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

AMERICA’S RECONSTRUCTION: PEOPLE AND POLITICS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR      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 Battle, Female Perspectives, Slave Narratives, Civil War Photos, and Tips for Teachers with activities and objectives. Excellent

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
http://www.civilwarhome.com/
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, Shiloh, and a Soldier Boy’s Diary. Excellent

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: Battle of Antietam: Union Surgeons and Civilian Volunteers Help the Wounded; Who Captured Union Colonel Percy Wyndham?; and more. Excellent

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), Mason-Dixon Line, Spying in the Civil War, and much, much more. Excellent

CIVIL WAR TREASURES FROM THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY         NEW!
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 FORT SUMTER
http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/CrisisMain.html
A detailed look at the events that led to the war and the role of Fort Sumter. Sections: Background, Dilemmas of Compromise December 3, 1860 to March 3, 1861, Lincoln’s Inaugural Address March 4, 1861, Initial Problems of Fort Pickens and Sumter March 5-18, 1861, Hesitation and Decision 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
http://docsouth.unc.edu/
A collection of resources on Southern culture, literature and history from the 1700s to the early part of the 20^th century. Sections: First Person Narratives of the American South, Library of Southern Literature, North American Slave Narratives, The Southern Homefront 1861-1865, and The Church in the Southern Black Community. Check each section for the relevant time period. Outstanding. Excellent

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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documents the culture of the nineteenth-century American South from the viewpoint of Southerners. It includes the diaries, autobiographies, memoirs, travel accounts, and ex-slave narratives of not only prominent individuals, but also of relatively inaccessible populations: women, African Americans, enlisted men, laborers, and Native Americans." Use the indexes to search the individual documents. Excellent

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                 NEW URL!
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. COLORED TROOPS IN THE CIVIL WAR         NEW URL!
http://www.usctcw.org/
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 – AMERICA IN THE AGE OF LINCOLN             NEW URL!
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

ILLINOIS DURING THE CIVIL WAR                 NEW!
http://dig.lib.niu.edu/civilwar/about.html
"In the winter of 1861 Abraham Lincoln left his home in Springfield, Illinois to become President of the United States. Southern states reacted to the election of a Republican president by seceding from the Union, and the nation descended into Civil War.Although the combatants fought no battles on Illinois soil, the Civil War defined an era in the state. Illinoisians shaped the war's course and felt its effects. This World Wide Web site presents primary source material from the Civil War era in Illinois. These materials include letters, diaries and reminiscences of Union soldiers. But they also include important documents, images, and other resources from the home front." Sections: Historical Themes, Narrative and Teacher’s Tent. Note: Don’t dismiss this one because it is Illinois, the focus is on Lincoln and the Civil War. Excellent

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 Union and Confederate. Includes manuscripts, letters, diaries, sermons, poems, memoirs and more. Excellent

LINCOLN’S SECRET WEAPON – THE MONITOR
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 Battle, Steam Machine and a Teacher’s Guide. Good

MAKING FREEDOM - AFRICAN AMERICANS IN U.S. HISTORY – OUR NEW DAY BEGUN 1861-1877 – ONLINE TEXTBOOK         NEW!
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 MIDI files and the lyrics. Note: The site notes that some of the lyrics reflect the views at the time and are not those of our time. Note2: We were able to play all of the songs we sampled. Excellent

A NATION DIVIDED: THE U.S. CIVIL WAR – A TIMELINE
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 Sea Islands- An Experiment in Land Redistribution; and A New Labor System- Contract Labor and Sharecropping. Excellent

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 Union, Songs of the Confederacy, Popular Songs of the Day. Note: the music is available as MIDI files. Excellent

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 Union officers and some of enlisted men. Includes a Timeline 1861-1865 with additional information and photographs. Excellent

SHERMAN’S MARCH THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA
http://members.aol.com/x69xer/index.html
An examination of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s march through South Carolina and his determination to end the war through "total war". Sections: Major Actions and Engagements, :List of Engagements, Engagements Related to Sherman’s March, Civilian Accounts, Odds and Ends, Order of Battle, Sherman’s March Through South Carolina 2000, Known Casualties of Sherman’s March Through South Carolina, Breakdown of the March, The Forgotten War, Sherman vs. Hampton, Descendants’ Page, Sherman’s Bummers, Battle in South Carolina/Tactics, Life on the Campaign in Sherman’s March, and South Carolina: Cradle of Secession. Excellent

