by TeachCivilWar | Feb 6, 2010 | Famous Civil War People
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...
by TeachCivilWar | Jan 26, 2010 | Famous Civil War People, Lesson Plans
Hi, Here is another acrostic poem. This time it is about Julia Grant, the wife of the 18th President Ulysses S. Grant. Julia Grant was born at White House Plantation in St. Louis, Missouri U. S. Grant proposed to her several times times before she said yes Lonely...
by TeachCivilWar | Jan 14, 2010 | Civil War Related Websites, Famous Civil War People, Teaching the Civil War Blog
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...
by TeachCivilWar | Nov 19, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People
Since I have posted on The Gettysburg Address in the past, I thought I would share this USA Today headline article about a “new” image of Abe Lincoln at Gettysburg being found at the Library of Congress. The story discusses how an amateur historian was...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 25, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People, Lesson Plans
While the website is from 2006, here is an interesting idea on how to use a blog in the classroom. http://dowell.typepad.com/harriet_tubman/ The students in this classroom have researched a historical figure and created a blog that reflects entries as that historical...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 19, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War People
There is a very good book called Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails by Tom Wheeler that I encourage everyone to read. The book discusses how President Lincoln used technology, in this case the telegraph, to stay connected with his troops in the field. In today’s...
