House Divided Project
Dickinson College students and staff are creating a wide variety of resources to honor the Civil War's 150th anniversary (2011-15) and to help America's classrooms learn more about this pivotal conflict.
House Divided Project
Matthew Pinsker, Director
PO Box 1773 / Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-245-1525
hdivided@dickinson.eduProject Links
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New Digital Tools for Lincoln’s Birthday
Posted on February 10, 2014 | No Comments(February 11, 2014) On the eve of Lincoln’s 205th birthday, the House Divided Project announces a series of new digital multi-media tools to help teachers and students commemorate Abraham Lincoln’s most important autobiographical statement –a short but revealing document that he produced in December 1859 […] -
New Online Grad Course –Understanding Lincoln
Posted on May 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe House Divided Project at Dickinson College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History are doing something unprecedented. They are launching an open,online graduate course called “Understanding Lincoln” that will be taught by noted Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker in Summer / Fall 2013 and […] -
Project Launches to Public Acclaim
Posted on May 13, 2011 | 1 CommentThe House Divided Project made its official launch on the weekend of April 15 – 16, 2011 as part of a series of events designed to commemorate the beginning of the Civil War 150th anniversary. The launch weekend included a documentary film festival, K-12 teacher […] -
Praise from across the Blogosphere
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsFrom Josh Stecker at A History Teacher’s Blog (June 8,2009) “The Ultimate Civil War Resource: Dickinson College’s House Divided website endeavors to be the most complete digital archive of the U.S. Civil War. They’ve got it all. Entering the site will automatically give you data […] -
“One of the Most Compelling … Projects”
Posted on January 7, 2011 | No CommentsThe March 2010 issue of America’s Civil War calls the House Divided research engine “one of the most compelling sesquicentennial online projects” and predicts the site “will become a great resource for synthesizing many seemingly disparate elements of how and what we learn and teach […] -
C-SPAN Features Journal Divided on Class Episode
Posted on December 1, 2010 | No Comments“American History TV” on C-SPAN 3 featured an episode inside the classroom buy viagra online of House Divided Project co-director Matthew Pinsker. C-SPAN cameras followed Pinsker as he led a discussion about Abraham Lincoln and the election of 1860 for a class at Dickinson College […] -
New Panel: What Would Lincoln Do?
Posted on September 25, 2010 | No CommentsSPECIAL PANEL AT FORD’S THEATRE TACKLES QUESTION, “WHAT WOULD LINCOLN DO?” October 15, 2013 Noted Lincoln historians and top-flight national policy experts debate how Abraham Lincoln gets used and sometimes abused by Washington policymakers as they invoke his legacy on behalf of their policy […] -
History Now – Underground Railroad Essay
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Magazine Hails Project’s “Sophistication”
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsClaiming that the fast-growing House Divided research engine shows admirable “sophistication,” Civil War Times recently reviewed elements of the project in the August 2010 issue: “The House Divided Project builds on the experience of Dickinson College’s graduates to interpret the war era. Dickinson boasts a […] -
Grand Review Event at Dickinson Library
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No CommentsOn Sunday September 12, 2010 members of the White Carnation League met at Dickinson College’s Waidner-Spahr Library for an opportunity to conduct research and share information with the House Divided Project’s staff and student interns. This event was organized as part of the Pennsylvania Grand Review, […]