SLAVERY IN AMERICA – TEACHER RESOURCES****         NEW!
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                 NEW URL!
http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/EMS/History_Pages/Gettysburg/Gettysburg.html
An account of the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania which was one of the turning points of the war. Sections: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address; Statistics; The Oak Ridge/McPherson Ridge Area; Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, and the Peach Orchard; Pickett’s Charge and Stuart’s Cavalry; Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg; Battle of Gettysburg Images; Battle of Gettysburg Diaries and Essays and more. Excellent

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 Mason-Dixon Line." Set up as a building, click on each "room" to access Public Records, Letters & Diaries, Reference Center, Newspapers, Church Records, Military Records and Maps & Images. A huge resource. Outstanding. Excellent

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 LINCOLN PAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS         NEW!
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 Lincoln's presidential years, 1860-65. Treasures include Lincoln's draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, his March 4, 1865, draft of his second Inaugural Address, and his August 23, 1864, memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest. The Lincoln Papers are characterized by a large number of correspondents, including friends and associates from Lincoln's Springfield days, well-known political figures and reformers, and local people and organizations writing to their president. In its online presentation, the Abraham Lincoln Papers comprises approximately 61,000 images and 10,000 transcriptions." Very Good

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN OHIO – 1850-1920
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, Southeast Washington, DC." Sections: Overview, Power of an Idea, The Mighty Word, Women’s Rights, and Home in Washington. Very Good

THE BATTLEFIELD OF MANASSAS
http://www.battlefieldmanassas.org/
This small town in Virginia was the site of two major battles of the war. In July, 1861 the battle resulted in a loss of innocence on both sides. When they met thirteen months later in August 1862, the Union’s defeat led to an invasion of the north by Confederate troops. Now a national park, this site details the battles, those who fought and more. Very Good

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 4^th Delaware, and Nicknames. Very Good

THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.civilwar.com/
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 – 4^TH & 5^TH GRADES         NEW!
http://www.quia.com/pages/hostettercivil.html
A page of links for students in grades 4-5 on the Civil War, Lincoln, Slavery and Reconstruction. Very Good

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!
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/black-dispatches/index.html
Details the role of southern blacks in providing information to northern intelligence agents and military personnel and their value to the Union. Very Good

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!
http://www.andythomas.com/
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 Ft. Sumter, to the surrender by Robert E. Lee at Appomattox." Follow the links for slideshows of photos and panoramas. Very Good

EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY – 19^TH CENTURY          NEW!
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/19frm.htm
Eyewitness accounts of events in the 19^th 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 West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio meet, reveal a broader perspective on the Civil War and women. The women of this region separated only by the Ohio River, shared much in their lives: shopping in Cincinnati, reading Cincinnati newspapers, traveling the Ohio by steamer and having friends and relatives living close-by. But the Civil War shattered their commonality. Ohio became a Union state, Kentucky a war-torn border state, and West Virginia a newly created Union state. To what extent did the Civil War intrude upon the lives of women of this region? Did their lives become as diverse as the political paths of their home states? An examination of the diaries and letters of these women should provide answers to these questions." Very Good

THE MEADE ARCHIVE                     NEW URL!
http://www.generalmeade.com/
Information and memoirs of General George Gordon Reade, the last commander of the Army of the Potomac. Very Good

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 Noble County, Indiana. The Letters and Regiment Chronology provides chronological access to the letters. Includes photos of the family. Very Good

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

U.S. CIVIL WAR GENERALS
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 Union and Confederate. Related Information includes links to Photographs, Burial Places and information on interpreting abbreviations in the entries. Very Good

"WE’LL SING TO ABE OUR SONG" – SHEET MUSIC ABOUT LINCOLN, EMANCIPATION AND THE CIVIL WAR     NEW!
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 Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1859 through the centenary of Lincoln's birth in 1909." Very Good

ABRAHAM LINCOLN                     NEW!
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
A timeline and photos of Lincoln. Good

