Famous People

Harriet Tubman Acrostic Poem

March 3, 2009

Here is a another Civil War acrostic poem. This time I chose Harriet Tubman. She was a runaway slave who helped other slaves go to freedom and white people called abolitionists helped them get to freedom. Having faith in herself Arriving in free land with runaway slaves Respecting where people would hide her and others [...]

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Teacher Tube Video

February 15, 2009

The following is a great TeacherTube video showing an actor portraying Major General George Gordon Meade and provides a nice overview of the Battle of Gettysburg: Allow your students to review the video and then have a discussion about how Major General Meade handled the Battle of Gettysburg and what are some key points that [...]

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Abraham Lincoln the Inventor?

February 8, 2009

While doing some research on Abe Lincoln I came across this interesting article from the March 1924 edition of Popular Mechanics. The article discusses a model of a device for helping to lift vessels over a shoal. The article also has some interesting illustrations. I’m not going to vouch for the validity of the article, [...]

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Save the Date: National Teach-In on Lincoln!!

January 30, 2009

This showed up in my inbox so I thought I would share. Save the Date: National Teach-In on Lincoln!! History Channel invites you to join The National Teach-In on Lincoln February 12th 2009 at 1:30 PM ET HISTORY™, together with the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, will feature a National Teach-In on the life and legacy [...]

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Clara Barton Short Story

January 23, 2009

I had to write a short story for my literature class so I decided to write about Clara Barton at the Battle of Antietam.  Hope you enjoy reading my story. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– It was September 17, 1862 and in the small town of Sharpsburg, Maryland a major battle of the Civil War was taking place.  Soldiers [...]

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President Lincoln in Gettysburg

November 19, 2008

The following is from The Lincoln Log website and gives you an idea of what Lincoln’s day was like on November 19, 1863 prior to giving his famous speech. If you plan to have your students recite the Gettysburg Address for class, this should help provide some background information about the event.  Check out this [...]

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Election Day in 1860 & 1864

November 4, 2008

The following are from The Lincoln Log which shows the daily activities of President Lincoln. Tuesday, November 6, 1860. — Springfield, IL Lincoln spends most of it at his state house office. About 3 P.M. he walks quietly to polling place in courthouse. Crowd gives him ovation. After cutting his own name from ballot, he [...]

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The Gettysburg Address

October 1, 2008

“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” This simple sentence was spoken on November 19, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln when he gave the now famous Gettysburg Address and it reminds us of how important it is that we take every [...]

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Civil War Women – Mary Todd Lincoln

September 25, 2008

Mary Todd Lincoln was born in Lexington, Kentucky on December 13, 1818.   Mary’s mom died when she was 7 years old. After her mom died, her dad remarried to Elizabeth Humphreys and she had 2 sons and 2 daughters who became her half-brothers and half-sisters. Mary attended Madame Victoria Mentelle’s Boarding School.  She received an [...]

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