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
hdivided@dickinson.eduProject Links
Classroom Sites
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Special Exhibitions
Social Media
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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... -
I found a mistake on House Divided. Who should I contact?
Posted on May 7, 2010 | 1 CommentFrom June 2008 until April 2011, we plan to label our work for the House Divided website as a Draft Edition. This means that you should use with this site some caution and plenty of patience because what you see is a work in progress.... -
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... -
Research Engine
Posted on April 21, 2010 | 1 CommentThe House Divided research engine offers access to thousands of historic images and records covering a period from 1840 to 1880. Visitors enter the site exactly 150 years ago from today allowing them to experience everything from the headlines of the moment ways to make... -
Classroom Sites
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsTo help teachers use the abundant primary source materials available through House Divided, we have begun to create a series of special classroom sites. The Underground Railroad Digital Classroom, for example, offers hundreds of documents, images, and stories to help explain the importance of the... -
Production Sites
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe House Divided Project also currently features a blog, an online journal and a new atlas. The Blog Divided provides useful descriptions of the latest digital tools available across the web for the entire period, 1840 to 1880. The Journal Divided is a new site... -
Special Exhibitions
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsFrom its beginnings, the House Divided Project has sought out institutional partners to create a series of engaging special exhibitions on the Civil War era. Visit “Building the Digital Lincoln,” a joint effort with the Journal of American History to see some exciting new tools... -
Social Media
Posted on April 21, 2010 | No CommentsThe House Divided Project exists to share resources freely with all engaged teachers and students of any age and from any country. In that spirit, we are promoting our content in social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We have posted word clouds...