Wnet: Thirteen: A War to End Slavery: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Children at War [Pdf]

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that takes young scholars through an investigation of two key battles of the Civil War--Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Students determine why these battles were critical for bringing about the eventual collapse of the Confederacy. Also includes lesson ideas, archival photographs, and excerpts from first-person accounts of the war that let young scholars examine the war from the point of view of children and of young soldiers.