Resources for Educators and Students
Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War Instructors: Mackubin T. Owens and Lucas E. Morel |
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/institutes/2004/lincoln_readings.html This is the record of a seminar offered for secondary school teachers at the Ashbrook Center , Ashland University , 20 June - 24 June 2004 . It includes readings, questions considered, and audio files of the classes and presentations, making it a virtual online course. A somewhat different version of this course was offered June 2003. It may be visited at http://teachingamericanhistory.org/institutes/2003/lincoln.html . For a complete list of courses offered by the Ashbrook Center -- many relevant to the study of the Civil War -- visit http://teachingamericanhistory.org/institutes/previous.html . Many of the primary source documents used in these institutes are accessible at the TeachingAmericanHistory.org Document Library http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/ . |
Slavery and Emancipation Instructor: Eric Foner |
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/eseminars/0754_detail.html " In Abolitionism and Antislavery , the fourth e-seminar of the series Slavery and Emancipation , Eric Foner describes how in the nineteenth century the issue of slavery came to occupy a central place in American political life and a central role in the disruption of the Union ." Register for a trial. "Through state-of-the art digital technology, streaming video . . . is combined with text, images, audio slide shows, interactive maps, primary documents, and a discussion board." |
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The Valley of the Shadow |
http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/choosepart.html This is "a digital archive of primary sources that document the lives of people in Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania , during the era of the American Civil War. Here you may explore thousands of original documents that allow you to see what life was like during the Civil War for the men and women of Augusta and Franklin." Images, statistics, and every conceivable type of text are made easily accessible. For pedagogical advice on using this project, instructors should visit < http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/usingvalley/ >. The book In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America (W. W. Norton, 2003) is based on the project. It is held by the University Libraries in the Lockwood Book Collection under call number E468.A98.2003. |
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of America History |
"F ounded in 1994, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History promotes the study and love of American history. Increasingly national and international in scope, the Institute's initiatives target audiences ranging from students to scholars to the general public. The Institute creates history-centered schools and academic research centers; organizes seminars and enrichment programs for educators; produces print and electronic publications and traveling exhibitions; and sponsors lectures by eminent historians." Useful resources are offered under the headings "For Teachers and Students" and "For Historians." Hundreds of documents are accessible under the heading "The Collection." |
The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) |
This site is instructive and fun. It offers visitors an opportunity to practice documentary film making. Nearly 200 Civil War photographs may be browsed by subject and one may manipulate image and audio to "create" a story. |
Lessons Plans from The Library of Congress, National Archives, and the National Park Service |
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/lessons/index.html Lesson plans may be identified topically at the Library of Congress site. Fourteen deal with the Civil War and Reconstruction. To identify resources in the National Archives' Digital Classroom, do a keyword search. See the sections on "African American History" and "Civil War" at the NPS site. |
History Matters |
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/wwwhistory/ This is "a project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation." Hundreds of websites have been reviewed and annotated for instructional use by high school and college teachers. The collection may be searched by keywords or by topical groupings. |
