Miscellaneous

Educational Civil War Alternate Reality Game Coming Soon!

May 5, 2011

The following is a guest post from Jeff Mummert

Which Civil War General Are You?

April 26, 2011

This is weird… In 2007, I took the “Which Civil War General Are You?” Quiz and scored: You scored as General Ambrose Burnside, The good news is, you’re considered a person of scrupulous honor and well liked by no less a personage than Abe Lincoln. The bad news is you’re pretty much inept, the worst [...]

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Happy Easter

April 24, 2011

Just a quick note to wish all of my readers a very Blessed Easter.

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New podcast about the Civil War

March 27, 2011

I received the following email the other day and thought I’d share with you: “That a Nation Might Live” is an online weekly podcast series (also available on iTunes) launched recently that traces the events of 150 years ago, reporting the week’s key developments in the run up to and during the war. The site [...]

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4 Irish related Civil War items

March 16, 2011

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d do a quick post on 4 Irish-related Civil War Items. #4 – Civil War Steeplechase by Edwin Forbes: This sketch is from March 17, 1863 and shows a “Saint Patrick’s Day celebration, Army of the Potomac, American Civil War. Irish Brigade holds a steeplechase race” [...]

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PA History Standards Get an F

February 21, 2011

The following is from WITF here in Harrisburg: “(Washington, D.C.) – Just in time for President’s Day, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank has released a national report card on U.S. history standards in kindergarten through 12th grade. Pennsylvania schools have fared among the worst. Eighteen states including the commonwealth received an “F,” while the nationwide average [...]

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Happy New Year

December 30, 2010

Taking a moment to wish all of my readers a Happy New Year. I also wanted to give you a heads up on some upcoming posts: Part 3 of Teaching the Gettysburg Address A review of some iPod Touch/iPad apps More on getting kids to act like historians A book review Some screencast how-to posts [...]

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Lecture on the Civil War

November 10, 2010

The Foreign Policy Research Institute held the Teaching about the Military in American History: A History Institute for Teachers on March 24-25, 2007. One of the great aspects of this is that the lectures are available as streaming video from their website. Click on the link above to go to the institute website and then [...]

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Back online

September 23, 2010

Hello Everyone, Just a note to say that the blog is now back online. I had some issues for a few weeks but they seem to be resolved. New posts coming soon. Thanks for staying tuned in… Jim

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Look what I found 7/24/10

July 24, 2010

Just a quick list of items that I’ll be adding to the wiki. I hope to be doing these more frequently so stay tuned. Harriet Tubman Interact Map from Harcourt School — A cute little interactive that allows students to learn more about Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman Webhunt from Scholastic — A great resource that [...]

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