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 | Nov 7, 2009 | Civil War Related Websites, Lesson Plans
Thanks to the Ten Roads Blog (actually done by a high school student) for sharing a link to a very cool website (more of a mashup really) that uses Google Maps and photos. The Encounter at Gettysburg page is being developed by Chuck Kann and incorporates Google Maps...
by TeachCivilWar | Aug 22, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Lesson Plans
Okay, so back in December I asked you to take a look at the following photograph so we could explore all of its hidden treasures. This photograph shows the same building from my December 8th post that showed wounded soldiers from the battles in the...
by TeachCivilWar | Aug 8, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Lesson Plans
So I thought that I would start a series on how to use photographs from the Civil War era in order to increase understanding. Looking at photographs can tell us a great deal about many different aspects of the war. Today we will discuss the following photograph from...
by TeachCivilWar | Jun 25, 2009 | Lesson Plans
Mike Lynaugh has put together a collection of original Civil War photographs on his website Virtual Civil War. This collection of Civil War photographs will allow your students to view some excellent photos or provide you with some primary sources to display for...
