by TeachCivilWar | Nov 10, 2009 | Book Reviews, Miscellaneous Civil War topics
I recently received a copy of The Complete Gettysburg Guide by J.D. Petruzzi and Steven Stanley and I wanted to share my thoughts on the book. To begin, this is by far one of the best guides to the Battle of Gettysburg that I have read. In addition...
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 | Sep 26, 2009 | Civil War Related Videos
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: Story about Spangler’s Spring: Just another great way for you to bring subject matter experts into your...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 7, 2009 | Lesson Plans, Miscellaneous Civil War topics, Teaching the Civil War Blog
Well, I’m not a statistician by any means and I even struggled with the stats for my dissertation. But for some reason, I have quite a few blog posts on statistics. So, why not one more: The following tables are the number of Union and Confederate soldiers who...
by TeachCivilWar | Jul 3, 2009 | Civil War Related Primary Sources, Famous Civil War Locations, Lesson Plans
The National Park Service has created a series of lesson plans known as Teaching with Historic Places and one of those historic places is Gettysburg. Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg is one such lesson plan. This lesson plan starts with an inquiry...
