Civil+War+Resources


 * Civil War and Reconstruction Resources **

[] primary sources on slavery and life during the civil war, maps, teacher’s guide, literature, and writing activities

Lessons and primary sources (huge bank of printable photos, stamps, clothing, newspapers, paintings, etc. with background information for each), includes a teacher’s guide, literature, and activities. []

animation of a changing map of the United States, growth of a nation with timeline []

interactive maps civil war []

manufacturing and inventions of this time period highlighting differences between the North and South []

Civil War: article on the differences between the North and South []

primary sources [|http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/primarysources/#photos]

primary sources from Ky., the Civil War []

letter from former slave to her owner in Ky [|http://www.ket.org/civilwar/aamerican.html#giles]

Abraham Lincoln readers theaters [] [|http://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/ ?id=38941]

Harriet Tubman readers theater []

Life in slavery: interviews []

America on the Move, 1800’s-unit plan using primary sources []

The Civil War Through a Child’s Eye- Lesson and primary sources []

Reconstruction, basic info []

Gettysburg Address on You Tube, narrated by Jeff Daniels, set to photos of the Civil War []

Mission US- Flight to Freedom, a multimedia project that immerses players in the life of a slave in Kentucky before the Civil War []