well-known literary
works in their day. Includes:
Introduction, Learning Objectives and Lesson Plan. Students consider both works from an
historical and a literary perspective.
Excellent
PHOTOJOURNALISM: A RECORD OF WAR –
LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/photo/home.html
A
lesson plan for grades 5-8 on using photographs to document war. “Photography has been used to record war
since the Crimean War in 1855. This unit will explore how and why war has been
photographed and will also give students an opportunity to see the bias within
the recording/reporting of war.” Excellent
THE REUNION
- CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/reunion.html
A
classroom activity in which students dramatize a reunion between people who
held opposing views during the Civil War.
Excellent
SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/lessons.html
Lesson
plans to accompany the PBS series. There
are six lesson plans – two each for Elementary, Middle School and High School. We have the series on DVD. DV507327 The Downward Spiral DV507238
SLAVERY TEACHING THEME NEW!
http://www.teach-nology.com/themes/social/slavery/
Resources
for teaching about slavery including: Clipart, Downloadables, Hands-On
Activities, Resource Materials, Background Information and Webquests. Excellent
THE TEACHER’S GUIDE – AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Civilwarlessons.html
Lesson plans and units on the
Civil War. Excellent
TEACHING MODULE: THE CIVIL WAR NEW!
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module10/index.html
A teaching module for junior/senior high students on the Civil War. Sections: Overview, Background, Primary Source Documents, Learning Tools, Visual Aids, and Resources. Excellent
TEACHING MODULE: THE COMING OF THE CIVIL
WAR NEW!
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module9/index.html
A teaching module for junior/senior high students on the years leading up to the Civil War. Sections: Overview, Background, Primary Source Documents, Learning Tools, Visual Aids, and Resources. Excellent
TEACHING MODULE: RECONSTRUCTION NEW!
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module11/index.html
A teaching module for junior/senior high students on Reconstruction. Sections: Overview, Background, Primary Source Documents, Learning Tools, Visual Aids, and Resources. Excellent
TEACHING MODULE: SLAVERY NEW!
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/module7/index.html
A teaching module for junior/senior high students on slavery. Sections: Overview, Background, Primary Source Documents, Learning Tools, Visual Aids, and Resources. Excellent
“TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD” – THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR –
CURRICULUM UNIT
NEW!
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=744
A curriculum unit on the Civil
War for grades 9-12. “This
curriculum unit will introduce students to several important questions
pertaining to the war. In the first, they will examine original
documents and statistics in an attempt to determine the strengths and
weaknesses of each side at the start of the conflict. The second addresses the
two turning points of the war-the concurrent battles of
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES – COURSE MODEL
http://www.history.ctaponline.org/center/hsscm/index.cfm?Page_Key=1579
A 5-week course on the Civil
War. Excellent
WE MUST NOT BE ENEMIES:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=246#LESSON1
A
unit of six lesson plans on Abraham Lincoln for grades 3-5. Excellent
WHAT DO YOU SEE? – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/civilwar/hinesday.html
A
lesson plan for grades 5-12 on using photographs to study the Civil War. “In this lesson students analyze a single
photograph from the American Memory collection Selected Civil War Photographs,
1861-1865. Using the skills developed, students then find and analyze other images.
Conclusions reached will allow students develop links between the Civil War and
American industrialization.”
Excellent
WHAT EVENTS LEAD TO
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp4.html
A
lesson plan for elementary students on
John
Wilkes Booth’s premeditated attack was a carefully orchestrated plot involving
at least eight other participants. The fact that President Lincoln was shot
while enjoying a show at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 leaves students
wondering how it could have happened. A week earlier General Lee had
surrendered to General Grant. The nation was finally looking forward to peace.
Yet out of the shadows came Booth to kill the president, while one of his
conspirators attempted to murder the secretary of state.
Students
exploring this type of turning point in American history are frequently
frustrated by a lack of understanding of the event. While comprehensive answers
may never be available to explain how these crimes could have taken place, we
can examine the circumstances surrounding them to gather a partial
understanding of why they happened.
Abraham
Lincoln’s assassination was yet another wound that our country suffered due to
the “peculiar institution” of slavery. In studying the Civil War, students will
discover that slavery was at the core of the conflict that tore our nation
apart and that ultimately killed the sixteenth president. States’ rights, while
often cited as the reason why Southern states seceded, masked the political and
moral arguments over slavery. Lincoln’s legacy, the abolition of slavery in the
United States, was also the cause of his death.” Students
examine primary documents to learn what brought about
AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR WORKSHEETS
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/civil/
Printable worksheets for teaching the Civil
War. Very Good
ATTITUDES
TOWARD EMANCIPATION – LESSON
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=290
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 on the
Emancipation Proclamation. “This
lesson plan involves reading mid-19th-century newspaper coverage of and
commentary on the Emancipation Proclamation and the broader issue of race
relations in the
BRIDGES FOR ALL – CURRICULUM UNIT NEW!
http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit9/
A
curriculum unit for grades 6-8 on the contributions of individuals and
organizations in eliminating the conditions of slavery during the Civil War and
during Reconstruction. “This
unit will assess the importance of volunteers, both today and in history.