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

AMERICA SINGING: NINETEENTH CENTURY SONG SHEETS             NEW!
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 America's most beloved tunes were printed as song sheets, including "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Song sheets are an early example of a mass medium and today they offer a unique perspective on the political, social, and economic life of the time, especially during the Civil War. Some were dramatic, some were humorous; all of them had America joining together in song. The Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress holds 4291 song sheets. Included among these American songs are ninety-seven British song sheets from Dublin and London. The collection spans the period from the turn of the nineteenth century to the 1880s, although a majority of the song sheets were published during the height of the craze, from the 1850s to the 1870s." Good

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 Americana. In total, the collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history. The first release of the digitized Printed Ephemera Collection presented more than 7,000 items. This release presents more than 10,000 items. While the broadside format represents the bulk of the collection, there are a significant number of leaflets and some pamphlets. Rich in variety, the collection includes proclamations, advertisements, blank forms, programs, election tickets, catalogs, clippings, timetables, and menus. They capture the everyday activities of ordinary people who participated in the events of nation-building and experienced the growth of the nation from the American Revolution through the Industrial Revolution up to present day." Good

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 United States and remained popular through the nineteenth century. Bands of this kind served in the armies of both the North and the South during the Civil War. This online collection includes both printed and manuscript music (mostly in the form of "part books" for individual instruments) selected from the collections of the Music Division of the Library of Congress and the Walter Dignam Collection of the Manchester Historic Association (Manchester, New Hampshire). The collection features over 700 musical compositions, as well as 8 full-score modern editions and 19 recorded examples of brass band music in performance." Good

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 Georgia and Chattanooga" The story of the Civil War in North Georgia and in Chattanooga. Follows the historic Blue and Gray Trail established by the Georgia Historical Society with links for each of the sites on the trail. Good

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
http://www.cwartillery.org/
Links to information on Civil War artillery. Good

CIVIL WAR BATTLE SUMMARIES BY CAMPAIGN
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 19^TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS – RECONSTRUCTION    NEW URL!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/reconst.cfm?tuvf7616
30 Images of African Americans during Reconstruction. Each includes: Title, Original Caption, Material Type, Creator, Date, Source, Location, and Subjects. Good

DIGITAL IMAGES OF 19^TH CENTURY AFRICAN AMERICANS – CIVIL WAR    NEW URL!
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/images_aa19/cwar.cfm?tuvf7616
34 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

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS WEB RESOURCES                 NEW!
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 MIDI files of the music. Good

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, Lincoln’s Assassination, and more. Good

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 Savannah during Reconstruction: Prominent Savannahians React to Freedom; Congressman Jefferson Franklin Long; The Freedmen’s Bureau in Georgia; The Jubilee Singers, The Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, Photographs of Reconstruction-Era Savannah. Note: All photographs date to circa 1890. Good

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 BATTLE: CIVIL WAR FLAGS
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 LINCOLN             NEW!
http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/index.html
A timeline of the life of Abraham Lincoln. Includes photos of Lincoln. Links take you to speeches, letters and more. Good

U.S.S. CONSTELLATION – THE LAST SURVIVING SHIP OF THE CIVIL WAR
http://www.constellation.org/
Now a tourist attraction and teaching tool in Baltimore Harbor, the U.S.S. Constitution is the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy. Check out the History section for the ship’s history and the Gallery for photos. Good

VIRTUAL ANTIETAM         NEW!
http://www.virtualantietam.com/
Information and photos of the Antietam battlefield. Check out the Antietam podcasts. Contains some commercial content. Good

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 GETTYSBURG         NEW!
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 Battle Pieces and Aspects of War. Louisa May Alcott published Hospital Sketches (1863) after a brief time as nurse during December 1862 and January 1863. Her work was cut short when she became ill with typhoid fever and returned home.
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

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 America’s political, social, and economic history in the antebellum era. The South’s "peculiar institution" was at the forefront of discussions ranging from the future of the nation’s economy to Western expansion and the admission of new states into the Union. The public discourse in the first half of the nineteenth century exposed the nation’s ambivalence about slavery and race. Politicians were increasingly pressured to make their opinions known, and Abraham Lincoln was no exception."   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

AMERICA AT THE CENTENNIAL – LESSON PLAN         NEW!
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 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Its central topic is the question of what items and images of the Exposition said about America. Students examine other images from the era to see the Exposition in the context of its time, and work as historians using primary source images and documents to construct museum exhibits on the issues of the Centennial Era.
America at the Centennial is about reading documents and images as primary sources in history. This lesson is an opportunity for students to strengthen their skills of close reading, collaborative hypothesizing, and conducting online searching within a library collection. It also engages students in learning history by working as historians as they select and assemble evidence to assert and support hypotheses about American life in the 1870s." Excellent

