Smithsonian Institution
Comparing Confederate and Union Soldiers
The Civil War, a war that divided a nation. Comparing and contrasting the Confederate and Union soldiers is not always an easy task, but the eighth of 15 resources makes it easy to teach the concepts. Exercises include watching videos in...
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Civil War Recipes
Students make foods that would have been staples during the Civil War era and may have been eaten by a soldiers. They follow a recipe to make hardtack and are exposed to other recipes at the included websites.
Middle Tennessee State University
A House Divided: The Civil War Home Front in Tennessee
To broaden their understanding of both the short term and long terms effects of the Civil War, class groups examine primary source materials and then assume the role of a family member and draft a letter to a soldier describing life at...
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Civil War Battlefields
Eighth graders research a specific battle of the U.S. Civil War. Using the Internet and the Encarta Encyclopedia they conduct research, and create and publish a travel brochure that incorporates historical and visual information about...
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Roswell and the Civil War
Students consider the impact of the American Civil War on Georgia. In this Georgia history lesson plan, students discover Roswell's contributions to the Confederate effort and then create children's books that illustrate the destruction...
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United States Colored Troops
Students explore the role that African American soldiers had in the Civil War and the impact they had on the US Civil Rights movement after the war. They complete a timeline, read an excerpt and analyze a primary image.
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Conflict Between the States
Students explore the conflicts which evolved into the Civil War. Students examine the differences between the north and the south. They discuss slavery and the battles during the war. Students create a mural and write battle songs...
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Role of Arkansas women in the Civil War period
Eighth graders, in groups, describe the activities of Arkansas women during the Civil War.
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A Visit to Manassas Battlefield Park and Museum
Fifth graders gain an appreciation of the battle. They see the perspectives of soldiers from both the North and the South. They choose a side and portray a soldier fighting in a battle or any other time, retelling his thoughts, his...
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Reenactor Math
Students investigate items used during the CIvil War in a creative integration into the Math curriculum. They use a website with a price list of Civil War items in order to create different math word problems. The students can also...
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Putting a Face on History with Photographs
Use the Library of Congress to draw your students into history through photographs.
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Honoring Memories: Memorial Day Lesson Plans
Memorial Day lesson plans can help students understand the history of this holiday which honors those who died serving their country.
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The Making of a Spy
Students study the life of a woman spy for the Union. They study archival photographs of Pauline Cushman and examine her life. They create a key with
symbols representing her activities (e.g., a baby bottle for her birth in 1833 in New...
Other
Library of Congress: Civil War Faces
A collection of well over 1,000 photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War, as well as some family members. Each photo is accompanied by a caption. Click on the 'Show more' link at the top of the page for additional...
Civil War Home
Home of the American Civil War: Women in Uniform in the Civil War
Read about the women who actually fought during the Civil War and what provoked them to do this. From the Civil War Society's "Encyclopedia of the Civil War."
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American Women in Uniform: Civil War Women: Women Were There
Use this site to find out the roles women had during the Civil War. Also read some remarkable stories of women who were actually on the battlefield.
Other
Pennsylvania Heritage Society: Pennsylvania Civil War 150: Interactive Soldier
Videos and models of Civil War reenactors illustrate the uniform and drills of Union soldiers. Also includes a cannon-firing demonstration.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Civil War Uniforms: Confederate Soldiers
Using photographs, article provides facts detailing the Civil War uniforms worn by Confederate Soldiers.
Siteseen
Siteseen: Civil Conflict: Civil War Uniforms: Union Soldiers
Using photographs, article provides facts detailing the Civil War uniforms worn by Union Soldiers.
Kidport
Kidport Reference Library: Uniforms of the Civil War
Shows actual photographs of the uniforms of the Union and Confederate soldiers in the Civil War.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids History: Civil War Uniforms
Kids learn about soldier's uniforms during the Civil War. The Blue and the Gray worn by the Union and the Confederates.
TexasHistory.com
Texas history.com: African Americans in Uniform on the Texas Frontier
Examines the history of the buffalo soldiers in Texas after the Civil War, the obstacles they faced due to racism, and how other African Americans perceived them.
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Library of Congress: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits
View this entire collection of beautiful ambrotype and tintype photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Many have personal notes found in the case. It is very touching to see the young faces of these...
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Library of Congress: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Portraits
View this entire collection of beautiful ambrotype and tintype photographs of Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Many have personal notes found in the case. It is very touching to see the young faces of these...