by TeachCivilWar | Nov 19, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People
Since I have posted on The Gettysburg Address in the past, I thought I would share this USA Today headline article about a “new” image of Abe Lincoln at Gettysburg being found at the Library of Congress. The story discusses how an amateur historian was...
by TeachCivilWar | Oct 9, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Civil War Related Websites, Lesson Plans
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (also on Twitter @phmc) launched a new website dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the role Pennsylvania played in that war. In addition to the new website, the commission also announced that...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 25, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People, Lesson Plans
While the website is from 2006, here is an interesting idea on how to use a blog in the classroom. http://dowell.typepad.com/harriet_tubman/ The students in this classroom have researched a historical figure and created a blog that reflects entries as that historical...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 19, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People
There is a very good book called Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails by Tom Wheeler that I encourage everyone to read. The book discusses how President Lincoln used technology, in this case the telegraph, to stay connected with his troops in the field. In today’s...
by TeachCivilWar | Aug 29, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Civil War Related Websites
The unfortunate Civil War soldier, whether he came from the North or South, not only was in the army when the killing power of weapons was being brought to a brand-new peak of efficiency; he enlisted in the closing years of an era when the science of medicine was...
by TeachCivilWar | Aug 22, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Lesson Plans
Okay, so back in December I asked you to take a look at the following photograph so we could explore all of its hidden treasures. This photograph shows the same building from my December 8th post that showed wounded soldiers from the battles in the...