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 United States has a market oriented system; the former Soviet Union had a command system), it is also possible to identify an economic system at a micro level.
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 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – LESSON         NEW!
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 CROSSWORD PUZZLE
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/20000501.html
A crossword puzzle for grades 9-12 on the Civil War from the NY Times.  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 Bull Run in Readers Theater format. Next, students examine and interpret primary source images of Civil War era children.  Then, students reveal their understanding of a child’s perspective in a literary portrait. In sum, this lesson integrates reading, writing, and US history standards." Excellent

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 Lincoln's war policy. Under his authority as the Commander in Chief, President Lincoln proclaimed the emancipation, or freeing, of the enslaved African Americans living in the states of the Confederacy which were in rebellion.
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 GETTYSBURG ADDRESS – LESSON PLAN     NEW!
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=888
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 on the Gettysburg Address. "The Gettysburg Address is one of the most famous American speeches. This lesson plan invites groups of students to learn more about the historical significance of President Abraham Lincoln's famous speech as well as the time period and people involved. Students will work together, participating in inquiry projects based on the speech, using the words and phrases of the speech itself." Excellent

EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR – FACTORY VS. PLANTATION IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH – LESSON UNIT
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 AMERICA – CURRICULUM UNIT    NEW!
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. "In 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 U.S. Constitution, by the 1830s the "peculiar institution" found advocates who saw it as a "positive good." Its expansion into Missouri, southern outrage over federal tariffs, and westward expansion into new territory produced a volatile and persistent debate over slavery that increasingly threatened to divide the American union. By 1860, the nation found an old Democratic Party split over the right to extend slavery into federal territory, and a new Republican Party nominating an anti-slavery, though not abolitionist, president. When Abraham Lincoln's election produced no national consensus to settle the matter of slavery's future, a southern "secession" sealed the fate of the Union.
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 America? Who were the key figures and what were their arguments regarding the legitimacy of slavery and the proper role of the national government in resolving its future in the American republic? This unit of study will equip students to answer these questions through the use of interactive maps, primary texts, and comparative biographies." Excellent

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

LINCOLN’S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN – LESSON PLAN                 NEW!
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp2.html
A lesson plan on Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction for high school students. "The Civil War was perhaps the most momentous event that the United States endured in its history. Author and historian Shelby Foote said, "Any understanding of this nation has to be based on an understanding of the Civil War…It was the crossroads of our being." The key personality in that contest was President Abraham Lincoln, who had the arduous task of steering this nation through the war and also the more difficult challenge of determining a course for peace and Reconstruction. As war leader and peacemaker, he faced criticism from political opponents as well as from members of his own party. This lesson will allow students to explore Lincoln’s words, speeches, and proclamations in order to understand his views on secession, amnesty, and Reconstruction as well as his hopes for the nation."   Students will analyze primary documents to determine Lincoln’s ideas on Reconstruction. Excellent

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 California between 1849 and 1900. "Students use documents from California As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900, in American Memory to create a script depicting the motivations, expectations, fears, and realizations of immigrants who settled California between 1849 and 1900. The finished product will be a hyperscript, an online written dialogue, containing links to illustrative written materials, images, and sound files from American Memory collections." Excellent

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 GETTYSBURG ADDRESS – LESSON PLAN             NEW!
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 Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope on the train ride from D. C. to Gettysburg? Was the crowd disappointed with his short speech? Did he consider the speech a failiure?
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 Gettysburg Address, this lesson asks students to think critically about commonly believed "facts" about this important speech and the Civil War." Excellent

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: NORTH CAROLINA’S RECONSTRUCTION? – LESSON PLAN    NEW!
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/97/newdeal/lesson.html
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 on Reconstruction in North Carolina. "This lesson plan is a guide for teachers that will result in imaginary Works Progress Administration (WPA) interviews similar to those found in American Life Histories, 1936-1940 of American Memory of the Library of Congress that demonstrate students' interpretation of the question, "Was the New Deal North Carolina's 'Reconstruction'?" A written WPA report on an imaginary North Carolina resident who lived during the Reconstruction and Depression eras is the product of this assignment. Students must complete research of the American Life Histories, 1936-1940, select an occupation for future research, and explore additional print and electronic sources. The "interview" must be historically accurate, support a thesis that answers the question, and include an appropriate sensory illustration." Excellent

