Winslow Homer was a cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly Magazine and would later gain renown for his illustrations during the Civil War. In 1860, however, his artwork was geared at showing the divide in America at Thanksgiving. The social disparity in America...
I have always been a fan of having kids “do history” and to think like historians. One way to do that is to get their hands dirty and create models of objects from the past. With today’s 3D printing technology, models can be designed on a...
During the Civil War, there were no cars, planes or other fancy transportation. While the cavalry rode their horses between battlefields, the infantry walked. The question is, how fast did they walk and how much ground could they cover? In the Official...
Various types of music played key roles throughout the Civil War from the fife and drum to the bugle calls which rallied the soldiers and directed them on the parade ground and in battle. There were sentimental and patriotic songs which soldiers sung in camp in order...
[powerpress] Thanks for staying subscribed to my podcast and I hope you enjoy listening. In this episode I discuss how you can teach the American Civil War in the Language Arts Classroom. I also share the Sullivan Ballou letter. Here is a...