Students will research the work of volunteers before, during and after the
Civil War and decide what they can do today to make a meaningful contribution in
their community.” Includes three
lessons. Very Good
THE CIVIL WAR – EMANCIPATION
EXPERIENCE – LESSON PLAN
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst02.txt
A
lesson plan suitable for grades 10-12 on the changes that took place in the
lives of Americans as a result of the war.
Includes Overview, Purpose, Objectives, Activities, Resources/Materials
Needed, Tying It All Together, and Written Assignment. Very Good
CIVIL WAR: EMANCIPATION EXPERIENCE – LESSON PLAN NEW URL!
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/Civil_War/CIW0200.html
A lesson plan for grades
10-12 on the effects of the Civil War. “The
purpose of this inquiry lesson is to give students an affective experience of
the pre and post American Civil War experience on Americans- Blacks and Whites
(southerners and northerners).” Very
Good
CIVIL WAR ESSAY WRITING – LESSON PLAN NEW URL!
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/cecsst140.html
A lesson plan for grades
11-12 in which students must do a presentation on one of six themes. Very Good
CIVIL
WAR GAMES
http://www.quia.com/jg/66005.html
Three games based on the Civil War: Matching,
Flash Cards and Concentration. Very Good
CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=109
A lesson plan in which students create a newspaper reporting on the Civil War and its various issues.
“The purpose of this activity is to provide students with a broad overview of the Civil War through the creation of a newspaper. Students will research and write about specific assigned topics dealing with the Civil War (ie, abolition, battles, key individuals, etc.) and report their findings through articles, political cartoons, biographies, and other stories.” Very Good
HARRIET
TUBMAN INTEGRATED UNIT
“Harriet
Tubman, a famous Civil War freedom fighter from Maryland, is the focus of this
unit that integrates the arts and history. The students will learn about
Harriet Tubman through music, art, dance, literature, and reference materials.
The lessons will be models and a springboard for the research projects that the
students will complete about other famous Marylanders. The students will use
the information they obtain to create their own songs, dances, dramas, and/or
art work. They will use those projects to prepare a presentation using
HyperStudio” Includes 5 lessons.
Very Good
LESSON PLAN: THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html
A
lesson plan for upper elementary students focusing books written for young
students about the Civil War. Includes:
Objectives, Recommended Trade Books, Additional Materials, Building Background,
Genre Study: Historical Fiction, Integrating Reading &Writing, Enrichment
Activities, Unit Wrap-Up, Publishing on the Web, and Links. Very Good
LIGHT
IN THE STORM: CIVIL WAR MUSIC - LESSON
PLAN
A lesson plan for grades 4-6 in which students
use Civil War songs to identify and compare songs of the North and South,
recruiting songs, etc. Very Good
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=263
A lesson plan for grades 9-12
on the events that led to the beginning of the war. “This
lesson plan explores the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil
War, focusing on deliberations within the
SLAVE
NARRATIVES: CONSTRUCTING
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=364
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 in which students
read oral histories of former slaves. “The
realities of slavery and Reconstruction hit home in poignant oral histories
from the Library of Congress. In these activities, students research narratives
from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former African
slaves in the
THE
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_History/Civil_War/CIW0203.html
A lesson plan for grade 4 on the
causes of the war. “This lesson is intended to help
students understand some of the problems
WOMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR – LESSON PLAN NEW!
http://www.vcdh.virginia.edu/teaching/college/activity1.html
A lesson plan
for grades for junior high students on the role of women in the Civil War. “Write a newspaper article by a
ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF THE CIVIL WAR –
LESSON PLAN
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSCivilWar.htm
A lesson plan in which students take on roles of soldiers for the north and south and play a card game to see how the cards were stacked against the South during the war in terms of resources. Good
CIVIL WAR ESSAY WRITING - LESSON PLAN
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst140.txt
A
lesson plan for grades 11-12 in which students can chose from six main themes
and use their research on the Civil War as background for an essay built around
one of these themes. Themes: Total War;
Military Strategy;
WEBQUESTS
CIVIL WAR PERSONAL JOURNAL – WEBQUEST
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/webquest.htm
A webquest for 7th grade students on the Civil War. “While you are enduring this tumultuous time, you will keep a personal journal. Your journal will record what is happening to you and those around you. You will provide details, so that your children and your children's children will know exactly what you were experiencing during the war. You will begin to write in your journal prior to the Civil War and continue to write in your journal during and after the war. By reading your journal, your ancestors will be able to understand the enormous hardship you encountered - whether you were in the army or remained at home. You will have a minimum of 9 journal entries - three for each time period (before, during and after the war) and a minimum of 3 photos. Your journal entries will be organized in a booklet form for potential publication.” Excellent links. Excellent
THE COST OF PEACE – A CIVIL WAR WEBQUEST NEW!