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

LINCOLN AND THE CIVIL WAR LESSON PLANS             NEW!
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 AMERICA – LESSON PLANS             NEW!
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 VHS and DVD. Order VT550381 or DV550385 The Downward Spiral VT550382 or DV550386 Liberty in the Air VT550383 or DV550387 Seeds of Destruction VT550384 or DV550388 The Challenge of Freedom. Excellent

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 Gettysburg and Vicksburg-as well as the morality of the Union's use of "total war" tactics against the population of the South. Finally, in the third lesson students will examine a series of case studies in Abraham Lincoln's wartime leadership; by using primary sources they will be asked to assess whether, based on his performance during his first term of office, he deserved a second." Excellent

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: LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS – UNIT         NEW!
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 LINCOLN’S ASSASSINATION? – LESSON PLAN         NEW!
http://www.historynow.org/12_2005/lp4.html
A lesson plan for elementary students on Lincoln’s assassination. "Fourth grade students often associate Abraham Lincoln with three things: He wore a tall hat, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and he was assassinated. The murder of Lincoln, whom most historians consider one of the country’s two most important presidents, had major consequences for our nation and for the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War.
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 Lincoln’s assassination. Excellent

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 PLAN
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 United States. Teachers and students will find that these documentary texts often use highly offensive language in discussing these topics, and often express deep prejudice toward African Americans. While there is obvious value in having students explore the material, teachers are advised to weigh this benefit against the potentially negative impact the material may have in their classrooms and on their students." Very Good

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
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum_units.cfm?curriculum_unit_id=12
"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
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=209&mode=overview
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

LINCOLN GOES TO WAR – LESSON PLAN
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 Lincoln administration that led to the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861." Very Good

SLAVE NARRATIVES: CONSTRUCTING U.S. HISTORY THROUGH ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES – LESSON PLAN
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 U.S. -- both before and after emancipation. From varied stories, students sample the breadth of individual experiences, make generalizations about the effects of slavery and Reconstruction on African Americans, and evaluate primary source documents." Very Good

THE U.S. CIVIL WAR – LESSON PLAN             NEW URL!
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 America went through before becoming a great nation. It is the hope of the authors that the students will be able to assess the causes of the war and form their own conclusions." Very Good

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 London journalist on women in the American Civil War. Your article might include the following: effect of war on daily life (such as inflation, shortages, deaths of family members, and military occupation), their perception of enemy armies, perception of enemy civilians, role (if any) they played in the "war effort," if their attitude about the war or its underlying causes changed over the course of the war." Very Good

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; Lincoln and the Union; The Confederacy; The Black Experience and Emancipation; and The Legacy of the War – War as Revolution. Good

A webquest for junior/senior high students on the Civil War.  “Your assignment is to cover a battle of the Civil War from the perspective of a journalist. Though good journalists make efforts to be impartial in their reporting of the news, the fact that you live in either the North or the South will certainly color the story you tell. It will determine the people you are able to interview. Remember that propaganda has played a part in all wars in our history and journalists have often fueled the "propaganda effort."

You will be using Microsoft Publisher to create a special edition newsletter reporting on the battle.”   Excellent

A webquest for middle school/junior high students on the Civil War.  “Your class will form different groups representing the staffs of newspapers in various cities. Some newspapers will represent the Southern point of view and others will represent the Northern point of view. 
Your newspaper staff must research, write and edit a “Commemorative Issue" of your Herald newspaper about the issues, events and people surrounding that critical event called the Civil War by some people, the War Between the States by others. The time period covered by this commemorative issue will be 1850-1865. The newspaper staff members will have various assignments. 
You will be using your textbook, library resources, and the Internet to find the information that will help you write your articles.  Some specific Internet links have been listed with each assignment. However, you may search any of the Inclusive Research Sights.”  Excellent

 CIVIL WAR PERSONAL JOURNAL – WEBQUEST
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/hcarter/webquest.htm
A webquest for 7^th 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 Washington D.C. to debate the future of our country before Congress.
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.  We found a couple of broken links within this large site. Excellent

A webquest for junior/senior high students on the Civil War.  “Dear Citizen of the United States of America,       As you know, yesterday, the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina [our first state to secede our nation] which was held by the Union troops.   Our new country has been suffering many conflicts in the past years. 

