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
PO Box 1773 / Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-245-1525
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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... -
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 cialis online about Abraham Lincoln and the election of 1860 for a class at... -
“One of the Most Compelling … Projects”
Posted on May 7, 2010 | 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... -
Praise from across the Blogosphere
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsFrom Josh Stecker at A History Teacher’s Blog (June 8, cialis online pharmacy 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... -
History Now – Underground Railroad Essay
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe Gilder Lehrman Institute recently published a new essay by House Divided co-director Matthew Pinsker in their December 2010 issue of History Now. As Pinsker explains in “The Underground Railroad and the Coming of War”: “The Underground Railroad was a buy viagra online metaphor. Yet... -
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 generic viagra price 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... -
Teacher Workshop (Saturday, April 16)
Posted on January 4, 2010 | No CommentsOn Saturday morning, April 16, 2011, Matthew Pinsker will lead a teacher workshop focused on introducing educators to a variety of the best online resources for the study of the Civil War including many of the new tools provided by the House Divided Project. America’s... -
David Blight Lecture (Saturday, April 16)
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsYale University historian David W. Blight will speak on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 7pm in the Anita Tuvin Schlector Auditorium (ATS) at Dickinson College, providing a keynote address for the opening of the Civil War 150th anniversary and the House Divided Project launch weekend....