http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/fie/jgerhart/Cost%20of%20Peace/Reconstruction.html
A webquest for
upper elementary students on the Civil War. “President Abraham Lincoln has invited you to
The question that is now before our divided nation is: Why, when we
worked and fought side by side almost 100 years ago to create a country of our
own, are we fighting each other? What has brought us here? As in
any conflict we need to understand why we are at this point and how we can move
forward as one nation. Only by understanding each region’s viewpoints and
talking the problems over can we, as a nation, begin to heal and put this
nation back together as the founding fathers intended us to be.” “You
will work in groups to create a PowerPoint presentation from the point of view
of one of the following: Northerner, Slave, or a
Southerner. Each team member is to research and present information that
will help others recognize your point of view. The information will then
lead to a debate with all three sides presenting information as they
communicate the cost of peace vs. the cost of war.” Excellent
A LOOK BACK IN TIME AT THE CIVIL WAR –
WEBQUEST
http://www.milton.k12.vt.us/WebQuests/LChagnon/Civil%20War%20Webquest%203.htm
A webquest
investigating the Civil War. “Your private investigation firm has just been given
the assignment to investigate the people and events of the Civil War and
Reconstruction. Luckily you have a new state of the art time machine which
makes travel from now to the 1850's, 60's and 1870's easy for you. Your
assignment is to discover all that you can about two people, one event from the
Civil War and one aspect of the Reconstruction. Your topics will be given to
you shortly. Don't worry, you aren't alone in this task. You will be taking
four other private investigators with you. Pack well and don't forget your
handy P.I.'s notebook.” Outstanding.
Note: We found a couple
of broken links within this large site.
Excellent
A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH
RECONSTRUCTION – WEBQUEST NEW!
http://www.hssd.k12.wi.us/forestglen/dign/isoc6r2.htm
A
webquest on Reconstruction for intermediate students. “Your task is twofold: to understand the
effects of the Civil War on the nation's population, and to learn how the North
and the South reconciled its differences in the aftermath of the war --
sufficiently to become a unified nation once more. To do so, you will be
assuming the role of a citizen who experienced Reconstruction on a first-hand
basis. You will be able to choose from one of six possible personalities,
listed below, and write a journal
from that person's point of view.Think of this journal, or diary, as something
to leave to your descendants so that they too will come to understand who you
were, and most importantly, how you and others in your world experienced the
Reconstruction in the post-war south . You
will also present your final journal entry, (a summary of your life during
Reconstruction) to the class!” We
found a couple of broken links on this site.
Excellent
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH – HUMPTY
DUMPTY JIGSAW PUZZLE WEBQUEST
NEW!
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/reconstruction_of_the_south/
A
webquest for 8th grade students on Reconstruction. “The task for you and your group is to
develop a compromise that will solve the 1876 Presidential problem, make
A RECONSTRUCTION PARTY WEBQUEST NEW!
http://phantomdiver.tripod.com/ReconstructionWebquest/index.html
A
webquest for 6th grade students on Reconstruction. “The sixth-grade class is on a field trip to
the
They're
renovating the museum, so there are black fabric walls and those rope dividers
everywhere. An interesting purple piece of – something – pokes out from behind a fabric wall. What on earth is
it? It's just barely past the wall – surely the staff won't mind if you pull
just a little bit of it aside to take a look.
BAM! BOOM! WHOOSH!
You
and a few others from your class are still together, but you aren't in the
museum any more. In fact, you’re even dressed differently! You look at yourself
and each other. Each of you finds a letter in his or her pocket, and it looks
new. It’s dated some time between 1865 and 1877! (What do they say in math? Oh,
yeah, 1871 plus or minus 6 years.)
All the letters in your group are addressed to the same part of the country. You and your group realize that you’ve become the people who received these letters!” Excellent
THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ – WEBQUEST
http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/ADAMSON/vpaindex.html
A webquest focusing on the changes
in
In addition to the exhibit you create,
include the highlights of all your group’s findings in a PowerPoint
presentation where you artistically organize, arrange, and present some of the
pieces of information you collect and some of the text you write. You will present
the results of your quest to the entire class.”
