I have talked about Eric Langhorst’s Speaking of History podcast and blog in the past. While searching TeacherTube recently, I came across this video that he created about how he is using Web 2.0 technologies to teach a book that deals with the Civil War called Guerrilla Season by Pat Hughes.
Be sure to check out Eric’s website for some great information on how to use technology in the History classroom.
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Today’s post will be used to list some blogs that talk about the Civil War and could be used within the classroom. These blogs allow you and your students to bring subject matter experts along with tons of primary and secondary source materials into your classroom. You can view these blogs individually or add them to your RSS aggregator.
A Blog Divided: This blog from Dickinson College is “for anyone teaching or studying the House Divided Era, 1840 – 1880″
Civil War Memory: This blog contains the “reflections of a High School History Teacher and Civil War Historian” and was created by Kevin Levin. Kevin’s blog contains some great posts and links to various ways to teach about the Civil War.
Blog 4 History: This American History and Civil War History blog contains some great research articles that can be incorporated in numerous ways. I especially like the Demographics of the 11th Wisconsin post and the Civil War in 90 Minutes or Less posts.
Civil War Librarian: This blog provides some very good reviews of books related to the Civil War as well as insights into authors and historians.
And last but certainly not least:
My Year of Living Rangerously: Ranger Mannie is a park ranger at Antietam National Battlefield and offers great insight and often behind the scene tours of that famous battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD.
Check out more of my favorite blogs on my Blog Roll on the left side of my home page. If you know of one that I should add to my blog roll, leave me a comment and I’ll add them.
So, how will you be using blogs in your classroom? Let me know.
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Eric Langhorst is an 8th Grade History teacher from Illinois and is the host of the Speaking of History podcast. Well, a while back he made a trip to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and recorded a podcast of his thoughts on the museum.
You can view pictures from his trip and listen to his podcast on the visit on his Speaking of History Blog.
He also recorded a podcast about some of the historic locations in Springfield, Illinois related to Abraham Lincoln that you can listen to HERE.
Be sure to check out all of the links Eric has included in his show notes. I’ll try to cover some of them in upcoming blog posts.
Until next time…
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