Videos

Watch Gettysburg Battlefield walks on PCN

July 2, 2010

The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) will be showing it’s annual coverage of ranger led battlefield walks on July 1 – 5. These shows can also be watched live using the PCN Online Link from their website. The complete list of walks is available at: http://www.pcntv.com/battlewalks2010pr.html Additionally, you can also view clips from previous years’ walks [...]

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More Videos on the Internet

March 12, 2010

Today, I am sharing some links to some additional videos available via the Internet. Antietam – Civil War Artillery Demonstration (1:31) Firing a Civil War Musket (:44) Civil War Battle Reenactment, Spokane, WA (4:15) PBS: The Civil War (5 videos of various lengths) Shiloh Reenactment (14:08) The Civil War (14:37) The Civil War at Home [...]

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Portrait of Robert E. Lee

February 6, 2010

The Library of Congress sponsors discussions on various books and broadcasts them via their website. One of the webcasts was about Robert E. Lee and features the author Elizabeth Brown Pryor. The author talks about her research into Robert E. Lee and provides a unique insight into this famous historical figure. Check out the webcast [...]

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More Gettysburg YouTube Videos

September 26, 2009

Here are a few more short videos related to the Battle of Gettysburg for you to view: Three related to the story of Wesley Culp, Jack Skelley and Ginny Wade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2PcQR-SdU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBi_Vgt2MWs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5jaJyJKY3s Story about Spangler’s Spring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-mWP_H8P8 Just another great way for you to bring subject matter experts into your classroom. Enjoy

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Confederate Memorial Museum in Oklahoma

June 7, 2009

Wesley Fryer of the Moving at the Speed of Creativity Blog visited the Confederate Memorial Museum in Oklahoma and while touring the museum he took photographs of the various displays and then used Voicethread to post a narrated slide show to his blog. Check it out HERE. This is a great way for you to [...]

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Teaching the Civil War with YouTube.

March 21, 2009

I have to admit right up front that I am not a big user of YouTube.   I have viewed some clips that people have sent me but I’m not a regular user. That being said, someone sent me a link the other evening to a video of a Civil War Fife & Drum group playing [...]

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