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CIVIL WAR PROJECT -
Exploring Primary Documents
Students will research primary documents, books and websites to examine and evaluate
different formats for historical information to answer essential questions dealing with the
American Civil War.
Topics for research development:
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* African Americans, Slavery, Free Men
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* Lincoln/Davis/Grant/Lee
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* Military Leaders
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* Soldier’s Life
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* Spies
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* Women in the Civil War
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Civil War Songs and Music
The Music of the American Civil War
http://www.pdmusic.org/civilwar.html
Poetry and Music of the War Between the States
http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/
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Civil War Posters
The African American Experience in Ohio
http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=4418
The Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850
http://education.ucdavis.edu/new/stc/lesson/socstud/railroad/SlaveLaw.htm
Recruitment posters
http://www.paperlessarchives.com/cw_posters.html
http://www.wtv-zone.com/civilwar/images/condraft.jpg
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Slave Narratives from The Library of Congress
Voices and Faces from the Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snvoices00.html
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Letters
American Civil War Collection
http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/
Civil War Home Page
http://www.civil-war.net/searchlinks.asp?searchlinks=Letters%20and%20Diaries
Letters Written by Newton Scott
http://www.civilwarletters.com/scott_10_24_1862.html
Jefferson Davis documents
http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/docs.cfm
Letters about the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/letters.htm
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Diaries/Journals
Backgroun of Moses diary
http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/
A Rebel War Clerk’s diary
http://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/archives/category/rebel-war-clerks-diary/
Gettysburg: Writing
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/writing.html
Diary of Capt. Charles Buxton
http://www.vermonthistory.org/educate/cwletter/buxton.htm
Alice Williamson Diary
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/williamson/p01/williamson-p01.html
Civil War Letter
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/8146/brother.html
Fletcher Pomeroy Diary
http://www4.pair.com/justfolk/Diary1.htm
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Poetry of the Civil War
Library of Congress Poetry Resources
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lcpoetry/cwvc.html
Civil War Poetry
http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/cwpoetry.html
Poems and Songs of the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/poemssongs.htm
Civil War Poetry
http://www.4thmichigan.com/Civil_War_Poetry.htm
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Photographs
Selected Civil War Photographs from The Library of Congress
(Click on; Seach by Key Word - enter the name of your person)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html
Pictures of the Civil War
http://www.archives.gov/research/civil-war/photos/
Slavery in America
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/scripts/sia/gallery.cgi
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Political Cartoons
Scartoons
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/SCARTOONS/cartoons.html
America in Caricature
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/civilalbum.html
Cartoons and Caricatures of the Civil War
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/civilalbum.html
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Spies
Spying in the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/spies.htm
The Dabneys – Black Civil War Spies
http://www.duboislc.net/read/Dabneys.html
Female Spies of the Confederacy
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/women_spies_con.htm
Female Spies of the Union
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/civilwar/a/women_spies_un.htm
Spies of the Civil War
http://co.essortment.com/spiescivilwar_rnfp.htm
Espionage in the Civil War
http://www.civilwarhome.com/espionage.htm
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Biographies/Portraits/Photographs
American National Biography
http://www.infohio.org/ Click: Grades 6-8 Click on: American National Biography
Civil War Biographies
http://www.civilwarhome.com/biograph.htm
Images of the Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/images/
Civil War Women
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
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Battle Maps
America’s Civil War
http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/maps.html
American Civil War (scroll down to Direct Access)
http://americancivilwar.com/bullrun.html
Civil War Battles by State
http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/
Battle Maps
http://homepage.floodcity.net/users/mastdog/battlemaps.html
Women in the Civil War
Women and the Civil War
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/civilwar.html
Civil War Women
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/cwdocs.html
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Video Clips (Be PATIENT!! These need a minute to load!!)
Finding Missouri Resources: http://www.emints.org/resources/moheritage/index.shtml
Scroll down, click on …
What do we stand for? Click next on: Real Player
Divided and Torn: The Civil War at Wilson’s Creek Click next on: Real Player
WOSU – Ken Burns: The Civil War
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/film/video.html
Civil War Heritage – Lexington, Kentucky
http://www.visitlex.com/vinmovies/civilwar.html
Civil War’s First Deaths – The History Channel
http://www.history.com/media.do?id=tdih_0419&action=clip
United Streaming: www.unitedstreaming.com
Username: hildebka
Password: dragons
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=82827065-C4FE-48E78B53-83A616190CF1 - Civil War
Select a segment of the 6 parts of the war you want to view:
Introduction; State Secession; The Civil War Starts; Emancipation Proclamation;
Gettysburg; Ending the War
Click on: The War Years, Part I: 1861-1862
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=9D2A030C-C1524F0F-B436-1E73AF1115D3
Scroll down and click on: A Soldier’s Life by clicking the green arrow to the left
Scroll down and click on: The Gettysburg Address > green arrow to the left