Sincerely,  The United States Government”  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 8^th grade students on Reconstruction. "The task for you and your group is to develop a compromise that will solve the 1876 Presidential problem, make America unified, and honor civil liberties. As a group of six scholars, you each have a topic to research to gain a better understanding of the events and/or people of the era. As a group, you will need to write a 3-4 page plan to solve these problems. In your plan you need to include logic, historic possibility, and some of the research from each of your topics. You will present this plan to the class. Through logic and persuasiveness, you need to convince the class that yours is the best solution for America. For the presentation you may use Power Point or Hyperstudio or Claris Slide Show. If you do not have access to this technology, you may make a poster or overhead transparency presentation. Regardless of the type of presentation your group makes, one of your group members will be responsible for making a Biography-In-A-Bag report." Excellent

A RECONSTRUCTION PARTY WEBQUEST         NEW!
http://phantomdiver.tripod.com/ReconstructionWebquest/index.html
A webquest for 6^th grade students on Reconstruction. "The sixth-grade class is on a field trip to the Museum of Arts and Industries – again. You wish you were going to the new Air and Space Museum, but no, it's that stupid castle again. You wander away from the group for a minute.  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 America from 1865 to 1910. "You are a Director for a museum. You and your team of researchers are going to create an exhibit on a historical change from the Gilded Age. You will use the internet, a historical novel, and your brain to collect, examine and analyze historical documents that reflect the period of change you choose to explore. You will work in groups of 4-5 students. Each student will choose a specific role to play as you work together to create your project. For your final group project, organize the assignments of all the role players from your group and include them in your exhibit, neatly presented and thoughtfully arranged.
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."  We found a couple of broken links among the large number on this site. Excellent

A webquest for middle school students on the Underground Railroad.  “During this Webquest you will learn about resistance and the Underground Railroad.  You will actively participate in two quests where you will meet many famous people who worked on the Underground Railroad,visit some important places that it traveled, and be witness to some historical events.  By the end, you will have learned a great deal about the Underground Railroad, and you should be able to share this information with your classmates in your chosen format.”  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 Washington, DC following Emancipation. "You are a Northern philanthropist whose home is Boston. You belong to one of many benevolent and charitable organizations, which shows interest in helping in the South. You are coming south to Arlington, to evaluate the effectiveness of Freedman's Village that is located there. Your organization is prepared to give financial aid, volunteers if needed, and other types of help to the newly freed slaves who reside in the village. Task: Students will work in pairs to gather information from various books, primary documents, articles and on-line resources about this particular camp for newly freed slaves in Arlington Virginia. After studying the documents and images of the camp you are to work together to prepare a newsletter in Microsoft Publisher to publicize to the people of Boston the needs of the villagers, what the federal government is doing to help take care of these needs and what specifically the people of Boston can and should do to help the citizens of Freedman's Village in Arlington Virginia." Note: We found one broken link on this site. Excellent

A webquest for 8^th grade students on the Underground Railroad.  “Harriet Tubman has asked for your help in protecting escaping slaves in your home.  You  must become familiar with all perspectives of the Underground Railroad in order to prepare for this endeavor. 

(3)a bounty poster for yourself as a conductor or an abolitionist poster trying to prevent recapture of escaped slaves (computer generated)”  We found a couple of broken links on this site.  Very Good
 

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG – WEBQUEST
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 Gettysburg. There is rumor that a small skirmish may be headed toward your town. You are eager for the excitement and a chance to finally make the front page of the news. You round up a small news team and set out to get first-hand information on the upcoming battle and aftermath. However, your excitement quickly turns to fear and confusion as you find yourself in the middle of the bloodiest conflict ever fought in America."  Only one of the resource links worked. They’d need to be re-written. Very Good

THE CIVIL WAR/ABRAHAM LINCOLN WEBQUEST
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 Fort Sumter, etc. Then must then determine what decisions Abraham Lincoln made in the same circumstances. Very Good

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 Living History Museum presented to lower grade students." Very Good

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

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