Note: We found a couple of broken links among the large number on this
site. Excellent
UNDERSTANDING CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION NEW!
http://webquests.esu16.org:8080/wq05/
A webquest for
middle school students on Reconstruction.
“The year is 2200. The government is sending you and your classmates
back in time in the time quest space shuttle. Your mission will be to take the
role of one of the following personnel and keep a personal journal for two
weeks. You will compare and contrast differing sets of ideas, values,
personalities, and behaviors by identifying the likenesses and differences of
the Northern and Southern societies. Once you have kept your journal for two
weeks your will prepare all your information into a time quest booklet to be
presented to your class. Your booklet and presentation must include the
following information.
· A
15-minute presentation to your class.
·
Dress according to your role that you chose. Information arguments, and
solutions are in consistency with your character. Use props along with your
costume to show creativity in your presentation of your booklet.
·
Photographs that illustrate clothing, construction, housing, and societies of
the time.
·
Historical facts that are accurate and in chronological order.
·
Will explain several ways in which his character saw things and can clearly
explain why.
· You will use at least six different web sites and list all resources you used in preparing your booklet.” We found a couple of broken links on this site. Excellent
WEBQUEST ON FREEDMAN’S VILLAGE NEW
URL!
http://www.arlingtonblackheritage.org/lessonplans/webquest/fvwebqust.htm
A webquest on Freedmen’s
Village, a model village established to house freed slaves pouring into
THE
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/Gettysburg/gett.htm
A middle
school webquest on the Battle of Gettysburg.
“The date is June 30th, 1863. You are a
newspaper reporter in the small, quiet town of
THE CIVIL WAR/ABRAHAM
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/CivilWar/lincoln.htm
A webquest for middle school
students on the war. Students must make
decisions about what to do about secession, the attack on
IF THE DEAD COULD TALK… - WEBQUEST NEW URL!
http://education.iupui.edu/webquests/civilwar/civwar.htm
A middle school webquest on the
Civil War. “Your task is to wear the boots
of an American citizen between 1861 and 1865. Today they are found in
cemeteries, in books, on film and on the World Wide Web. You will choose
a role from the list below and visit related Web sites to learn details of
their lives. You will become that person for a
CIVIL WAR – RECONSTRUCTION
AND TENANT FARMING WEBQUEST NEW!
http://cas.umkc.edu/mceeeconandhist/students/webquest/civilwar/reco_tenfarm.htm
A
webquest for upper elementary students on Reconstruction. “You are researching your heritage. You know
all about your relatives after 1910. But you are confused about your relatives
before that year. You know for certain that some of your ancestors were slaves
in the South. What you don't understand is why your family stayed in the South
after the Civil War. You come from some very independent people and it does not
seem to fit that they did not migrate North immediately after the war, but
waited until 1910 to move North.” Good
RECONSTRUCTION WEBQUEST NEW!
http://www.delcambreonline.com/reconstruction.html
A
webquest for middle school students on Reconstruction. “For the next three days,
you will work to complete the reconstruction webquest. You will use the
websites provided to complete each section. Each section will need to be completed
using Microsoft Word. Once you have completed all sections - save, print, and
turn in your work.” Good
RECONSTRUCTION WEBQUEST NEW!
http://www.lcsc.us/training/Reconstruction%20Web%20Quest%20Good.pdf
A webquest for middle school students on Reconstruction. Good
RECONSTRUCTION: A WEBQUEST NEW!
http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekland-ms/shannasarks/Reconstruction%20Webquest.htm
A
webquest for upper elementary/junior high students on Reconstruction. “The period of
rebuilding in the South after the Civil War was called Reconstruction. This era
had a profound impact on Afro-Americans and race relations which reverberate
even today. In this WebQuest, students will explore, analyze, construct, and
evaluate important events that occurred between 1865 and 1877.” Good
Disclaimer: We cannot check every link within each
site.
Please call #856-451-0817 or
email: avacenter@cumbavac.org with questions or suggestions for future web
site lists. This list is also posted on
our website at http://www.salemcountyava.org You may post this list on your
website but it must be linked back, posted in its entirety and credit given to
Carol Lyn Hutton,
The site list is also posted
on three other web sites:
http://www.cjims.org/links.htm
Civil War clipart – About.com
http://webclipart.about.com/od/military/Military_and_Weapons_Clip_Art.htm
Classroom Clipart
Microsoft Office Clipart
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/FX101321031033.aspx?pid=CL100570201033
January 2008