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Images at War
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts, World History, History-Social ScienceThe goals of this EDSITEment lesson are to examine American attitudes toward war as revealed in Civil War photographs and World ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"The Red Badge of Courage": A New Kind of Realism
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, LiteratureIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students compare specific excerpts from Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" to first-han...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The South's Decision to Secede: Quiz
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Economics, History-Social ScienceThis student interactive, from an EconEdLink lesson, helps teachers measure students understanding of economics concepts.Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Civil War Photographs
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: The Civil War & ReconstructionThe online Civil War Photographs provides access to about 7,000 different images made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) ...Contributor: Library of CongressViews: 0Favorites: 0The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, Geography, United States, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThe Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 presents elements of the battle and its aftermath, including objects used by the soldie...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Andersonville: Prisoner of War Camp
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceAndersonville: Prisoner of War Camp examines the conditions of Camp Sumter (in Andersonville, Georgia), the largest and most not...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceClara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross is a curriculum-oriented guide to the life of the famous nurse. The site us...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The Battle of Bentonville: Caring for Casualties of the Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThe Battle of Bentonville: Caring for Casualties of the Civil War shows how battlefield medical care developed during the Civil ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Siege of Port Hudson: Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceSiege of Port Hudson: Forty Days and Nights in the Wilderness of Death describes the struggle for control of the vital Mississip...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThe Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady asks students to visualize the Civil War by studying dozens of period photographs,...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Letters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors That Affected the Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceLetters, Telegrams, and Photographs Illustrating Factors That Affected the Civil War allows students to analyze a variety of doc...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Petersburg National Battlefield -- Education
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, United States, Geography, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social SciencePetersburg National Battlefield -- Education gives materials for different grade levels to prepare students for field trips to t...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Chatham Plantation: Witness to the Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, United States, Geography, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceChatham Plantation: Witness to the Civil War recounts what happened at this plantation overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia. T...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0These Honored Dead: The Battle of Rivers Bridge and Civil War Combat Casualties
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThese Honored Dead: The Battle of Rivers Bridge and Civil War Combat Casualties recounts a battle in a cold, rainy swamp in Sout...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThe Battle of Prairie Grove: Civilian Recollections of the Civil War helps students place the Battle of Prairie Grove in the con...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0The Civil War through a Child's Eye
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceThe Civil War through a Child's Eye is a lesson plan that uses historical fiction and primary sources to expand students' percep...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0CivilWar@ Smithsonian
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceCivilWar@ Smithsonian examines the Civil War through collections of artifacts. Topics include slavery and abolition, Abraham Li...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Band Music from the Civil War Era
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, Music, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social ScienceBand Music from the Civil War Era provides examples of brass band music that flourished in the U.S. during the 1850s and remaine...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, The Civil War & Reconstruction, History-Social ScienceCamp Chase Confederate Cemetery tells the story of Camp Chase, one of the largest prisoner-of-war camps for Confederate soldiers...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0What Do You See?
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: United States History, Visual Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Types of MediaIn this lesson, from the Library of Congress, students analyze a single photograph from the American Memory collection Selected ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0