Civil War Unit Resources

Index:

General Information
Photos & Illustrations
Lesson Plans & Unit Studies
Music & Art of the Period
Crafts, Recipes, Games, & Hands-on Activities
Worksheets, Coloring Pages, & Quizzes
Books to Read
Videos to Watch

General Information:

• Reading: Civil War for Kids: http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/cwar.htm
• Civil War biographies: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#bios
• Civil War Primary Documents: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#letters
• People, Weapons, Timeline of Events: http://www.civilwar.si.edu/
• Civil War Battles by State: http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/bystate.htm and map of battles: http://find.mapmuse.com/re1/interest.php?brandID=CIVIL_WAR_MAJOR_BATTLES&authCod=oran
• More Civil War Battles: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#specific
• Camp Life in the Civil War: http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/gettex/
• Letters from the Civil War: http://www.civilwarletters.com/letters_toc.html
• Virtual Civil War: http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/Welcome3.html
• Valley of the Shadow (great for research papers): http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
• Frederick Douglass: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/douglass
• Harriet Tubman: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/activists/tubman
• Abraham Lincoln: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/lincoln

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Photos & Illustrations:

• Confederate Money: http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/collection/index.htm
• Civil War Photos: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html and
  http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html#graphic

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Lesson Plans & Unit Studies

• Lesson Plan: http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html

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Music & Art of the Period:

• Civil War music: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/community/cc_music_kit.php
• View Paintings of Winslow Homer: http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/homer/ and http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/homer_winslow.html
• Winslow Homer Activity: http://gardenofpraise.com/art15.htm
• Activities (Composition, Music, Art): http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/activities.html
• Songs and Stories of the Civil War by Jerry Silverman. (Book) All ages.

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Crafts, Recipes, Games, & Hands-on Activities:

• Civil War Recipes: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/1369/recipes.html and http://web.archive.org/web/20031205204216/http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~sirak/uscwcc/recipes.html
• Recipes of the Civil War : http://www.angelfire.com/me/civilian/recipes.html
• Addy's World Game: http://www.americangirl.com/agcn/addy/escape/index.html
• Underground Railroad Game: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/j1.html
• Civil War Crafts from clothespins: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8072/civilwar.html
• Civil War Fashions Coloring Book by Tom Tierney. 3rd+
• Civil War Costumes for kids: http://home.rochester.rr.com/inwoods/civilwar-costumes.htm

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Worksheets, Coloring Pages, & Quizzes

• Civil War Cause & Effect Worksheet: http://www.edhelper.com/clipart/teachers/civil-org-causeeffect.pdf
• Civil War Timeline Worksheet: http://www.edhelper.com/clipart/teachers/civil-org-timeline.pdf
• Civil War Who,What, Where, & When worksheet:
  http://www.edhelper.com/clipart/teachers/civil-org-whowhatwhere.pdf
• Trivia Quiz and Quiz About People in Civil War: http://library.thinkquest.org/5663/
• Civil War Map (Blank): http://www.edhelper.com/clipart/teachers/civil-map-blank.pdf
• Civil War coloring page: http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/civilwar_coloring2.htm and http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/civilwar_coloring3.htm and http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/civilwar_coloring4.htm and http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/civilwar_coloring5.htm
• Civil War Composition/Report Booklet (pdf)

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Books to Read:

• Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington, 1837-1865, by Cheryl Harness. illus. 3-8+
• Abraham Lincoln (Heroes of History), by Janet Benge, 218 pgs., Read aloud for all ages.
• Abraham Lincoln’s World. by Genevieve Foster, 3+
• America in the Time of Abraham Lincoln, 1815-1869, by Sally Isaacs, nicely illustrated, 3+
• The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War (Scholastic)
• Clara Barton (Heroes of History) by Janet Benge. 4th+
• The Drinking Gourd (An I Can Read Book) by F. N. Monjo.
• Escape from Slavery, The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words by Michael McCurdy. 4-12
• Fields of Fury: The American Civil War by James McPherson. (ISBN 0689848331), Exellent, use for basis of unit study. 96 pgs, color illus, 3rd+
• Just a Few Words, Mr Lincoln: The Story of the Gettysburg Address by Jean Fritz. K-6
• The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, Illustrated by Michael McCurdy. B/W illus. Excellent. K-12
• Harriet Tubman (Heroes of History), by Janet Benge, 218 pgs. , All ages.
• Hitty's Travels: Civil War Days by Ellen Weiss. Easy Reader, 2002, K-3rd+
• If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War by Kay Moore, 2-6+
• If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, 2-6+
• In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln by George Sullivan. 128 pgs, illus, 4-8+
• In Their Own Words: Harriet Tubman by George Sullivan. 128 pgs, illus, 4-8+
• Listen for the Whippoorwil, by Harriet Tubman. 4th+
• Meet Abraham Lincoln. by Patricia Pingry, K-3+
• Ulysses S. Grant by Mike Venezia. 3-8+
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. 7th+
• Robert E. Lee, Young Confederate, Childhood of Famous Americans series, 2+
• Stephen Douglas, Champion of the Union by Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr. 4-12
• The Story of the Surrender of Appomattox Courthouse (Cornerstones of Freedom), Out of Print, Buy used while they last!
• Thee, Hannah! by Marguerite de Angeli. 98 pgs. Nine-year-old Hannah, a Quaker living in Philadelphia just before the Civil War, longs to have some fashionable dresses like other girls but comes to appreciate her heritage and its plain dressing when her family saves the life of a runaway slave. (Fiction) 1-6+
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin-Young Folks Edition by Harriet B. Stowe, Free download, all ages.
• The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, 6th+
• The Underground Railroad by Carla Williams. illus. 4-8+
• Welcome to Addy's World, 1864: Growing up During America’s Civil War, all ages, American Girls, 4-8
• With Lee in Virginia by G. A. Henty
• Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally Walker. 5th+
• Your Travel Guide to Civil War America by Nancy Day. Excellent. K-4+

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Videos to Watch :

• Harriet Tubman Animated Hero Classics. A few left at used prices or borrow at your library, if available.
• Red Runs the River. Showforth videos. Stonewall Jackson's faith shows that surrender to God brings the only true victory. 90 minutes
• Winslow Homer: America's Original. Devine Entertainment. Discouraged by the horrors he witnessed during the Civil War, Homer abandons his post and heads to the quiet of Houghton Farm to paint.

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